diff --git a/zombienet/docker/Makefile b/zombienet/docker/Makefile
index 9e81e87802..11b8ee82a4 100644
--- a/zombienet/docker/Makefile
+++ b/zombienet/docker/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 RUST_IMAGE=rust:1.79-slim-bookworm
 # bookworm (Debian 12)
 MINIDEB_IMAGE=bitnami/minideb@sha256:6cc3baf349947d587a9cd4971e81ff3ffc0d17382f2b5b6de63d6542bff10c16
+SCCACHE_VERSION ?= 0.7.4
 
+# empty for local usage
 DOCKER_REGISTRY_PATH ?=
+
 PLATFORM ?= linux/amd64
 ARCHITECTURE ?= amd64
-SCCACHE_VERSION ?= 0.7.4
+
 ARTIFACTS_REPO ?= kagome-apt
 REGION ?= europe-north1
 
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS ?=
 PROJECT_ID ?= 
 
 CARGO_PACKETS=-p test-parachain-adder-collator -p polkadot-test-malus -p test-parachain-undying-collator
-RESULT_BINARIES=./target/testnet/malus ./target/testnet/undying-collator ./target/testnet/adder-collator
+RESULT_BINARIES=./target/release/malus ./target/release/undying-collator ./target/release/adder-collator
 RESULT_BIN_NAMES=malus undying-collator adder-collator
 
 POLKADOT_BINARY_PACKAGE_VERSION ?= 
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ polkadot_binary:
 			-c "tail -f /dev/null"; \
 		docker exec -t $$CONTAINER_NAME /bin/bash -c \
 			"cargo update $(CARGO_PACKETS) && \
-			cargo build --profile testnet $(CARGO_PACKETS) && \
+			cargo build --release $(CARGO_PACKETS) && \
 			cp $(RESULT_BINARIES) /tmp/polkadot_binary/ && \
 		 	./build_apt_package.sh \
 		 		$$POLKADOT_RELEASE_GLOBAL_NUMERIC-$$SHORT_COMMIT_HASH \