diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d4d43a..1dee516 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ ifxmetrics.config.json
 
 .hemttout
 influxdb
+releases
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78287ac..5ddbb5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ Set an environment variable in your terminal with the desired extension build ve
 
 ```powershell
 # powershell
-$IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER = "0.1.0-$(Get-Date -Format 'yyyyMMdd')-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+$IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER = "2.0.0-$(Get-Date -Format 'yyyyMMdd')-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 ```
 
 ```bash
 # bash
-export IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER="0.1.0-$(date -u '+%Y%m%d')-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+export IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER="2.0.0-$(date -u '+%Y%m%d')-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 ```
 
 ### EXTENSION: COMPILING FOR WINDOWS
@@ -127,13 +127,13 @@ Run this from the project root.
 docker pull x1unix/go-mingw:1.20
 
 # Compile x64 Windows DLL
-docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/go/work -w /go/work -e GOARCH=amd64 -e CGO_ENABLED=1 x1unix/go-mingw:1.20  go build -o ./ifxmetrics_x64.dll -buildmode=c-shared -ldflags "-w -s main.EXTENSION_VERSION=${IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER}" ./extension/cmd
+docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/go/work -w /go/work -e GOARCH=amd64 -e CGO_ENABLED=1 x1unix/go-mingw:1.20  go build -o ./ifxmetrics_x64.dll -buildmode=c-shared -ldflags "-w -s -X main.EXTENSION_VERSION=`"$IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER`"" ./extension/cmd
 
 # Compile x86 Windows DLL
-docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/go/work -w /go/work -e GOARCH=386 -e CGO_ENABLED=1 x1unix/go-mingw:1.20 go build -o ./ifxmetrics.dll -buildmode=c-shared -ldflags "-w -s main.EXTENSION_VERSION=${IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER}" ./extension/cmd
+docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/go/work -w /go/work -e GOARCH=386 -e CGO_ENABLED=1 x1unix/go-mingw:1.20 go build -o ./ifxmetrics.dll -buildmode=c-shared -ldflags "-w -s -X main.EXTENSION_VERSION=`"$IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER`"" ./extension/cmd
 
 # Compile x64 Windows EXE
-docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/go/work -w /go/work -e GOARCH=amd64 -e CGO_ENABLED=1 x1unix/go-mingw:1.20 go build -o ./ifxmetrics_x64.exe -ldflags "-w -s main.EXTENSION_VERSION=${IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER}" ./extension/cmd
+docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/go/work -w /go/work -e GOARCH=amd64 -e CGO_ENABLED=1 x1unix/go-mingw:1.20 go build -o ./ifxmetrics_x64.exe -ldflags "-w -s -X main.EXTENSION_VERSION=`"$IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER`"" ./extension/cmd
 ```
 
 ### EXTENSION: COMPILING FOR LINUX
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ Run this from the project root.
 docker build -t indifox926/build-a3go:linux-so -f ./build/Dockerfile.build .
 
 # Compile x64 Linux .so
-docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/app -e GOOS=linux -e GOARCH=amd64 -e CGO_ENABLED=1 -e CC=gcc indifox926/build-a3go:linux-so go build -o ./ifxmetrics_x64.so -linkshared -ldflags "-w -s main.EXTENSION_VERSION=${IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER}" ./extension/cmd
+docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/app -e GOOS=linux -e GOARCH=amd64 -e CGO_ENABLED=1 -e CC=gcc indifox926/build-a3go:linux-so go build -o ./ifxmetrics_x64.so -linkshared -ldflags "-w -s -X main.EXTENSION_VERSION=${IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER}" ./extension/cmd
 
 # Compile x86 Linux .so
-docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/app -e GOOS=linux -e GOARCH=386 -e CGO_ENABLED=1 -e CC=gcc indifox926/build-a3go:linux-so go build -o ./ifxmetrics.so -linkshared -ldflags "-w -s main.EXTENSION_VERSION=${IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER}" ./extension/cmd
+docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/app -e GOOS=linux -e GOARCH=386 -e CGO_ENABLED=1 -e CC=gcc indifox926/build-a3go:linux-so go build -o ./ifxmetrics.so -linkshared -ldflags "-w -s -X main.EXTENSION_VERSION=${IFXMETRICS_BUILD_VER}" ./extension/cmd
 ```
 
 ### ADDON: COMPILE USING HEMTT
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile.build b/build/Dockerfile.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e3d906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/Dockerfile.build
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# build Golang app for Linux
+FROM golang:1.20
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# get gcc-multilib and gcc-mingw-w64
+RUN apt update
+RUN apt install -y gcc-multilib gcc-mingw-w64
+
+CMD ["/bin/sh"]
+
diff --git a/extension/cmd/main.go b/extension/cmd/main.go
index dcb621a..aae9200 100644
--- a/extension/cmd/main.go
+++ b/extension/cmd/main.go
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ func onInfluxConnect(
 	ctx a3interface.ArmaExtensionContext,
 	data string,
 ) (string, error) {
+	if influx.InfluxClient != nil {
+		influx.InfluxClient.Close()
+	}
 	err := influx.Setup(
 		settings.Active,
 	)