diff --git a/core/util.go b/core/util.go
index 4537020..f70e22b 100644
--- a/core/util.go
+++ b/core/util.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func EntryRefresh(oldRCWPassword, newRCWPassword []byte, removeOldDir bool) erro
 
 	// decrypt, optimize, and re-encrypt each entry
 	for _, vanityPath := range entries {
-		fmt.Println(vanityPath) // useful for CLI clients to track what entry caused a panic if one is corrupt
+		fmt.Println(vanityPath) // TODO handle error in rcw (slice length?) so it can be captured and returned for use by non-CLI clients to track corrupt entries
 		realPath := global.GetRealPath(vanityPath)
 		encBytes, err := os.ReadFile(realPath)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -113,6 +113,30 @@ func EntryRefresh(oldRCWPassword, newRCWPassword []byte, removeOldDir bool) erro
 	return nil
 }
 
+// VerifyEntries decrypts all entries to memory and returns an error if
+// any failures are encountered. Failures likely indicate corrupt entries.
+func VerifyEntries(rcwPassword []byte) error {
+	entries, _, err := synccommon.WalkEntryDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("unable to walk entry directory: " + err.Error())
+	}
+	for _, vanityPath := range entries {
+		realPath := global.GetRealPath(vanityPath)
+		encBytes, err := os.ReadFile(realPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.New("unable to open \"" + realPath + "\" for decryption: " + err.Error())
+		}
+		decBytes, err := wrappers.Decrypt(encBytes, rcwPassword)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.New("unable verify \"" + vanityPath + "\" (decryption failure): " + err.Error())
+		}
+		if len(decBytes) < 1 {
+			return errors.New("unable verify \"" + vanityPath + "\" (contains 0/nil bytes)")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // clampTrailingWhitespace ensures the provided decSlice contains no trailing blank lines.
 // If decSlice contains a note, it strips trailing newlines, carriage returns, and tabs from
 // each line in the note. Additionally, it removes single trailing spaces and truncates
diff --git a/packaging/binaryGen.sh b/packaging/binaryGen.sh
index ff94096..e03a72c 100755
--- a/packaging/binaryGen.sh
+++ b/packaging/binaryGen.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 mkdir -p ./1output
 cd ..
 GOOS=linux CGO_ENABLED=0 GOAMD64=v2 go build -o ./packaging/1output/libmuttonserver-linux-x86_64_v2 -ldflags="-s -w" -trimpath ./libmuttonserver.go
-GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 GOARM64=v8.0 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o ./packaging/1output/libmuttonserver-linux-arm64v8.0 -ldflags="-s -w" -trimpath ./libmuttonserver.go
-GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 GOARM64=v8.7 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o ./packaging/1output/libmuttonserver-linux-arm64v8.7 -ldflags="-s -w" -trimpath ./libmuttonserver.go
+GOOS=linux CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=arm64 GOARM64=v8.0 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o ./packaging/1output/libmuttonserver-linux-arm64v8.0 -ldflags="-s -w" -trimpath ./libmuttonserver.go
+GOOS=linux CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=arm64 GOARM64=v8.7 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o ./packaging/1output/libmuttonserver-linux-arm64v8.7 -ldflags="-s -w" -trimpath ./libmuttonserver.go
 GOOS=windows CGO_ENABLED=0 GOAMD64=v2 go build -o ./packaging/1output/libmuttonserver-windows-x86_64_v2.exe -ldflags="-s -w" -trimpath ./libmuttonserver.go
-GOOS=windows GOARCH=arm64 GOARM64=v8.7 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o ./packaging/1output/libmuttonserver-windows-arm64v8.7.exe -ldflags="-s -w" -trimpath ./libmuttonserver.go
+GOOS=windows CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=arm64 GOARM64=v8.7 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o ./packaging/1output/libmuttonserver-windows-arm64v8.7.exe -ldflags="-s -w" -trimpath ./libmuttonserver.go