diff --git a/.ddev/docker-compose.magento-volumes.yaml b/.ddev/docker-compose.magento-volumes.yaml
index 3dd6b0044..4752e8bd3 100644
--- a/.ddev/docker-compose.magento-volumes.yaml
+++ b/.ddev/docker-compose.magento-volumes.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.6'
 services:
   web:
     volumes:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ed515f85..5ae6f0a2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 /n98-magerun.phar.asc
 /build/output/
 /build/vendor/
+/*.phar
+composer-setup.php
 
 # Magerun stopfile
 /.n98-magerun
diff --git a/box.json.dist b/box.json.dist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1723adfce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/box.json.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+    "compression": "GZ",
+    "algorithm": "SHA512",
+    "datetime": "release-date",
+    "files": [
+        "config.yaml",
+        "src/bootstrap.php",
+        "vendor/composer/installed.php"
+    ],
+    "force-autodiscovery": true,
+    "directories": [
+        "src",
+        "res",
+        "vendor/rmccue/requests/certificates",
+        "vendor/twig/twig/src"
+    ],
+    "replacements": {
+        "application_name": "n98-magerun"
+    },
+    "git-commit-short": "git_commit_short",
+    "stub": "build/phar/_cli_stub.php",
+    "output": "n98-magerun.phar"
+}
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index bdc897dd7..c1d747412 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -2,126 +2,121 @@
 #
 # build from clean checkout
 #
-# usage: ./build.sh [--changes]
-#
-# options: --changes    build with local changes
-#
-# note:    run from project root
-#
+# usage: ./build.sh from project root
 set -euo pipefail
+
 IFS=$'\n\t'
+PHP_BIN="php"
+BOX_BIN="./box.phar"
+PHAR_OUTPUT_FILE="./n98-magerun.phar"
+COMPOSER_BIN="composer"
+
+function system_setup() {
+  if [ "$(uname -s)" != "Darwin" ]; then
+    ulimit -Sn $(ulimit -Hn)
+  fi
+}
+
+function check_dependencies() {
+  DEPENDENCY_ERROR=false
+
+  if command -v curl &>/dev/null; then
+    echo "curl found"
+  else
+    echo "curl not found!"
+    DEPENDENCY_ERROR=true
+  fi
+
+  if command -v git &>/dev/null; then
+    echo "git found"
+  else
+    echo "git not found!"
+    DEPENDENCY_ERROR=true
+  fi
+
+  if command -v $PHP_BIN &>/dev/null; then
+    echo "php found"
+  else
+    echo "php not found!"
+    DEPENDENCY_ERROR=true
+  fi
+
+  if [ $DEPENDENCY_ERROR = true ]; then
+    echo "Some dependecies are not found. Cannot build."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+}
 
-remove_assume_unchanged() {
-  local git_dir="${1}"
-  local path="${2}"
-  (
-    cd "${git_dir}"
-    rm -f "${path}"
-    git update-index --assume-unchanged -- "${path}"
-  )
+function download_box() {
+  if [ ! -f box.phar ]; then
+    curl -L https://github.com/box-project/box/releases/download/3.16.0/box.phar -o $BOX_BIN
+    chmod +x ./box.phar
+  fi
 }
 
-exit_trap() {
-  local status=$?
-  if [[ -d "${base_dir:?}/${build_dir}" ]]; then
-    echo "trap: removing '${build_dir}'.."
-    rm -rf "${base_dir:?}/${build_dir}"
+function download_composer() {
+  if command -v composer &>/dev/null; then
+    true; # do nothing
+  else
+    echo "Composer was not found. Try to install it ..."
+    # install composer
+    $PHP_BIN -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
+    $PHP_BIN composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
+    if [ -f "./composer-setup.php" ]; then
+      rm "./composer-setup.php";
+    fi
   fi
-  echo "exit ($status)."
 }
 
-name="$(awk '/<project name="([^"]*)"/ && !done {print gensub(/<project name="([^"]*)".*/, "\\1", "g"); done=1}' build.xml)"
-nice_name="$(php -r "echo str_replace(' ', '', ucwords(strtr('${name}', '-', ' ')));")"
-phar="${name}.phar"
-echo "Building ${phar}..."
-
-# remove stub which is also the build result destination, so if build fails the file does not exists
-remove_assume_unchanged "." "${phar}"
-
-base_dir="$(pwd -P)"
-build_dir="build/output"
-
-echo "$0 executed in ${base_dir}"
-
-#trap exit_trap EXIT
-
-rm -rf "${build_dir}"
-if [[ -d "${build_dir}" ]]; then
-  >&2 echo "Error: Can not remove build-dir '${build_dir}'"
-  echo "aborting."
-  exit 1
-fi
-mkdir "${build_dir}"
-if [[ ! -d "${build_dir}" ]]; then
-  >&2 echo "Error: Can not create build-dir '${build_dir}'"
-  echo "aborting."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-git clone --quiet --no-local --depth 1 -- . "${build_dir}"
-
-# --changes : incorporate changes into the build, w/o builds latest revision
-if [[ "${1-}" == "--changes" ]]; then
-  echo "apply changes and copy untracked files..."
-  git diff HEAD | (cd "${build_dir}" && git apply)
-  # copy over files that are not tracked
-  git status --porcelain | awk 'match($1, "\\?\\?"){print "cp " $2 " '"${build_dir}"'/" $2}' | sh
-  (cd "${build_dir}" && git status --short)
-fi
-
-# remove fake-phar directly after clone
-remove_assume_unchanged "${build_dir}" "n98-magerun.phar"
-
-composer_bin="composer"
-phing_bin="${base_dir}/vendor/bin/phing"
-
-# Set COMPOSER_HOME if HOME and COMPOSER_HOME not set (shell with no home-dir, e.g. build server with webhook)
-if [[ -z ${HOME+x} && -z ${COMPOSER_HOME+x} ]]; then
-  echo "provision: create COMPOSER_HOME directory for composer (no HOME)"
-  mkdir -p "build/composer-home"
-  export COMPOSER_HOME
-  COMPOSER_HOME="$(pwd -P)/build/composer-home"
-fi
-
-echo "with: $(php --version|head -n 1)"
-echo "with: $("${composer_bin}" --version)"
-echo "with: $("${phing_bin}" -version)"
-
-cd "${build_dir}"
-
-echo "building in $(pwd -P)"
-echo "build version: $(git --no-pager log --oneline -1)"
-
-echo "provision: ulimits (soft) set from $(ulimit -Sn) to $(ulimit -Hn) (hard) for faster phar builds..."
-ulimit -Sn "$(ulimit -Hn)"
-timestamp="$(git log --format=format:%ct HEAD -1)" # reproduceable build
-echo "build timestamp: ${timestamp}"
-
-if command -v composer &>/dev/null; then
-  true; # do nothing
-else
-  echo "Composer was not found. Try to install it ..."
-  # install composer
-  php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
-  php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
-fi
-
-php -f "${phing_bin}" -dphar.readonly=0 -- \
-  -Dcomposer_suffix="${nice_name}${timestamp}" \
-  -Dcomposer_bin="${composer_bin}" \
-  dist_clean
-
-LAST_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP="$(git log --format=format:%ct HEAD -1)"
-
-php -f "${phar}" -- --version
-ls -al "${phar}"
-
-cd -
-cp -vp "${build_dir}"/"${phar}" "${phar}"
-rm -rf "${build_dir}"
-
-php -f build/phar/phar-timestamp.php -- $LAST_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP
-
-trap - EXIT
+function find_commit_timestamp() {
+  LAST_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP="$(git log --format=format:%ct HEAD -1)" # reproducible build
+}
+
+function create_new_phar() {
+  # set composer suffix, otherwise Composer will generate a file with a unique identifier
+  # which will then create a no reproducable phar file with a differenz MD5
+  $COMPOSER_BIN config autoloader-suffix N98MagerunNTS
+
+  # Run install again to get the latest install.php and install.json file
+  $COMPOSER_BIN install
+
+  $PHP_BIN $BOX_BIN compile
+
+  # unset composer suffix
+  $COMPOSER_BIN config autoloader-suffix --unset
+
+  # Set timestamp of newly generted phar file to the commit timestamp
+  $PHP_BIN -f build/phar/phar-timestamp.php -- $LAST_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP
+
+  # Run a signature verification after the timestamp manipulation
+  $PHP_BIN $BOX_BIN verify $PHAR_OUTPUT_FILE
+
+  # make phar executable
+  chmod +x $PHAR_OUTPUT_FILE
+
+  # Print version of new phar file which is also a test
+  $PHP_BIN -f $PHAR_OUTPUT_FILE -- --version
+
+  # List new phar file for debugging
+  ls -al "$PHAR_OUTPUT_FILE"
+}
+
+function print_info_before_build() {
+  echo "with: $($PHP_BIN --version | head -n 1)"
+  echo "with: $("${COMPOSER_BIN}" --version)"
+  echo "with: $("${BOX_BIN}" --version)"
+  echo "build version: $(git --no-pager log --oneline -1)"
+  echo "last commit timestamp: ${LAST_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}"
+  echo "provision: ulimits (soft) set from $(ulimit -Sn) to $(ulimit -Hn) (hard) for faster phar builds..."
+}
+
+check_dependencies
+system_setup
+download_box
+download_composer
+find_commit_timestamp
+print_info_before_build
+create_new_phar
 
 echo "done."
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ad64c6352..14be5b4e5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
         "composer/composer": "^2.7",
         "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "^3.4",
         "mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6",
-        "phing/phing": "~3.0.1",
         "phpstan/phpstan": "^2.0",
         "phpstan/phpstan-phpunit": "^2.0",
         "phpstan/phpstan-symfony": "^2.0",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index bba3a32e9..8a5e2eda6 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "73ec51ca4d147d49dd9c7a1a7ae368f6",
+    "content-hash": "1eaebb2b8f902d22ddabd9ebc93c5c6f",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "carbonphp/carbon-doctrine-types",
diff --git a/src/N98/Magento/Application.php b/src/N98/Magento/Application.php
index ccfb5b7e3..c4d4a8628 100644
--- a/src/N98/Magento/Application.php
+++ b/src/N98/Magento/Application.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Application extends BaseApplication
     /**
      * @var string
      */
-    public const APP_NAME = 'n98-magerun';
+    public const APP_NAME = '@application_name@';
 
     /**
      * @var string
@@ -104,7 +104,14 @@ class Application extends BaseApplication
     public function __construct(?ClassLoader $classLoader = null)
     {
         $this->autoloader = $classLoader;
-        parent::__construct(self::APP_NAME, self::APP_VERSION);
+
+        $appName = self::APP_NAME;
+
+        if (strpos($appName, 'application_name') !== false) {
+            $appName = 'n98-magerun';
+        }
+
+        parent::__construct($appName, self::APP_VERSION);
     }
 
     /**