diff --git a/.jenkins/Jenkinsfile b/.jenkins/Jenkinsfile
index 421b17ef2..80d8258d5 100644
--- a/.jenkins/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/.jenkins/Jenkinsfile
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pipeline {
             }
             steps {
                 dir('owlcms4/owlcms') {
-                    bat 'mvn -s %M2%/settings.xml -B clean package -P production,signing'
+                    bat 'mvn -s %M2%/settings.xml -B clean package -P production,signing -Drevision=%VERSION%'
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pipeline {
             }
             steps {
                 dir('owlcms4/publicresults') {
-                    bat 'mvn -s %M2%/settings.xml -B clean package -P production,signing'
+                    bat 'mvn -s %M2%/settings.xml -B clean package -P production,signing -Drevision=%VERSION%'
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ pipeline {
                 dir('owlcms4') {
                     bat 'git pull'
                     // create release files
-                    bat 'mvn -s c:/dev/.m2/settings.xml -B package --non-recursive'
+                    bat 'mvn -s c:/dev/.m2/settings.xml -B package -Drevision=%VERSION% --non-recursive'
                     bat 'git add -A && git commit -m "%VERSION%" --allow-empty'
                     // create a local tag with the current version number
                     bat 'git tag %VERSION% -f -a -m "%VERSION% owlcms4"'
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ pipeline {
             steps {
                 dir('owlcms4') {
                     // github.owner is the repo owning organization or user; the github-oauth gives us repo write access using the API
-                    bat 'mvn -s c:/dev/.m2/settings.xml -B github-release:github-release -Dgithub.owner=%REPO_OWNER% -Dgithub.repository=%O_REPO_NAME% -Dgithub.token=github-oauth -Dgithub.prerelease=%PRERELEASE% --non-recursive'
+                    bat 'mvn -s c:/dev/.m2/settings.xml -B github-release:github-release -Dgithub.owner=%REPO_OWNER% -Dgithub.repository=%O_REPO_NAME% -Dgithub.token=github-oauth -Dgithub.prerelease=%PRERELEASE% -Drevision=%VERSION% --non-recursive'
                 }
             }
         }       
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@ pipeline {
             steps {
                 dir('owlcms4/owlcms') {
                     // release uber-jar to bintray
-                    bat 'mvn -P production -s %M2%/settings.xml -B deploy:deploy-file@deploy-file'
+                    bat 'mvn -P production -s %M2%/settings.xml -B deploy:deploy-file@deploy-file -Drevision=%VERSION%'
                 }
                 dir('owlcms4/owlcms-heroku') {
                     bat 'git checkout %BRANCH%'
                     bat 'git pull'
-                    bat 'mvn -s %M2%/settings.xml -B clean package'
+                    bat 'mvn -s %M2%/settings.xml -B clean package -Drevision=%VERSION%'
                     bat 'git add -A && git commit -m "%VERSION% heroku" --allow-empty'
 
                     // create a tag with the current version number
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ pipeline {
                 dir('owlcms4/owlcms-heroku') {
                     // The heroku deploy button pointing to the proper tagged version is part of the release notes.
                     // github.owner is the repo owning organization or user; the github-oauth gives us repo write access.
-                    bat 'mvn -s c:/dev/.m2/settings.xml -B github-release:github-release@release-cli -Dgithub.owner=%REPO_OWNER% -Dgithub.repository=%H_REPO_NAME% -Dgithub.token=github-oauth -Dgithub.prerelease=%PRERELEASE%'
+                    bat 'mvn -s c:/dev/.m2/settings.xml -B github-release:github-release@release-cli -Dgithub.owner=%REPO_OWNER% -Dgithub.repository=%H_REPO_NAME% -Dgithub.token=github-oauth -Dgithub.prerelease=%PRERELEASE% -Drevision=%VERSION%'
                 }       
             }
         }       
@@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ pipeline {
             }
             steps {
                 dir('owlcms4/publicresults') {
-                    bat 'mvn -P production -s %M2%/settings.xml -B deploy:deploy-file@deploy-file'
+                    bat 'mvn -P production -s %M2%/settings.xml -B deploy:deploy-file@deploy-file -Drevision=%VERSION%'
                 }
                 dir('owlcms4/publicresults-heroku') {
                     bat 'git checkout %BRANCH%'
-                    bat 'mvn -s %M2%/settings.xml -B clean package'
+                    bat 'mvn -s %M2%/settings.xml -B clean package -Drevision=%VERSION%'
                     bat 'git add -A && git commit -m "%VERSION% heroku" --allow-empty'
 
                     // create a tag with the current version number
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ pipeline {
                 dir('owlcms4/publicresults-heroku') {
                     // The heroku deploy button pointing to the proper tagged version is part of the release notes.
                     // github.owner is the repo owning organization or user; the github-oauth gives us repo write access.
-                    bat 'mvn  -s c:/dev/.m2/settings.xml -B github-release:github-release@release-cli -Dgithub.owner=%REPO_OWNER% -Dgithub.repository=%P_REPO_NAME% -Dgithub.token=github-oauth -Dgithub.prerelease=%PRERELEASE%'
+                    bat 'mvn  -s c:/dev/.m2/settings.xml -B github-release:github-release@release-cli -Dgithub.owner=%REPO_OWNER% -Dgithub.repository=%P_REPO_NAME% -Dgithub.token=github-oauth -Dgithub.prerelease=%PRERELEASE% -Drevision=%VERSION%'
                 }       
             }
         }
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 30eb9e579..fa7d10cf5 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 # Add steps that analyze code, save build artifacts, deploy, and more:
 # https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/languages/java
 
+# we use comments on pull requests to trigger the build
 trigger:
-- master
+- "*"
 
 pool:
   vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'
@@ -34,3 +35,4 @@ steps:
     publishJUnitResults: true
     testResultsFiles: '**/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml'
     goals: 'package'
+    
diff --git a/launch/newDevVersion.cmd b/launch/newDevVersion.cmd
index 97a3882b1..fec49935a 100644
--- a/launch/newDevVersion.cmd
+++ b/launch/newDevVersion.cmd
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-call mvn "versions:set" "versions:commit" "-DnewVersion=%1" "-DoldVersion=4.**" "-DgroupId=*" "-DartifactId=*"
+rem call mvn "versions:set" "versions:commit" "-DnewVersion=%1" "-DoldVersion=4.**" "-DgroupId=*" "-DartifactId=*"
 cd publicresults-heroku
 git commit -a -m "%1"
 git pull
diff --git a/launch/newRelease.cmd b/launch/newRelease.cmd
index f39b33c64..fecee9392 100644
--- a/launch/newRelease.cmd
+++ b/launch/newRelease.cmd
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 set LOCAL_TOKEN=11327eb05a19fd0384b6e3a71e9e05c375
-call mvn "versions:set" "versions:commit" "-DnewVersion=%1" "-DoldVersion=4.*" "-DgroupId=*" "-DartifactId=*" 
 cd publicresults-heroku
 git commit -a -m "%1"
 git pull