diff --git a/electron/main.ts b/electron/main.ts
index 1cfa1c07..f5f1b89f 100644
--- a/electron/main.ts
+++ b/electron/main.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import {
 	isHudOverlayMousePassthroughSupported,
 	showUpdateToastWindow,
 } from "./windows";
+import { ensurePackagedRendererServer } from "./rendererServer";
 
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const IS_SMOKE_EXPORT = process.env.RECORDLY_SMOKE_EXPORT === "1";
@@ -747,6 +748,14 @@ app.whenReady().then(async () => {
 	// Ensure recordings directory exists
 	await ensureRecordingsDir();
 
+	if (!VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL) {
+		try {
+			await ensurePackagedRendererServer(RENDERER_DIST);
+		} catch (error) {
+			console.warn("[renderer-server] Failed to start packaged renderer server:", error);
+		}
+	}
+
 	registerIpcHandlers(
 		createEditorWindowWrapper,
 		createSourceSelectorWindowWrapper,
diff --git a/electron/rendererServer.ts b/electron/rendererServer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..881430c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/electron/rendererServer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import { createServer, type IncomingMessage, type ServerResponse } from "node:http";
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+const MIME_TYPES: Record<string, string> = {
+	".css": "text/css; charset=utf-8",
+	".gif": "image/gif",
+	".html": "text/html; charset=utf-8",
+	".ico": "image/x-icon",
+	".js": "text/javascript; charset=utf-8",
+	".json": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+	".jpg": "image/jpeg",
+	".jpeg": "image/jpeg",
+	".mjs": "text/javascript; charset=utf-8",
+	".png": "image/png",
+	".svg": "image/svg+xml",
+	".txt": "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
+	".wasm": "application/wasm",
+	".webp": "image/webp",
+	".woff": "font/woff",
+	".woff2": "font/woff2",
+};
+
+let packagedRendererBaseUrl: string | null = null;
+let packagedRendererServerStartPromise: Promise<string> | null = null;
+
+function getContentType(filePath: string): string {
+	return MIME_TYPES[path.extname(filePath).toLowerCase()] ?? "application/octet-stream";
+}
+
+function resolveRequestedFilePath(rootDir: string, requestPathname: string): string | null {
+	const trimmedPathname = requestPathname === "/" ? "/index.html" : requestPathname;
+	const relativePath = path.normalize(decodeURIComponent(trimmedPathname)).replace(/^\/+/, "");
+	const resolvedRootDir = path.resolve(rootDir);
+	const resolvedFilePath = path.resolve(resolvedRootDir, relativePath);
+
+	if (
+		resolvedFilePath !== resolvedRootDir &&
+		!resolvedFilePath.startsWith(`${resolvedRootDir}${path.sep}`)
+	) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	return resolvedFilePath;
+}
+
+async function servePackagedRendererRequest(
+	rootDir: string,
+	request: IncomingMessage,
+	response: ServerResponse,
+): Promise<void> {
+	try {
+		const requestUrl = new URL(request.url ?? "/", "http://127.0.0.1");
+		const resolvedFilePath = resolveRequestedFilePath(rootDir, requestUrl.pathname);
+
+		if (!resolvedFilePath) {
+			response.writeHead(403, { "Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=utf-8" });
+			response.end("Forbidden");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const filePath = resolvedFilePath;
+		const fileContents = await fs.readFile(filePath);
+
+		response.writeHead(200, {
+			"Cache-Control": "no-cache",
+			"Content-Type": getContentType(filePath),
+		});
+
+		if (request.method === "HEAD") {
+			response.end();
+			return;
+		}
+
+		response.end(fileContents);
+	} catch (error) {
+		if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException)?.code === "ENOENT") {
+			response.writeHead(404, { "Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=utf-8" });
+			response.end("Not Found");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		response.writeHead(500, { "Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=utf-8" });
+		response.end("Internal Server Error");
+	}
+}
+
+export function getPackagedRendererBaseUrl(): string | null {
+	return packagedRendererBaseUrl;
+}
+
+export async function ensurePackagedRendererServer(rootDir: string): Promise<string> {
+	if (packagedRendererBaseUrl) {
+		return packagedRendererBaseUrl;
+	}
+
+	if (packagedRendererServerStartPromise) {
+		return packagedRendererServerStartPromise;
+	}
+
+	packagedRendererServerStartPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		const server = createServer((request, response) => {
+			void servePackagedRendererRequest(rootDir, request, response);
+		});
+
+		server.once("error", (error) => {
+			reject(error);
+		});
+
+		server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", () => {
+			const address = server.address();
+			if (!address || typeof address === "string") {
+				server.close();
+				reject(new Error("Renderer server did not expose a TCP address"));
+				return;
+			}
+
+			packagedRendererBaseUrl = `http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}`;
+			resolve(packagedRendererBaseUrl);
+		});
+	});
+
+	try {
+		return await packagedRendererServerStartPromise;
+	} finally {
+		packagedRendererServerStartPromise = null;
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/electron/windows.ts b/electron/windows.ts
index 240d89f1..3ab5e3de 100644
--- a/electron/windows.ts
+++ b/electron/windows.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain } from "electron";
 import { USER_DATA_PATH } from "./appPaths";
+import { getPackagedRendererBaseUrl } from "./rendererServer";
 
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const nodeRequire = createRequire(import.meta.url);
@@ -643,10 +644,19 @@ export function createEditorWindow(): BrowserWindow {
 		const query = new URLSearchParams(getEditorWindowQuery());
 		win.loadURL(`${VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL}?${query.toString()}`);
 	} else {
-		console.log("[editor-window] load-file", path.join(RENDERER_DIST, "index.html"));
-		win.loadFile(path.join(RENDERER_DIST, "index.html"), {
-			query: getEditorWindowQuery(),
-		});
+		const query = new URLSearchParams(getEditorWindowQuery());
+		const packagedRendererBaseUrl = getPackagedRendererBaseUrl();
+
+		if (packagedRendererBaseUrl) {
+			const targetUrl = `${packagedRendererBaseUrl}/?${query.toString()}`;
+			console.log("[editor-window] load-url", targetUrl);
+			win.loadURL(targetUrl);
+		} else {
+			console.log("[editor-window] load-file", path.join(RENDERER_DIST, "index.html"));
+			win.loadFile(path.join(RENDERER_DIST, "index.html"), {
+				query: getEditorWindowQuery(),
+			});
+		}
 	}
 
 	return win;