diff --git a/app/electron-builder.config.js b/app/electron-builder.config.js
index 9551ae94..904c704d 100644
--- a/app/electron-builder.config.js
+++ b/app/electron-builder.config.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const config = {
     output: 'dist',
     buildResources: './assets/',
   },
-  files: ['build/**'],
+  files: ['build/**', './server/**', './generated/**'],
   extraMetadata: {
     version: getVersion(),
   },
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ const config = {
     category: 'Audio',
     artifactName: `\${name}-linux-\${arch}-${getGithubSafeVersion()}.\${ext}`,
   },
-  extraResources: ['./server/**', './generated/**'],
-  asar: false,
+  // extraResources: ['./server/**', './generated/**'],
+  asar: true,
+  asarUnpack: ['node_modules/ffmpeg-static/**'],
 };
 
 module.exports = config;
diff --git a/app/main_process/server.ts b/app/main_process/server.ts
index 85b53d45..2fb08ebb 100644
--- a/app/main_process/server.ts
+++ b/app/main_process/server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import process from 'process';
 import fs from 'fs';
-import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+import { spawn, execFile } from 'child_process';
 import { app, dialog } from 'electron';
 import { publishServerInfo, publishServerStderr } from '../ipc/ipc_main';
 import { ServerInfo } from './types';
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ function findServer() {
     // In development
     path.join(process.cwd(), 'server', 'server'),
     path.join(process.cwd(), 'server', 'server.exe'),
+
+    path.join('server', 'server'),
+    path.join('server', 'server.exe'),
   ];
   for (const path of possibilities) {
+    console.log('trying', path, 'exists:', fs.existsSync(path));
     if (fs.existsSync(path)) {
       return path;
     }
@@ -45,8 +49,7 @@ function getServerProcess() {
     return null;
   }
   console.log('Starting server from', path);
-  return spawn(path, {
-    stdio: 'pipe',
+  return execFile(path, {
     env: { ...process.env },
   });
 }
@@ -73,21 +76,24 @@ function startServer() {
   if (!serverProcess) {
     return;
   }
-  serverProcess.stdout.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
+  serverProcess.stdout?.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
     console.log('server-stdout', data.toString());
-    try {
-      const parsed_data: ServerStartingMessage | ServerStartedMessage = JSON.parse(data.toString());
-      if (parsed_data.msg == 'server_starting') {
-        publishServerInfo({ state: 'starting', port: parsed_data.port });
-      } else if (parsed_data.msg == 'server_started') {
-        publishServerInfo({ state: 'running', token: parsed_data.token });
+    for (const line of data.toString().trim().split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      console.log('line', line);
+      try {
+        const parsed_data: ServerStartingMessage | ServerStartedMessage = JSON.parse(line);
+        if (parsed_data.msg == 'server_starting') {
+          publishServerInfo({ state: 'starting', port: parsed_data.port });
+        } else if (parsed_data.msg == 'server_started') {
+          publishServerInfo({ state: 'running', token: parsed_data.token });
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.log('error decoding stdout json', e);
       }
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.log('error decoding stdout json', e);
     }
   });
 
-  serverProcess.stderr.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
+  serverProcess.stderr?.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
     console.log(`server-stderr: \n${data}`);
     publishServerStderr(data.toString());
   });
diff --git a/app/src/core/ffmpeg.ts b/app/src/core/ffmpeg.ts
index 34baa42e..652c6eda 100644
--- a/app/src/core/ffmpeg.ts
+++ b/app/src/core/ffmpeg.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { player } from './player';
 import { WebVtt } from '@audapolis/webvtt-writer';
 
 const { FFmpegCommand, FFmpegInput, FFmpegOutput, FilterNode, FilterChain } = Fessonia({
-  ffmpeg_bin: ffmpegPath,
+  ffmpeg_bin: ffmpegPath.replace('app.asar', 'app.asar.unpacked'),
 });
 
 export function getSubtitleCodec(outputPath: string): string {
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ async function runFfmpegWithProgress(
   cmd: Fessonia.FFmpegCommand,
   onTimeProgress: ProgressCallback
 ) {
-  console.debug('ffmpeg commandline: ', getFfmpegComandLine(cmd));
+  console.debug('ffmpeg commandline: ', cmd.toString());
   cmd.on('update', (data: { out_time_ms: number }) => {
     onTimeProgress(data.out_time_ms / 1000);
   });
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ export async function convertToWav(
     cmd.on('success', resolve);
     cmd.on('error', reject);
   });
+  console.log('running ffmpeg', cmd.toString());
   cmd.spawn(true);
   console.log('ffmpeg result', await promise);
 
@@ -292,17 +293,6 @@ export async function copyToMp4(input_path: string): Promise<Buffer> {
   return fileData;
 }
 
-function getFfmpegComandLine(cmd: Fessonia.FFmpegCommand) {
-  return (
-    cmd.toCommand().command +
-    ' ' +
-    cmd
-      .toCommand()
-      .args.map((x) => `'${x}'`)
-      .join(' ')
-  );
-}
-
 function getTempDir(): Promise<string> {
   return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
     const cacheDir = new AppDirectory({