diff --git a/crates/maelstrom-web/Cargo.toml b/crates/maelstrom-web/Cargo.toml
index aa2940d2..15881445 100644
--- a/crates/maelstrom-web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/maelstrom-web/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,3 +45,11 @@ cargo_metadata.workspace = true
 # These dependencies ensure the build script re-runs
 maelstrom-plot.workspace = true
 maelstrom-base.workspace = true
+
+# These profiles are copied from the workspace root so they can be used when
+# publishing. See this issue <https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/8264>
+[profile.wasm_dev]
+inherits = "dev"
+
+[profile.wasm_release]
+inherits = "release"
diff --git a/crates/maelstrom-web/build.rs b/crates/maelstrom-web/build.rs
index 03638965..07ca02a1 100644
--- a/crates/maelstrom-web/build.rs
+++ b/crates/maelstrom-web/build.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::fs;
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::Command;
 use wasm_bindgen_cli_support::Bindgen;
 
@@ -123,11 +123,8 @@ fn create_web_tar(profile: &str, build_dir: &Path) {
         wasm_opt(&pkg_dir.join("maelstrom_web_bg.wasm"));
     }
 
-    create_tar(
-        Path::new("www"),
-        &pkg_dir,
-        &build_dir.join(profile).join("web.tar"),
-    );
+    let out_dir = PathBuf::from(std::env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
+    create_tar(Path::new("www"), &pkg_dir, &out_dir.join("web.tar"));
 }
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/crates/maelstrom-web/src/lib.rs b/crates/maelstrom-web/src/lib.rs
index e868e1be..ffa0dde0 100644
--- a/crates/maelstrom-web/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/maelstrom-web/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,5 @@ pub async fn start() -> Result<(), JsValue> {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(debug_assertions)))]
-pub const WASM_TAR: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../../target/wasm_release/web.tar");
-
-#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), debug_assertions))]
-pub const WASM_TAR: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../../target/wasm_dev/web.tar");
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+pub const WASM_TAR: &[u8] = include_bytes!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/web.tar"));