diff --git a/addons/common/ACE_ExtensionsHashes.hpp b/addons/common/ACE_ExtensionsHashes.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..794f9925ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/common/ACE_ExtensionsHashes.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class ACE_ExtensionsHashes {
+    class ace {
+        dll = "b2e646f865f48811192bde4877a210a85f05b473";
+        dll_x64 = "6b32d7f9a3aaa027af2bc6cb0b7c61371bdf6706";
+    };
+};
diff --git a/addons/common/config.cpp b/addons/common/config.cpp
index 3a48f350d5..f94b1d376c 100644
--- a/addons/common/config.cpp
+++ b/addons/common/config.cpp
@@ -76,25 +76,4 @@ class ACE_Tests {
     cfgPatches = QPATHTOF(dev\test_cfgPatches.sqf);
 };
 
-class ACE_ExtensionsHashes {
-    class ace_advanced_ballistics {
-        dll = "bbfbd04bced4e4766298903944ff2d0e3da7586a";
-        dll_x64 = "95bdf812ebb52d4e87c4b1b980dfa785d4f980a7";
-    };
-    class ace_artillerytables {
-        dll = "f6db1088a08e1c98f3718159a653df3ba11df773";
-        dll_x64 = "d3f76b3b95ffe9c6ab6ded137ae41edcab81a9f0";
-    };
-    class ace_break_line {
-        dll = "c1f0b83ced1f36849c8aaf23f27c889d7d7e1344";
-        dll_x64 = "8622873962f4c4d3bbe05891242f21ba69845d11";
-    };
-    class ace_clipboard {
-        dll = "cde2eceb8bac3a119c53a957e332f1a2f9cd8dcb";
-        dll_x64 = "d5e8660018b9c9e870a0d4e6005a65afe48b00d3";
-    };
-    class ace_fcs {
-        dll = "58b36db51209f61f2b63fc2469b1c74efd581012";
-        dll_x64 = "4db527f03bbe71d5004647ad6b12d0263b0c3af9";
-    };
-};
+#include "ACE_ExtensionsHashes.hpp"
diff --git a/extension/Makefile.toml b/extension/Makefile.toml
index 3002e34dcc..22f16e3ee1 100644
--- a/extension/Makefile.toml
+++ b/extension/Makefile.toml
@@ -55,5 +55,13 @@ dependencies = ["build_x32_release"]
 [tasks.debug]
 dependencies = ["move_x32_debug", "move_x64_debug"]
 
-[tasks.release]
+[tasks.updateSigs]
+script_runner = "python"
+script_extension = "py"
+script_runner_args = ["../tools/getExtensionHash.py"]
+script = '''
+'''
 dependencies = ["move_x32_release", "move_x64_release"]
+
+[tasks.release]
+dependencies = ["updateSigs"]
diff --git a/tools/.vscode/tasks.json b/tools/.vscode/tasks.json
index 86ba973164..96b82a3941 100644
--- a/tools/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/tools/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@
                 "kind": "build",
                 "isDefault": true
             }
-        }
+        },
         {
-            "label": "Extension: x64",
+            "label": "Extension: make move_x64_release",
             "command": "cargo",
             "options": {
                 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@
             "group": {
                 "kind": "build"
             }
-        }
+        },
         {
-            "label": "Extension: Release",
+            "label": "Extension: make release",
             "command": "cargo",
             "options": {
                 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
diff --git a/tools/getExtensionHash.py b/tools/getExtensionHash.py
index 307538b413..fa990218c4 100644
--- a/tools/getExtensionHash.py
+++ b/tools/getExtensionHash.py
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ addon_base_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
 extensions = {}
 
 for file in os.listdir(addon_base_path):
-    path = pathlib.Path(file)
+    path = pathlib.Path(addon_base_path, file)
     extension_type = "dll"
     if path.suffix == ".dll":
         key = path.stem
         if key.endswith("_x64"):
             key = key.removesuffix("_x64")
             extension_type += "_x64"
-
-        with open(file, 'rb') as file_read:
+        print(f"looking at {path}")
+        with open(path, 'rb') as file_read:
             sha1 = hashlib.sha1()
             data = file_read.read()
             sha1.update(data)
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@ for file in os.listdir(addon_base_path):
             arr[extension_type] = sha1.hexdigest()
             extensions[key] = arr
 
-print(f"class ACE_ExtensionsHashes {{")
-for key, values in extensions.items():
-    print(f"    class {key} {{")
-    for type, hash in values.items():
-        print(f"        {type} = \"{hash}\";")
-    print(f"    }};")
-print(f"}};")
+file_out = pathlib.Path(addon_base_path, "addons", "common", "ACE_ExtensionsHashes.hpp")
+with open(file_out, 'w') as file_write:
+    print(f"class ACE_ExtensionsHashes {{", file=file_write)
+    for key, values in extensions.items():
+        print(f"    class {key} {{", file=file_write)
+        for type, hash in values.items():
+            print(f"        {type} = \"{hash}\";", file=file_write)
+        print(f"    }};", file=file_write)
+    print(f"}};", file=file_write)
+
+print(f"Wrote {len(extensions)} to {file_out}")