diff --git a/.github/workflows/client-app.yml b/.github/workflows/client-app.yml
index 867e3d21cc..0eac79804d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/client-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/client-app.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       version:
         description: App Version
         required: true
-        default: 0.1.0
+        default: 0.0.0
       is-draft:
         description: 'Draft Release?'
         type: boolean
diff --git a/apps/electron/layers/main/src/main-window.ts b/apps/electron/layers/main/src/main-window.ts
index 56c5151851..114df53404 100644
--- a/apps/electron/layers/main/src/main-window.ts
+++ b/apps/electron/layers/main/src/main-window.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ async function createWindow() {
       sandbox: false,
       webviewTag: false, // The webview tag is not recommended. Consider alternatives like iframe or Electron's BrowserView. https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/webview-tag#warning
       spellcheck: false, // FIXME: enable?
-      preload: join(__dirname, '../../preload/dist/index.js'),
+      preload: join(__dirname, '../preload/index.js'),
     },
   });
 
diff --git a/apps/electron/layers/main/src/protocol.ts b/apps/electron/layers/main/src/protocol.ts
index 4575ed4e85..fd441d9b18 100644
--- a/apps/electron/layers/main/src/protocol.ts
+++ b/apps/electron/layers/main/src/protocol.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,22 @@ import { protocol } from 'electron';
 import { join } from 'path';
 
 export function registerProtocol() {
-  protocol.interceptFileProtocol('file', (request, callback) => {
-    const url = request.url.replace(/^file:\/\//, '');
-    if (url.startsWith('./')) {
-      const realpath = join(
-        __dirname,
-        '../../../resources/web-static',
-        decodeURIComponent(url)
-      );
-      callback(realpath);
-    }
-  });
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
+    protocol.interceptFileProtocol('file', (request, callback) => {
+      const url = request.url.replace(/^file:\/\//, '');
+      const webStaticDir = join(__dirname, '../../../resources/web-static');
+      if (url.startsWith('./')) {
+        // if is a file type, load the file in resources
+        if (url.split('/').at(-1)?.includes('.')) {
+          const realpath = join(webStaticDir, decodeURIComponent(url));
+          callback(realpath);
+        } else {
+          // else, fallback to load the index.html instead
+          const realpath = join(webStaticDir, 'index.html');
+          console.log(realpath, 'realpath', url, 'url');
+          callback(realpath);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
 }