diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
index 443492ada7e06fdce456f4cd74bc1f18966699f7..1631046a6ec460f5c82751c8ff42fd6f75eb5261 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ function configureApplicationMenu(): void {
 function resolveResourcePath(fileName: string): string | null {
   const candidates = [
     Path.join(__dirname, "../resources", fileName),
+    Path.join(__dirname, "../prod-resources", fileName),
     Path.join(process.resourcesPath, "resources", fileName),
     Path.join(process.resourcesPath, fileName),
   ];
diff --git a/scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts b/scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts
index aebf11d5cae3cd0731f978cdaf6b1f1ef2e7db34..0b875721fd1ffde9284ffd39fe66721435ee9fb1 100644
--- a/scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts
+++ b/scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts
@@ -614,6 +614,9 @@ const buildDesktopArtifact = Effect.fn("buildDesktopArtifact")(function* (
 
   yield* assertPlatformBuildResources(options.platform, stageResourcesDir, options.verbose);
 
+  // electron-builder is filtering out stageResourcesDir directory in the AppImage for production
+  yield* fs.copy(stageResourcesDir, path.join(stageAppDir, "apps/desktop/prod-resources"));
+
   const stagePackageJson: StagePackageJson = {
     name: "t3-code-desktop",
     version: appVersion,