diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6a2c5cec..0465e8c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ typings/
 
 # TypeScript cache
 *.tsbuildinfo
+dist
 
 # Optional npm cache directory
 .npm
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ typings/
 # Yarn Integrity file
 .yarn-integrity
 
+# Yarn cache files
+.yarn
+
 # dotenv environment variables file
 .env
 .env.test
@@ -95,6 +99,9 @@ out/
 comfyui-prebuilt
 comfyui
 
+# vscode
+*.code-workspace
+.history
 .vscode/*
 
 assets/ComfyUI
diff --git a/forge.config.ts b/forge.config.ts
index 03cc1453..9ad1a712 100644
--- a/forge.config.ts
+++ b/forge.config.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const config: ForgeConfig = {
       debug:true,
       hookFunction: (filePath) => {
         if (!filePath.endsWith("ComfyUI.exe")) return; // For now just ignore any file that isnt the main exe will need to change when building with installers/auto updates / a compiled python servesr
-        require("child_process").execSync(`signtool.exe sign /sha1 ${process.env.DIGICERT_FINGERPRINT} /tr http://timestamp.digicert.com /td SHA256 /fd SHA256 ${filePath}`)
+        import("child_process").then(cp => cp.execSync(`signtool.exe sign /sha1 ${process.env.DIGICERT_FINGERPRINT} /tr http://timestamp.digicert.com /td SHA256 /fd SHA256 ${filePath}`));
       },
     }},
     osxSign: {
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ const config: ForgeConfig = {
         return { entitlements: './assets/entitlements.mac.plist' };
       }
     },
-    extraResource: ['./assets/UI', './assets/ComfyUI', './assets/python'],
+    extraResource: ['./assets/UI', './assets/ComfyUI', process.platform === 'darwin' ? './assets/python' : './assets/python.tgz'],
     osxNotarize: {
       appleId: process.env.APPLE_ID,
       appleIdPassword: process.env.APPLE_PASSWORD,
       teamId: process.env.APPLE_TEAM_ID
-    }
+    },
   },
   rebuildConfig: {},
   hooks: {
@@ -44,8 +44,17 @@ const config: ForgeConfig = {
   },
   makers: [
     new MakerZIP({}, ['darwin', 'win32']),
-    new MakerRpm({}),
-    new MakerDeb({}),
+    // the forge build produces a "ComfyUI" bin, but the rpm/deb makers expect a "comfyui-electron" bin (matching the "name" in package.json). We override this below
+    new MakerRpm({
+      options: {
+        bin: "ComfyUI"
+      }
+    }),
+    new MakerDeb({
+      options: {
+        bin: "ComfyUI"
+      }
+    }),
   ],
   plugins: [
     new VitePlugin({
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index f04c08c7..58146bf6 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ import net from 'net';
 import { spawn, ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
 
 // Handle creating/removing shortcuts on Windows when installing/uninstalling.
-if (require('electron-squirrel-startup')) {
-  app.quit();
-}
+import('electron-squirrel-startup').then(ess => {
+  const {default: check} = ess;
+  if (check) {
+    app.quit();
+  }
+});
+
 let pythonProcess: ChildProcess | null = null;
 const host = '127.0.0.1'; // Replace with the desired IP address
 const port = 8188; // Replace with the port number your server is running on
@@ -82,6 +86,10 @@ const launchPythonServer = async () => {
             executablePath = path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'UI', packagedComfyUIExecutable);
             pythonProcess = spawn(executablePath, { shell: true });
         }
+    } else {
+        executablePath = path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'UI', packagedComfyUIExecutable);
+        pythonProcess = spawn(executablePath, { shell: true });
+    }
     } else {
       // Development: use the fake Python server
       if (process.platform == 'darwin') {