diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c2ca30207b..b10d1bb931 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ jobs:
               - node_modules
         - run: yarn build << parameters.plugin >>
         - run: mkdir persist && zip -0 -r persist/plugin-<< parameters.plugin >>.zip dist
-        - run: sha1sum persist/plugin-<< parameters.plugin >>.zip
-        - run: ./apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
+        - run: ./apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh << parameters.plugin >>
         - persist_to_workspace:
             root: .
             paths:
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh b/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
index 08268ee7fd..b61eec8509 100755
--- a/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -e
-
-yarn run tsc --version
+sha1sum persist/plugin-$1.zip
+npx ts-node apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.ts 328782397 alpha
 
 git clone git@github.com:ethereum/remix-plugins-directory.git
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diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.ts b/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..928cbb0b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import fetch from "node-fetch";
+(async () => {
+  const pluginsDirectory = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethereum/remix-plugins-directory/master/build/metadata.json'
+  const metadata = await fetch(pluginsDirectory, { method: 'GET' })
+
+  // get command line arguments
+  const args = process.argv.slice(2)
+  const pluginName = args[0]
+  const sha = args[1]
+  const build = args[2]
+
+  if (!pluginName || !sha || !build) {
+    console.error('missing arguments')
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
+  // search for the plugin in the metadata
+  const plugins = await metadata.json()
+  const plugin = plugins.find((p: any) => p.name === pluginName)
+  if (!plugin) {
+    console.error('plugin not found')
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
+  // update the plugin
+  plugin.build = build
+  plugin.sha = sha
+
+  console.log('publishing plugin', plugin, 'with sha', sha, 'and build', build)
+})()
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