diff --git a/create_release_mingw.sh b/create_release_mingw.sh
index b552b72..765de11 100644
--- a/create_release_mingw.sh
+++ b/create_release_mingw.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ REL_DIR="$BASE_DIR/release/dist"
 
 mkdir -p "$REL_DIR"
 
+# Set up the build directory
+meson setup build/
+
+# Build the application
+meson compile -C build/
+
 # Parse the output of the 'ldd' command, and create a file with the required DLL paths.
 ldd build/pong.exe | awk ' NF == 4 {print $3}' > "$BASE_DIR/tmp_file.txt"