diff --git a/Bloxstrap/App.xaml.cs b/Bloxstrap/App.xaml.cs
index a644408..1ad9b69 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/App.xaml.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
 
         public static string Version = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version!.ToString()[..^2];
 
+        public static bool IsActionBuild => !String.IsNullOrEmpty(BuildMetadata.CommitRef);
+
+        public static bool IsProductionBuild => IsActionBuild && BuildMetadata.CommitRef.StartsWith("tag", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+
         public static readonly MD5 MD5Provider = MD5.Create();
 
         public static NotifyIconWrapper? NotifyIcon { get; set; }
@@ -105,10 +109,10 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
 
             Logger.WriteLine(LOG_IDENT, $"Starting {ProjectName} v{Version}");
 
-            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(BuildMetadata.CommitHash))
-                Logger.WriteLine(LOG_IDENT, $"Compiled {BuildMetadata.Timestamp.ToFriendlyString()} from {BuildMetadata.Machine}");
-            else
+            if (IsActionBuild)
                 Logger.WriteLine(LOG_IDENT, $"Compiled {BuildMetadata.Timestamp.ToFriendlyString()} from commit {BuildMetadata.CommitHash} ({BuildMetadata.CommitRef})");
+            else
+                Logger.WriteLine(LOG_IDENT, $"Compiled {BuildMetadata.Timestamp.ToFriendlyString()} from {BuildMetadata.Machine}");
 
             Logger.WriteLine(LOG_IDENT, $"Loaded from {Paths.Process}");
 
diff --git a/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs b/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs
index c23d17d..db5b7e0 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
             var versionComparison = Utilities.CompareVersions(App.Version, releaseInfo.TagName);
 
             // check if we aren't using a deployed build, so we can update to one if a new version comes out
-            if (versionComparison == VersionComparison.Equal && App.BuildMetadata.CommitRef.StartsWith("tag") || versionComparison == VersionComparison.GreaterThan)
+            if (versionComparison == VersionComparison.Equal && App.IsProductionBuild || versionComparison == VersionComparison.GreaterThan)
             {
                 App.Logger.WriteLine(LOG_IDENT, $"No updates found");
                 return;
diff --git a/Bloxstrap/Logger.cs b/Bloxstrap/Logger.cs
index 2eea25d..bbaa40a 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/Logger.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/Logger.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         private readonly SemaphoreSlim _semaphore = new(1, 1);
         private FileStream? _filestream;
 
-        public readonly List<string> Backlog = new();
+        public readonly List<string> History = new();
         public bool Initialized = false;
         public bool NoWriteMode = false;
         public string? FileLocation;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
                 WriteLine(LOG_IDENT, $"Failed to initialize because Bloxstrap cannot write to {directory}");
 
                 Frontend.ShowMessageBox(
-                    String.Format(Resources.Strings.Logger_NoWriteMode, directory), 
+                    String.Format(Strings.Logger_NoWriteMode, directory), 
                     System.Windows.MessageBoxImage.Warning, 
                     System.Windows.MessageBoxButton.OK
                 );
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
 
             Initialized = true;
 
-            if (Backlog.Count > 0)
-                WriteToLog(string.Join("\r\n", Backlog));
+            if (History.Count > 0)
+                WriteToLog(string.Join("\r\n", History));
 
             WriteLine(LOG_IDENT, "Finished initializing!");
 
@@ -102,10 +102,12 @@
         {
             string timestamp = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("s") + "Z";
             string outcon = $"{timestamp} {message}";
-            string outlog = outcon.Replace(Paths.UserProfile, "%UserProfile%");
+            string outlog = outcon.Replace(Paths.UserProfile, "%UserProfile%", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
 
             Debug.WriteLine(outcon);
             WriteToLog(outlog);
+
+            History.Add(outlog);
         }
 
         public void WriteLine(string identifier, string message) => WriteLine($"[{identifier}] {message}");
@@ -122,10 +124,7 @@
         private async void WriteToLog(string message)
         {
             if (!Initialized)
-            {
-                Backlog.Add(message);
                 return;
-            }
 
             try
             {
diff --git a/Bloxstrap/UI/Elements/Dialogs/ExceptionDialog.xaml.cs b/Bloxstrap/UI/Elements/Dialogs/ExceptionDialog.xaml.cs
index 7205b37..dea2842 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/UI/Elements/Dialogs/ExceptionDialog.xaml.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/UI/Elements/Dialogs/ExceptionDialog.xaml.cs
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 using System.Media;
+using System.Web;
 using System.Windows;
-using System.Windows.Controls;
 using System.Windows.Interop;
 
 using Windows.Win32;
 using Windows.Win32.Foundation;
 
-using Bloxstrap.Resources;
-
 namespace Bloxstrap.UI.Elements.Dialogs
 {
     // hmm... do i use MVVM for this?
@@ -26,10 +24,20 @@ namespace Bloxstrap.UI.Elements.Dialogs
             if (!App.Logger.Initialized)
                 LocateLogFileButton.Content = Strings.Dialog_Exception_CopyLogContents;
 
-            string helpMessage = String.Format(Strings.Dialog_Exception_Info_2, "https://github.com/pizzaboxer/bloxstrap/wiki", "https://github.com/pizzaboxer/bloxstrap/issues/new?template=bug_report.yaml");
+            string repoUrl = $"https://github.com/{App.ProjectRepository}";
+            string wikiUrl = $"{repoUrl}/wiki";
 
-            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(App.BuildMetadata.CommitHash))
-                helpMessage = String.Format(Strings.Dialog_Exception_Info_2_Alt, "https://github.com/pizzaboxer/bloxstrap/wiki");
+            string issueUrl = String.Format(
+                "{0}/issues/new?template=bug_report.yaml&title={1}&what-happened={2}",
+                repoUrl,
+                HttpUtility.UrlEncode($"[BUG] {exception.GetType()}: {exception.Message}"),
+                HttpUtility.UrlEncode($"Log:\n```\n{String.Join('\n', App.Logger.History)}\n```")
+            );
+
+            string helpMessage = String.Format(Strings.Dialog_Exception_Info_2, wikiUrl, issueUrl);
+
+            if (!App.IsActionBuild && !App.BuildMetadata.Machine.Contains("pizzaboxer", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                helpMessage = String.Format(Strings.Dialog_Exception_Info_2_Alt, wikiUrl);
 
             HelpMessageMDTextBlock.MarkdownText = helpMessage;
 
@@ -38,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Bloxstrap.UI.Elements.Dialogs
                 if (App.Logger.Initialized)
                     Process.Start("explorer.exe", $"/select,\"{App.Logger.FileLocation}\"");
                 else
-                    Clipboard.SetDataObject(String.Join("\r\n", App.Logger.Backlog));
+                    Clipboard.SetDataObject(String.Join("\r\n", App.Logger.History));
             };
 
             CloseButton.Click += delegate
diff --git a/Bloxstrap/UI/ViewModels/Settings/AboutViewModel.cs b/Bloxstrap/UI/ViewModels/Settings/AboutViewModel.cs
index 00cb254..5cfeb0d 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/UI/ViewModels/Settings/AboutViewModel.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/UI/ViewModels/Settings/AboutViewModel.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace Bloxstrap.UI.ViewModels.Settings
         public string BuildTimestamp => BuildMetadata.Timestamp.ToFriendlyString();
         public string BuildCommitHashUrl => $"https://github.com/{App.ProjectRepository}/commit/{BuildMetadata.CommitHash}";
 
-        public Visibility BuildInformationVisibility => BuildMetadata.CommitRef.StartsWith("tag") ? Visibility.Collapsed : Visibility.Visible;
-        public Visibility BuildCommitVisibility => string.IsNullOrEmpty(BuildMetadata.CommitHash) ? Visibility.Collapsed : Visibility.Visible;
+        public Visibility BuildInformationVisibility => App.IsProductionBuild ? Visibility.Collapsed : Visibility.Visible;
+        public Visibility BuildCommitVisibility => App.IsActionBuild ? Visibility.Visible : Visibility.Collapsed;
     }
 }