diff --git a/gui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/gui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 55bfee5..bb990f2 100644
--- a/gui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 tauri-build = { version = "1.2", features = [] }
 
 [dependencies]
-tauri = { version = "1.2", features = ["shell-open", "shell-sidecar", "window-all"] }
+tauri = { version = "1.2", features = ["shell-execute", "shell-open", "shell-sidecar", "window-all"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 
diff --git a/gui/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/gui/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 6598587..7261850 100644
--- a/gui/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/gui/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       "all": false,
       "shell": {
         "sidecar": true,
+        "execute": true,
         "scope": [
           {
             "name": "../binaries/s3si",
@@ -22,6 +23,16 @@
             "args": [
               "--daemon"
             ]
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "deno",
+            "cmd": "deno",
+            "args": [
+              "run",
+              "-A",
+              "../../s3si.ts",
+              "--daemon"
+            ]
           }
         ],
         "all": false,
diff --git a/gui/src/ipc/stdio.ts b/gui/src/ipc/stdio.ts
index 2ff3e02..84481c9 100644
--- a/gui/src/ipc/stdio.ts
+++ b/gui/src/ipc/stdio.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ export class IPC<T extends { type: string }> {
   child: Promise<Child>;
 
   constructor() {
-    const command = Command.sidecar('../binaries/s3si', ['--daemon']);
+    const command = import.meta.env.DEV ? new Command("deno", ["run", "-A", "../../s3si.ts", "--daemon"]) : Command.sidecar('../binaries/s3si', ['--daemon']);
     command.stdout.on('data', line => {
       this.callback(JSON.parse(line))
     })
+    command.stderr.on('data', line => {
+      console.error('daemon stderr', line)
+    })
     this.child = command.spawn()
   }