diff --git a/.gitlab/CI/build.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/CI/build.gitlab-ci.yml
index fd329f3510..9e68e7ee91 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CI/build.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/CI/build.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ coverage:
   script:
     - export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="10.13"
     - export VELOREN_USERDATA_STRATEGY=executable
-    - cargo build --release -p veloren-voxygen --no-default-features --features default-publish
-    - cargo build --release -p veloren-server-cli
+    - cargo build --release --no-default-features --features default-publish
     - cp -r target/release/veloren-server-cli $CI_PROJECT_DIR
     - cp -r target/release/veloren-voxygen $CI_PROJECT_DIR
   artifacts:
diff --git a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
index 481f44ae39..6d851e1555 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 */Cargo.toml @xMAC94x
 Cargo.toml @xMAC94x
-rust-toolchain @xMAC94x
\ No newline at end of file
+rust-toolchain @xMAC94x
+.gitlab/scripts/* @xMAC94x
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitlab/scripts/linux.sh b/.gitlab/scripts/linux.sh
index 9b6cf3be27..e0530fc623 100755
--- a/.gitlab/scripts/linux.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/scripts/linux.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 export VELOREN_USERDATA_STRATEGY=executable
 time cargo build --release --no-default-features --features default-publish &&
-time cargo build --release -p veloren-server-cli
 # eveluate --bin instead, last time i checked (2021-07-14) it was 2 minutes slower on release (but faster on debug)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitlab/scripts/windows.sh b/.gitlab/scripts/windows.sh
index a2f6964f36..bbbc630b36 100755
--- a/.gitlab/scripts/windows.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/scripts/windows.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 update-alternatives --set x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-posix
 update-alternatives --set x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-posix
 export VELOREN_USERDATA_STRATEGY=executable
-time cargo build --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu --release --no-default-features --features default-publish &&
-time cargo build --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu --release -p veloren-server-cli
\ No newline at end of file
+time cargo build --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu --release --no-default-features --features default-publish &&
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server-cli/Cargo.toml b/server-cli/Cargo.toml
index b1a0b0c490..bbe0bd15f4 100644
--- a/server-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ This package includes the official server CLI.
 
 [features]
 worldgen = ["server/worldgen"]
+# needed to stay compatible with voxygens format
+default-publish = ["default"]
 default = ["worldgen"]
 tracy = ["common-frontend/tracy"]
 plugins = ["server/plugins"]