diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release-draft.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release-draft.yml
index 8c6d144..88e409f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release-draft.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release-draft.yml
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           $projectRoot = $PWD.ProviderPath
           $electronBuilderWorkspace = Join-Path $env:TEMP ([guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N'))
+          $electronBuilderCache = Join-Path $electronBuilderWorkspace 'electron-builder-cache'
+          $electronCache = Join-Path $electronBuilderWorkspace 'electron-cache'
           $locationPushed = $false
 
           function Invoke-RoboCopy {
@@ -183,27 +185,21 @@ jobs:
           # electron-builder rejects junction-backed files during asar creation
           # because their resolved path sits outside the package root.
           New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $electronBuilderWorkspace | Out-Null
-
-          # Point electron-builder at the Electron binary already present
-          # in the main workspace so the packaging workspace can skip it.
-          $env:ELECTRON_OVERRIDE_DIST_PATH = Join-Path $projectRoot 'node_modules\electron\dist'
+          New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $electronBuilderCache | Out-Null
+          New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $electronCache | Out-Null
+          $env:ELECTRON_BUILDER_CACHE = $electronBuilderCache
+          $env:ELECTRON_CACHE = $electronCache
 
           try {
             Copy-Item -Path (Join-Path $projectRoot 'package.json') -Destination (Join-Path $electronBuilderWorkspace 'package.json') -Force
             Copy-Item -Path (Join-Path $projectRoot 'package-lock.json') -Destination (Join-Path $electronBuilderWorkspace 'package-lock.json') -Force
             Invoke-RoboCopy (Join-Path $projectRoot 'dist') (Join-Path $electronBuilderWorkspace 'dist')
             Invoke-RoboCopy (Join-Path $projectRoot 'images') (Join-Path $electronBuilderWorkspace 'images')
+            Invoke-RoboCopy (Join-Path $projectRoot 'node_modules') (Join-Path $electronBuilderWorkspace 'node_modules')
 
             Push-Location $electronBuilderWorkspace
             $locationPushed = $true
-
-            # Install only production dependencies — much faster than
-            # mirroring the full node_modules tree via robocopy and also
-            # avoids the junction/symlink issues that require the temp workspace.
-            npm ci --omit=dev --ignore-scripts
-
-            $electronBuilderBin = Join-Path $projectRoot 'node_modules\.bin\electron-builder.cmd'
-            & $electronBuilderBin --win --publish never
+            npx electron-builder --win --publish never
             if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
               throw "electron-builder failed with exit code $LASTEXITCODE"
             }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1a67b36..a00be6f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -146,9 +146,13 @@
       "output": "dist-electron"
     },
     "files": [
+      "!node_modules",
       "dist/client/**/*",
       "dist/electron/**/*",
-      "node_modules/**/*",
+      "node_modules/{ansi-regex,ansi-styles,ansis,app-root-path,applescript,argparse,auto-launch,available-typed-arrays,balanced-match,base64-js,brace-expansion,buffer,builder-util-runtime,call-bind,call-bind-apply-helpers,call-bound,cliui,concat-map,cross-spawn,dayjs,debug,dedent,define-data-property,dotenv,dunder-proto,electron-updater,emoji-regex,es-define-property,es-errors,es-object-atoms,escalade,for-each,foreground-child,fs-extra,function-bind,get-caller-file,get-east-asian-width,get-intrinsic,get-proto,glob,gopd,graceful-fs,has-property-descriptors,has-symbols,has-tostringtag,hasown,ieee754,inherits,is-callable,is-fullwidth-code-point,is-typed-array,isarray,isexe,jackspeak,js-yaml,jsonfile,lazy-val,lodash.escaperegexp,lodash.isequal,lru-cache,math-intrinsics,minimatch,minimist,minipass,mkdirp,ms,package-json-from-dist,path-is-absolute,path-key,path-scurry,possible-typed-array-names,reflect-metadata,safe-buffer,sax,semver,set-function-length,sha.js,shebang-command,shebang-regex,signal-exit,sql-highlight,sql.js,string-width,string-width-cjs,strip-ansi,strip-ansi-cjs,tiny-typed-emitter,to-buffer,tslib,typed-array-buffer,typeorm,universalify,untildify,uuid,which,which-typed-array,winreg,wrap-ansi,wrap-ansi-cjs,y18n,yallist,yargs,yargs-parser}/**/*",
+      "node_modules/@isaacs/cliui/**/*",
+      "node_modules/@pkgjs/parseargs/**/*",
+      "node_modules/@sqltools/formatter/**/*",
       "!node_modules/**/test/**/*",
       "!node_modules/**/tests/**/*",
       "!node_modules/**/*.d.ts",
diff --git a/server/src/migrations/1000000000002-ServerChannels.ts b/server/src/migrations/1000000000002-ServerChannels.ts
index fba903c..c5aebc6 100644
--- a/server/src/migrations/1000000000002-ServerChannels.ts
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1000000000002-ServerChannels.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ export class ServerChannels1000000000002 implements MigrationInterface {
   name = 'ServerChannels1000000000002';
 
   public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-    await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "servers" ADD COLUMN "channels" TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '[]'`);
+    const columns: { name: string }[] = await queryRunner.query(`PRAGMA table_info("servers")`);
+    const hasChannels = columns.some(c => c.name === 'channels');
+    if (!hasChannels) {
+      await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "servers" ADD COLUMN "channels" TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '[]'`);
+    }
   }
 
   public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {