diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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index 000000000..1105489f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# this is here because teamcity runs /build.sh to build the project
+set -euxo pipefail
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+$DIR/build/build.sh
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