diff --git a/artifacts_rpm.sh b/artifacts_rpm.sh
index bfa72b0..fd30bf2 100644
--- a/artifacts_rpm.sh
+++ b/artifacts_rpm.sh
@@ -1,38 +1,53 @@
-#!/usr/bin/bash
+exe=
+objdir=obj-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/dist/firefox
+ospkg=rpm
 
 # sanity checks
-if [ ! -d obj-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/dist/firefox ]; then
-    echo "installer_rpm.sh: directory obj-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/dist/firefox not found."
+if [ ! -d $objdir ]; then
+    echo "artifacts_win.sh: directory $objdir not found. did you run './build.sh build'?"
     exit 1;
 fi
 
 rm -rf ../firefox ../librewolf
-cp -r obj-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/dist/firefox ..
-
+cp -r $objdir ..
 
 pushd ..
-mv firefox librewolf
 
+mv firefox librewolf
 # apply the LibreWolf settings
 cp -rv settings/* librewolf
 # rename the executable manually
-cd librewolf ; mv -v firefox librewolf ; cd ..
-    
-# recreate the zip file..
-
+pushd librewolf ; mv -v firefox$exe librewolf$exe ; popd
 # clean garbage files
 cd librewolf ; rm -rf maintenanceservice* pingsender* firefox.*.xml precomplete removed-files ; cd ..
+# copy the windows icon
+cp -v common/source_files/browser/branding/librewolf/firefox.ico librewolf/librewolf.ico
 
-# copy the files to register LibreWolf as local app.
-cp -v branding_files/register-librewolf branding_files/start-librewolf* librewolf
-
-# be sure to remove the previous zip file..
-rm -f librewolf-$pkgver.en-US.rpm.zip*
-
-zip -r9 librewolf-$pkgver.en-US.rpm.zip librewolf
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
-sha256sum librewolf-$pkgver.en-US.rpm.zip > librewolf-$pkgver.en-US.rpm.zip.sha256sum
+# create the final zip artifact
+rm -f librewolf-$pkgver.en-US.$ospkg.zip
+zip -qr9 librewolf-$pkgver.en-US.$ospkg.zip librewolf
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
 
+# now to try to make the installer
+# (create a .deb here)
+
+# patch to experimental config
+if [ ! -z $experimental ]; then
+    pushd librewolf
+    echo "Applying experimental patches..."
+    patch -p1 -i ../patches/librewolf-config.patch
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+    patch -p1 -i ../patches/librewolf-policies.patch
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+    popd
+
+    # create the final zip artifact
+    rm -f librewolf-$pkgver.en-US.$ospkg-experimental.zip
+    zip -qr9 librewolf-$pkgver.en-US.$ospkg-experimental.zip librewolf
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+
+    # now to try to make the installer
+    # (create a .deb here)
+fi
 
 popd
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 4f64e39..934f8d6 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -480,9 +480,15 @@ else
 	done_something=1
     fi
 fi
-if [[ "$*" == *artifacts_rpm* ]]; then
+if [[ "$*" == *artifacts_rpm_exp* ]]; then
+    experimental=experimental
     artifacts_rpm
     done_something=1
+else
+    if [[ "$*" == *artifacts_rpm* ]]; then
+	artifacts_rpm
+	done_something=1
+    fi
 fi
 
 
@@ -500,12 +506,13 @@ Use: ./build.sh  fetch extract do_patches build package artifacts_win
 
 Linux related functions:
 
-    deps_deb	    - install dependencies with apt.
-    deps_rpm	    - install dependencies with dnf.
-    deps_pkg	    - install dependencies with pkg.
-    artifacts_deb   - apply .cfg, create a dist zip file (for debian10).
+    deps_deb	       - install dependencies with apt.
+    deps_rpm	       - install dependencies with dnf.
+    deps_pkg	       - install dependencies with pkg.
+    artifacts_deb      - apply .cfg, create a dist zip file (for debian10).
     artifacts_deb_exp  - include experimental build
-    artifacts_rpm   - apply .cfg, create a dist zip file (for fedora33).
+    artifacts_rpm      - apply .cfg, create a dist zip file (for fedora33).
+    artifacts_rpm_exp  - include experimental build
 
 Generic utility functionality: