diff --git a/scripts/build-release.ts b/scripts/build-release.ts
index 34576ec..823cf7e 100644
--- a/scripts/build-release.ts
+++ b/scripts/build-release.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-import colors from 'colors';
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-import inquirer from 'inquirer';
-import simpleGit from 'simple-git/promise';
-import libxml from 'libxmljs';
-import https from 'https';
-import archiver from 'archiver';
-import execa from 'execa';
-import {exec} from 'child_process';
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
+const colors = require('colors');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const libxml = require('libxmljs');
+const https = require('https');
+const archiver = require('archiver');
+const execa = require('execa');
+const simpleGit = require('simple-git/promise');
+const inquirer = require('inquirer');
+const { exec } = require('child_process');
 import { generateChangelog, hasChangeLogEntry } from './imports/changelog';
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
 const packageInfo = require('../package.json');
 
 declare global {
diff --git a/scripts/imports/changelog.ts b/scripts/imports/changelog.ts
index d73ad4c..4a1b42c 100644
--- a/scripts/imports/changelog.ts
+++ b/scripts/imports/changelog.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-import inquirer from 'inquirer';
-import simpleGit from 'simple-git/promise';
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const simpleGit = require('simple-git/promise');
+const inquirer = require('inquirer');
 
 const git = simpleGit();
 
@@ -104,14 +105,22 @@ export async function editChangeLog(changeLog: string):Promise<string> {
 }
 
 export async function hasChangeLogEntry(version: string): Promise<boolean> {
+	if (!version) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	const entry = await getChangelogEntry(version);
 
-	return entry.split('\n').filter(line => !!line.trim()).length > 1;
+	if (entry.split('\n').filter(line => !!line.trim()).length < 2) {
+		throw `Found no change log entry for ${version}`;
+	}
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 export function getChangelogEntry(version: string): Promise<string> {
 	return new Promise<string>(resolve => {
-		fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'CHANGELOG.md'), 'utf8', function (err, data) {
+		fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'CHANGELOG.md'), 'utf8', function (err, data) {
 			if (err) throw err;
 
 			const releaseHeader = /^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/.test(version) ? `## ${version}` : '## [Unreleased]';
diff --git a/scripts/publish-release.ts b/scripts/publish-release.ts
index e9a89dd..0976a82 100644
--- a/scripts/publish-release.ts
+++ b/scripts/publish-release.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-import colors from 'colors';
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-import inquirer from 'inquirer';
-import simpleGit from 'simple-git/promise';
-import https from 'https';
-import execa from 'execa';
-import {Octokit} from '@octokit/rest';
-import dotenv from 'dotenv';
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
+const colors = require('colors');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const https = require('https');
+const execa = require('execa');
+const simpleGit = require('simple-git/promise');
+const inquirer = require('inquirer');
+const dotenv = require('dotenv');
+const { Octokit } = require('@octokit/rest');
 import { getChangelogEntry, hasChangeLogEntry } from './imports/changelog';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ const files = [
 	path.join(__dirname, '..', 'archives', `bbb-v${packageInfo.version}.tar.gz.sig`),
 ];
 
+isDryRun && console.log('Script is executed in dry-run mode.'.verbose);
+
 function pull() {
 	return git.pull('origin', 'master');
 }