diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
index 4cc24857b4..adc952d27f 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class AppComponent {
   constructor() {
 
     console.log(window.electronAPI)
-    console.log(window)
+    console.log(window.api)
 
     this.appManager = new RemixAppManager({})
     this.queryParams = new QueryParams()
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/index.tsx b/apps/remix-ide/src/index.tsx
index 4bc938792f..37bee1f5aa 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/index.tsx
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ import { Storage } from '@remix-project/remix-lib'
   } catch (e) { }
   const theme = new ThemeModule()
   theme.initTheme()
-  /*
+  
   render(
     <React.StrictMode>
       <Preload></Preload>
     </React.StrictMode>,
     document.getElementById('root')
   )
-  */
+  
 })()
 
 
diff --git a/apps/remixdesktop/webpack.config.js b/apps/remixdesktop/webpack.config.js
index a30a1f1dcd..9f2003b34d 100644
--- a/apps/remixdesktop/webpack.config.js
+++ b/apps/remixdesktop/webpack.config.js
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ const TerserPlugin = require("terser-webpack-plugin")
 const CssMinimizerPlugin = require("css-minimizer-webpack-plugin")
 
 // Nx plugins for webpack.
-module.exports = composePlugins((config) => {
-  config = {}
+module.exports = composePlugins((input) => {
+  
+  const config = {
+    mode: input.mode === 'production' ? 'production' : 'development',
+  }
+
   config.target = 'electron-main'
   config.devtool = 'source-map'
-  config.mode = 'production'
+  
   config.output = {
     path: __dirname + '/.webpack/main',
     filename: '[name].js',
@@ -20,11 +24,14 @@ module.exports = composePlugins((config) => {
     index: ['./apps/remixdesktop/src/index.ts'],
     preload: ['./apps/remixdesktop/src/preload.ts'],
   }
-  
+
+
+  const mainEntry =  config.mode === 'production'? `\`file://$\{require('path').resolve(__dirname, '..', 'renderer', 'index.html')}\``: `'http://localhost:8080'`
+
   config.plugins= [
     new webpack.DefinePlugin({
-      MAIN_WINDOW_WEBPACK_ENTRY:`\`file://$\{require('path').resolve(__dirname, '..', 'renderer', 'index.html')}\``,
-      'process.env.MAIN_WINDOW_WEBPACK_ENTRY': `\`file://$\{require('path').resolve(__dirname, '..', 'renderer', 'index.html')}\``,
+      MAIN_WINDOW_WEBPACK_ENTRY: mainEntry,
+      'process.env.MAIN_WINDOW_WEBPACK_ENTRY': mainEntry,
       MAIN_WINDOW_PRELOAD_WEBPACK_ENTRY: `\`$\{require('path').resolve(__dirname, 'preload.js')}\``,
       'process.env.MAIN_WINDOW_PRELOAD_WEBPACK_ENTRY': `\`$\{require('path').resolve(__dirname, '..', 'render', 'preload.js')}\``,
     })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ec3c52e75..991e849ccd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "build:e2e": "node apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/buildGroupTests.js && tsc -p apps/remix-ide-e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json",
     "serve:desktop:dist": "rm -rf apps/remixdesktop/.webpack && yarn nx build remixdesktop && NX_DESKTOP_FROM_DIST=true nx build remix-ide --configuration=desktop  && cp -r dist/apps/remix-ide apps/remixdesktop/.webpack/renderer && yarn electron apps/remixdesktop/.webpack/main",
     "build:desktop": "rm -rf apps/remixdesktop/.webpack && yarn nx build remixdesktop && NX_DESKTOP_FROM_DIST=true nx build remix-ide --configuration=desktop  && cp -r dist/apps/remix-ide apps/remixdesktop/.webpack/renderer && cd apps/remixdesktop/ && yarn package",
-    "serve:desktop:webpack": "rm -rf apps/remixdesktop/.webpack && yarn nx build remixdesktop && yarn serve && yarn electron apps/remixdesktop",
+    "serve:desktop": "rm -rf apps/remixdesktop/.webpack && yarn nx build remixdesktop --configuration=development && yarn electron apps/remixdesktop",
     "babel": "babel",
     "watch:e2e": "nodemon",
     "bumpVersion:libs": "gulp & gulp syncLibVersions;",