1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js b/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js
index d341619..bd82342 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js
+++ b/packages/meshbay-client/src/main.js
@@ -792,7 +792,15 @@ function registerBridge() {
   });
 
   function findNodeBinary() {
-    if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+      // A packaged Windows build carries the frozen daemon as an
+      // extraResource (package.json build.win, packaging/win/). Prefer it —
+      // it is the version that shipped with this client.
+      if (app.isPackaged) {
+        const bundled = path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'node-runtime', 'meshbay-node.exe');
+        if (fs.existsSync(bundled)) return bundled;
+      }
+    } else {
       const local = path.join(os.homedir(), '.local', 'bin', 'meshbay-node');
       if (fs.existsSync(local)) return local;
     }