diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
index 48f4e27..712b9c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
@@ -18,18 +18,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check if version already released
         id: version-check
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           VERSION=$(grep '"version"' package.json | head -1 | sed 's/.*"version": *"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/')
           TAG="v$VERSION"
           echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "TAG=$TAG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-          STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
-            -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
-            "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tags/$TAG")
-
-          if [ "$STATUS" = "200" ]; then
+          if gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             echo "Release $TAG already exists, skipping build"
             echo "SKIP=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else
@@ -43,26 +39,35 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: '22'
 
-      - name: Install Wine (for Windows cross-compilation)
+      - name: Install system dependencies
         if: steps.version-check.outputs.SKIP == 'false'
         run: |
           sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
-          sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings
-          sudo wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
-          sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/$(lsb_release -cs)/winehq-$(lsb_release -cs).sources
           sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install -y --install-recommends winehq-stable
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            wine wine32 wine64 \
+            libnss3 libatk1.0-0 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libcups2t64 \
+            libdrm2 libxkbcommon0 libxcomposite1 libxdamage1 \
+            libxfixes3 libxrandr2 libgbm1 libpango-1.0-0 \
+            libcairo2 libasound2t64 libgtk-3-0
           WINEDEBUG=-all wine wineboot --init || true
-          wine --version
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         if: steps.version-check.outputs.SKIP == 'false'
-        run: npm ci
+        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
 
       - name: Build source
         if: steps.version-check.outputs.SKIP == 'false'
         run: npm run build
 
+      - name: Verify Electron binaries
+        if: steps.version-check.outputs.SKIP == 'false'
+        run: |
+          echo "=== Electron dist (stock, for Linux build) ==="
+          ls node_modules/electron/dist/electron 2>/dev/null && echo "OK" || echo "MISSING"
+          echo "=== Electron dist-win (patched, for Windows build) ==="
+          ls node_modules/electron/dist-win/electron.exe 2>/dev/null && echo "OK" || echo "MISSING"
+
       - name: Build Windows distributables
         if: steps.version-check.outputs.SKIP == 'false'
         env:
@@ -73,60 +78,35 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.version-check.outputs.SKIP == 'false'
         run: npx electron-builder --linux --publish never
 
-      - name: List build output
+      - name: Report build sizes
         if: steps.version-check.outputs.SKIP == 'false'
         run: |
-          echo "=== Build output ==="
-          ls -lh out/ 2>/dev/null || echo "No out/ directory"
+          echo "=== Build output sizes ==="
+          ls -lh out/*.exe out/*.AppImage out/*.deb 2>/dev/null || true
 
-      - name: Create release and upload assets
+      - name: Create GitHub release and upload assets
         if: steps.version-check.outputs.SKIP == 'false'
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          TAG: ${{ steps.version-check.outputs.TAG }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          API="https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}"
-          AUTH="Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN"
+          # Collect built artifacts
+          ASSETS=()
+          for file in out/*.exe out/*.AppImage out/*.deb; do
+            [ -f "$file" ] || continue
+            ASSETS+=("$file")
+          done
 
-          # Create release
-          RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST "$API/releases" \
-            -H "$AUTH" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d "{
-              \"tag_name\": \"$TAG\",
-              \"name\": \"$TAG\",
-              \"body\": \"Automated build for $TAG\",
-              \"draft\": false,
-              \"prerelease\": false
-            }")
-
-          RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.id')
-          UPLOAD_URL=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.upload_url' | sed 's/{?name,label}//')
-          echo "Created release ID: $RELEASE_ID"
-
-          if [ "$RELEASE_ID" = "null" ] || [ -z "$RELEASE_ID" ]; then
-            echo "Failed to create release:"
-            echo "$RESPONSE"
+          if [ ${#ASSETS[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "ERROR: No build artifacts found in out/"
+            ls -la out/ 2>/dev/null || echo "out/ directory does not exist"
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          # Upload all built artifacts
-          UPLOADED=0
-          for file in out/*.exe out/*.AppImage out/*.deb; do
-            [ -f "$file" ] || continue
-            FILENAME=$(basename "$file")
-            echo "Uploading: $FILENAME ($(du -h "$file" | cut -f1))"
-            curl -s -X POST "${UPLOAD_URL}?name=${FILENAME}" \
-              -H "$AUTH" \
-              -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
-              --data-binary "@$file" \
-              | jq -r '"  -> \(.name) (\(.size) bytes)"'
-            UPLOADED=$((UPLOADED + 1))
-          done
+          echo "Uploading ${#ASSETS[@]} assets:"
+          printf '  %s\n' "${ASSETS[@]}"
 
-          if [ "$UPLOADED" -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "WARNING: No artifacts found in out/"
-            ls -la out/ 2>/dev/null || true
-          fi
-
-          echo "Uploaded $UPLOADED assets"
+          gh release create "${{ steps.version-check.outputs.TAG }}" \
+            --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
+            --title "${{ steps.version-check.outputs.TAG }}" \
+            --notes "Automated build for ${{ steps.version-check.outputs.TAG }}" \
+            "${ASSETS[@]}"
diff --git a/electron-builder.yml b/electron-builder.yml
index 9f71f52..a1ee34a 100644
--- a/electron-builder.yml
+++ b/electron-builder.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 appId: com.krunkercivilian.client
 productName: Krunker Civilian Client
+electronDist: node_modules/electron/dist
 directories:
   output: out
   buildResources: build