diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1d91c64754..949458026d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "setupNewRelease": "node ./packages/tools/setupNewRelease",
     "clean": "lerna clean -y && lerna run clean",
     "linkChecker": "linkchecker https://joplinapp.org",
+    "releaseDesktop": "node packages/tools/release-electron.js",
     "publishAll": "git pull && lerna version --no-git-tag-version && gulp completePublishAll"
   },
   "husky": {
diff --git a/packages/tools/release-electron.js b/packages/tools/release-electron.js
index dcc66d16d4..3751dfd08f 100644
--- a/packages/tools/release-electron.js
+++ b/packages/tools/release-electron.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-const { execCommand, githubRelease } = require('./tool-utils.js');
-const path = require('path');
+const { execCommand, githubRelease, rootDir } = require('./tool-utils.js');
 
-const rootDir = path.dirname(__dirname);
 const appDir = `${rootDir}/packages/app-desktop`;
 
 async function main() {
diff --git a/packages/tools/tool-utils.js b/packages/tools/tool-utils.js
index ea6b76e8e2..7543ff0fdf 100644
--- a/packages/tools/tool-utils.js
+++ b/packages/tools/tool-utils.js
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ toolUtils.credentialDir = async function() {
 	throw new Error(`Could not find credential directory in any of these paths: ${JSON.stringify(toTry)}`);
 };
 
+// Returns the project root dir
+toolUtils.rootDir = require('path').dirname(require('path').dirname(__dirname));
+
 toolUtils.credentialFile = async function(filename) {
 	const rootDir = await toolUtils.credentialDir();
 	const output = `${rootDir}/${filename}`;