diff --git a/packages/electron/README.md b/packages/electron/README.md
index 04229790..f3418bad 100644
--- a/packages/electron/README.md
+++ b/packages/electron/README.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ That runs, in order:
 2. `prepare:opencode-cli` to download/cache the pinned OpenCode CLI and copy it into `packages/electron/resources/opencode-cli`.
 3. `bundle:main` to create `packages/electron/dist-bundle/main.mjs`.
 4. `rebuild:native` to rebuild native modules for Electron.
-5. `package.mjs` to run `electron-builder`.
+5. `package.mjs` to run `electron-builder`; its `afterPack` hook stages the rebuilt `better-sqlite3` binary that Electron Builder's Bun dependency collector otherwise omits.
 
 Build output goes to `packages/electron/dist`.
 
diff --git a/packages/electron/scripts/after-pack.cjs b/packages/electron/scripts/after-pack.cjs
index c68f53fb..542ea614 100644
--- a/packages/electron/scripts/after-pack.cjs
+++ b/packages/electron/scripts/after-pack.cjs
@@ -2,11 +2,28 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 module.exports = (context) => {
+  const resourcesPath = context.electronPlatformName === 'darwin'
+    ? path.join(context.appOutDir, `${context.packager.appInfo.productFilename}.app`, 'Contents', 'Resources')
+    : path.join(context.appOutDir, 'resources');
+  const betterSqliteDir = path.dirname(require.resolve('better-sqlite3/package.json'));
+  const betterSqliteBinary = path.join(betterSqliteDir, 'build', 'Release', 'better_sqlite3.node');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(betterSqliteBinary)) {
+    throw new Error(`Missing rebuilt better-sqlite3 binary at ${betterSqliteBinary}`);
+  }
+  const packagedBetterSqliteBinary = path.join(
+    resourcesPath,
+    'app.asar.unpacked',
+    'node_modules',
+    'better-sqlite3',
+    'build',
+    'Release',
+    'better_sqlite3.node',
+  );
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(packagedBetterSqliteBinary), { recursive: true });
+  fs.copyFileSync(betterSqliteBinary, packagedBetterSqliteBinary);
+
   if (context.electronPlatformName !== 'darwin') return;
 
-  const appName = context.packager.appInfo.productFilename;
-  const appBundlePath = path.join(context.appOutDir, `${appName}.app`);
-  const resourcesPath = path.join(appBundlePath, 'Contents', 'Resources');
   const sourceAssetsPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'resources', 'icons', 'Assets.car');
 
   if (!fs.existsSync(sourceAssetsPath)) {
diff --git a/packages/electron/scripts/rebuild-native.mjs b/packages/electron/scripts/rebuild-native.mjs
index ed4d52b7..47039cc5 100644
--- a/packages/electron/scripts/rebuild-native.mjs
+++ b/packages/electron/scripts/rebuild-native.mjs
@@ -133,6 +133,19 @@ const ensureWindowsNodeAddonApiForNodePty = async (rebuildRootPath) => {
 
 console.log(`[electron] rebuilding native modules against Electron ${electronVersion}...`);
 
+await rebuild({
+  buildPath: electronDir,
+  electronVersion,
+  force: true,
+  arch: targetArchitecture.electronBuilder,
+  onlyModules: ['better-sqlite3'],
+});
+const betterSqliteDir = path.dirname(require.resolve('better-sqlite3/package.json'));
+const betterSqliteBinary = path.join(betterSqliteDir, 'build', 'Release', 'better_sqlite3.node');
+if (!existsSync(betterSqliteBinary)) {
+  throw new Error(`better-sqlite3 rebuild did not produce ${betterSqliteBinary}`);
+}
+
 // Rebuild against the hoisted root node_modules (bun workspace layout).
 // force=true re-links regardless of cached state; prebuild-install lookup is
 // bypassed by @electron/rebuild in favor of direct node-gyp builds.
@@ -145,7 +158,7 @@ try {
     electronVersion,
     force: true,
     arch: targetArchitecture.electronBuilder,
-    onlyModules: ['better-sqlite3', 'node-pty', 'bun-pty'],
+    onlyModules: ['node-pty', 'bun-pty'],
   });
 } finally {
   try {