diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 3cc12832..ade45e95 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { SetupTray } from './tray';
 import { IPC_CHANNELS } from './constants';
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import { app, BrowserWindow, webContents, screen } from 'electron';
+import tar from 'tar';
+
 // Handle creating/removing shortcuts on Windows when installing/uninstalling.
 import('electron-squirrel-startup').then((ess) => {
   const { default: check } = ess;
@@ -172,13 +174,13 @@ const launchPythonServer = async (args: {
       pythonProcess = spawnPython(comfyMainCmd, path.dirname(scriptPath));
     } catch {
       console.log('Running one-time python installation on first startup...');
-      // clean up any possible existing non-functional python env
-      //   try {
-      //     await fsPromises.rm(pythonRootPath, {recursive: true});
-      //   } catch {null;}
+      //clean up any possible existing non-functional python env
+        try {
+          await fsPromises.rm(pythonRootPath, {recursive: true});
+        } catch {null;}
 
-      //   const pythonTarPath = path.join(appResourcesPath, 'python.tgz');
-      //   await tar.extract({file: pythonTarPath, cwd: userResourcesPath, strict: true});
+        const pythonTarPath = path.join(appResourcesPath, 'python.tgz');
+        await tar.extract({file: pythonTarPath, cwd: userResourcesPath, strict: true});
 
       const wheelsPath = path.join(pythonRootPath, 'wheels');
       // TODO: report space bug to uv upstream, then revert below mac fix