diff --git a/apps/remixdesktop/package.json b/apps/remixdesktop/package.json
index b4553f1032..b249bda5f3 100644
--- a/apps/remixdesktop/package.json
+++ b/apps/remixdesktop/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@electron/notarize": "^2.3.0",
-    "@electron/rebuild": "^3.2.13",
     "@types/byline": "^4.2.35",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.21",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
diff --git a/apps/remixdesktop/src/plugins/appUpdater.ts b/apps/remixdesktop/src/plugins/appUpdater.ts
index ff1b7fe999..1219d5a891 100644
--- a/apps/remixdesktop/src/plugins/appUpdater.ts
+++ b/apps/remixdesktop/src/plugins/appUpdater.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export class AppUpdaterPlugin extends ElectronBasePlugin {
     autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', (info) => {
       console.log('Update downloaded');
       this.sendToLog('Update downloaded')
+      this.sendToLog('processing download... please wait...')
       for(const client of this.clients) {
         client.downloadReady()
       }
@@ -93,7 +94,11 @@ class AppUpdaterPluginClient extends ElectronBasePluginClient {
   }
 
   async downloadReady(): Promise<void> {
-    this.emit('downloadReady')
+    // we do a wait here to make sure that the download is done, it's a bug in electron-updater
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this.emit('downloadReady')
+    }
+    , 10000)
   }
 
   async download(): Promise<void> {