diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 78c3b4f6986..fe7e2d0a1d0 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -393,9 +393,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     // Update version number in package.json and rewrite src/config.json
     grunt.registerTask('set-release', ['update-release-number', 'write-config:dev']);
 
-    // task: build
-    grunt.registerTask('build', [
-        'write-config:dist',
+    grunt.registerTask('build-common', [
         'eslint:src',
         'jasmine',
         'clean',
@@ -414,6 +412,18 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         'build-config'
     ]);
 
+    // task: build
+    grunt.registerTask('build', [
+        'write-config:dist',
+        'build-common'
+    ]);
+
+    // task: build
+    grunt.registerTask('build-prerelease', [
+        'write-config:prerelease',
+        'build-common'
+    ]);
+
     // Default task.
     grunt.registerTask('default', ['test']);
 };
diff --git a/src/brackets.config.dev.json b/src/brackets.config.dev.json
index 8f567b28d21..efe16154593 100644
--- a/src/brackets.config.dev.json
+++ b/src/brackets.config.dev.json
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
     "healthDataServerURL"        : "https://healthdev.brackets.io/healthDataLog",
     "analyticsDataServerURL"     : "https://cc-api-data-stage.adobe.io/ingest",
     "serviceKey"                 : "brackets-service",
-    "environment"                : "stage"
+    "environment"                : "stage",
+    "update_info_url"            : "https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.brackets.io/updates/prerelease/<locale>.json"
 }
diff --git a/src/brackets.config.dist.json b/src/brackets.config.dist.json
index e84b7671072..df7e8b28384 100644
--- a/src/brackets.config.dist.json
+++ b/src/brackets.config.dist.json
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
     "healthDataServerURL"     : "https://health.brackets.io/healthDataLog",
     "analyticsDataServerURL"  : "https://cc-api-data.adobe.io/ingest",
     "serviceKey"              : "brackets-service",
-    "environment"             : "production"
+    "environment"             : "production",
+    "update_info_url"         : "https://getupdates.brackets.io/getupdates/"
 }
diff --git a/src/brackets.config.json b/src/brackets.config.json
index 89a0db49067..12f8d25b1aa 100644
--- a/src/brackets.config.json
+++ b/src/brackets.config.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
         "app_title"                  : "Brackets",
         "app_name_about"             : "Brackets",
         "about_icon"                 : "styles/images/brackets_icon.svg",
-        "update_info_url"            : "https://getupdates.brackets.io/getupdates/",
         "how_to_use_url"             : "https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/How-to-Use-Brackets",
         "support_url"                : "https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/Troubleshooting",
         "suggest_feature_url"        : "https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/Suggest-a-Feature",
diff --git a/src/brackets.config.prerelease.json b/src/brackets.config.prerelease.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..08d76fc1dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/brackets.config.prerelease.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "healthDataServerURL"     : "https://health.brackets.io/healthDataLog",
+    "analyticsDataServerURL"  : "https://cc-api-data.adobe.io/ingest",
+    "serviceKey"              : "brackets-service",
+    "environment"             : "prerelease",
+    "update_info_url"         : "https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.brackets.io/updates/prerelease/<locale>.json"
+}
diff --git a/src/config.json b/src/config.json
index 4158ed87d04..26d7b240ddb 100644
--- a/src/config.json
+++ b/src/config.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
         "app_title": "Brackets",
         "app_name_about": "Brackets",
         "about_icon": "styles/images/brackets_icon.svg",
-        "update_info_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.brackets.io/updates/prerelease/<locale>.json",
         "how_to_use_url": "https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/How-to-Use-Brackets",
         "support_url": "https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/Troubleshooting",
         "suggest_feature_url": "https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/Suggest-a-Feature",
@@ -23,7 +22,8 @@
         "healthDataServerURL": "https://healthdev.brackets.io/healthDataLog",
         "analyticsDataServerURL": "https://cc-api-data-stage.adobe.io/ingest",
         "serviceKey": "brackets-service",
-        "environment": "stage"
+        "environment": "stage",
+        "update_info_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.brackets.io/updates/prerelease/<locale>.json"
     },
     "name": "Brackets",
     "version": "1.13.0-0",
@@ -99,4 +99,4 @@
             "url": "https://github.com/adobe/brackets/blob/master/LICENSE"
         }
     ]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/nls/root/strings.js b/src/nls/root/strings.js
index da41461aadf..1e856955636 100644
--- a/src/nls/root/strings.js
+++ b/src/nls/root/strings.js
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ define({
     "EXPERIMENTAL_BUILD"                   : "experimental build",
     "RELEASE_BUILD"                        : "build",
     "DEVELOPMENT_BUILD"                    : "development build",
+    "PRERELEASE_BUILD"                     : "prerelease build",
     "RELOAD_FROM_DISK"                     : "Reload from Disk",
     "KEEP_CHANGES_IN_EDITOR"               : "Keep Changes in Editor",
     "CLOSE_DONT_SAVE"                      : "Close (Don't Save)",
diff --git a/src/strings.js b/src/strings.js
index f7da33aba47..57c1b910ed3 100644
--- a/src/strings.js
+++ b/src/strings.js
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ define(function (require, exports, module) {
     if (isDevBuild) {
         additionalGlobals.BUILD_TYPE = strings.DEVELOPMENT_BUILD;
     } else {
-        additionalGlobals.BUILD_TYPE = strings.RELEASE_BUILD;
+        if (brackets.config.environment === 'production') {
+            additionalGlobals.BUILD_TYPE = strings.RELEASE_BUILD;
+        } else {
+            additionalGlobals.BUILD_TYPE = strings.PRERELEASE_BUILD;
+        }
     }
 
     // Insert application strings
diff --git a/tasks/write-config.js b/tasks/write-config.js
index 46f54c400eb..d87b1fbce91 100644
--- a/tasks/write-config.js
+++ b/tasks/write-config.js
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         var name = "dev";
         if (this.flags.dist === true) {
             name = "dist";
+        } else if (this.flags.prerelease === true) {
+            name = "prerelease";
         }
 
         var appConfigJSON = grunt.file.readJSON("src/brackets.config.json"),