diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4e64c506f..da602df4c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "": {
       "name": "puter.com",
       "version": "1.0.0",
+      "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
       "workspaces": [
         "packages/*"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0fd731224..2de5346d2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
     "start=gui": "nodemon --exec \"node dev-server.js\" ",
     "start": "node run-selfhosted.js",
     "build": "node ./build.js",
-    "check-translations": "node tools/check-translations.js"
+    "check-translations": "node tools/check-translations.js",
+    "postinstall": "cd packages/phoenix/packages/contextlink && npm install"
   },
   "workspaces": [
     "packages/*"
diff --git a/packages/phoenix/package-lock.json b/packages/phoenix/package-lock.json
index 1f1d68401..05e55e047 100644
--- a/packages/phoenix/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/phoenix/package-lock.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
         "columnify": "^1.6.0",
         "fs-mode-to-string": "^0.0.2",
         "json-query": "^2.2.2",
-        "node-pty": "^1.0.0",
         "path-browserify": "^1.0.1",
         "sinon": "^17.0.1",
         "xterm": "^5.1.0",
@@ -34,6 +33,9 @@
         "mocha": "^10.2.0",
         "rollup": "^3.21.4",
         "rollup-plugin-copy": "^3.4.0"
+      },
+      "optionalDependencies": {
+        "node-pty": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
     "../dev-contextlink": {
@@ -1296,7 +1298,8 @@
     "node_modules/nan": {
       "version": "2.19.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nan/-/nan-2.19.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-nO1xXxfh/RWNxfd/XPfbIfFk5vgLsAxUR9y5O0cHMJu/AW9U95JLXqthYHjEp+8gQ5p96K9jUp8nbVOxCdRbtw=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-nO1xXxfh/RWNxfd/XPfbIfFk5vgLsAxUR9y5O0cHMJu/AW9U95JLXqthYHjEp+8gQ5p96K9jUp8nbVOxCdRbtw==",
+      "optional": true
     },
     "node_modules/nanoid": {
       "version": "3.3.3",
@@ -1327,6 +1330,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-pty/-/node-pty-1.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-wtBMWWS7dFZm/VgqElrTvtfMq4GzJ6+edFI0Y0zyzygUSZMgZdraDUMUhCIvkjhJjme15qWmbyJbtAx4ot4uZA==",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
+      "optional": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "nan": "^2.17.0"
       }