diff --git a/src-tauri/src/core/setup.rs b/src-tauri/src/core/setup.rs
index 21863a199..e1b575b4d 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/core/setup.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/core/setup.rs
@@ -241,19 +241,9 @@ pub fn setup_sidecar(app: &App) -> Result<(), String> {
                     "--api_keys",
                     app_state.inner().app_token.as_deref().unwrap_or(""),
                 ]);
-
             #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
             {
-                cmd = cmd.env("PATH", {
-                    let exe_path = env::current_exe().expect("Failed to get current exe path");
-                    let exe_parent_path = exe_path
-                        .parent()
-                        .expect("Executable must have a parent directory");
-                    let bin_path = exe_parent_path.to_path_buf();
-                    let dest = bin_path.display();
-                    let path = std::env::var("PATH").unwrap_or_default();
-                    format!("{}{}{}", path, std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR, dest)
-                });
+                cmd = cmd.current_dir(app_handle.path().resource_dir().unwrap());
             }
 
             #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 4219d61c8..18108d34e 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@
       "icons/icon.ico"
     ],
     "resources": [
-      "binaries/engines/**/*",
       "resources/pre-install/**/*",
-      "resources/lib/"
+      "resources/lib/",
+      "binaries/**/*"
     ],
     "externalBin": [
       "binaries/cortex-server",