diff --git a/ui/desktop/.env b/ui/desktop/.env
index 560e985ce..68502576b 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/.env
+++ b/ui/desktop/.env
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VITE_START_EMBEDDED_SERVER=no
+VITE_START_EMBEDDED_SERVER=yes
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diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/bin/goosed b/ui/desktop/src/bin/goosed
index c22131491..f6223cc2f 100755
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