diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-app.yml b/.github/workflows/release-app.yml
index 3578fb2a..5e128331 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-app.yml
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ jobs:
           TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TAURI_KEY_PASSWORD }}
         run: |
           Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path target -File -Filter "*.exe.sig" | Remove-Item -Force
-          npx tauri bundle ${{ matrix.args }} --bundles nsis --config ./crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/tauri.release.conf.json --config '{"bundle":{"createUpdaterArtifacts":true,"windows":{"nsis":{"installMode":"perMachine"}}}}'
+          Push-Location crates-tauri/yaak-app-client
+          npx tauri bundle ${{ matrix.args }} --bundles nsis --config ./tauri.release.conf.json --config '{"bundle":{"createUpdaterArtifacts":true,"windows":{"nsis":{"installMode":"perMachine"}}}}'
+          Pop-Location
           $setup = Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path target -Filter "*setup*.exe" | Select-Object -First 1
           $setupSig = "$($setup.FullName).sig"
           $dest = $setup.FullName -replace '-setup\.exe$', '-setup-machine.exe'
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-proxy/Cargo.toml b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-proxy/Cargo.toml
index 53aa066b..0adda828 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ tauri-build = { version = "2.5.3", features = [] }
 [dependencies]
 log = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
-tauri = { workspace = true }
+tauri = { workspace = true, features = ["devtools"] }
 tauri-plugin-os = "2.3.2"
 yaak-mac-window = { workspace = true }
 yaak-proxy-lib = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 641e9cfb..29fadeee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@
     "prepare": "vp config",
     "init": "npm install && npm run bootstrap",
     "start": "npm run client:dev",
-    "client:build": "tauri build --config crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/tauri.conf.json",
+    "client:build": "node scripts/run-build.mjs client",
     "client:dev": "node scripts/run-dev.mjs client",
-    "proxy:build": "tauri build --config crates-tauri/yaak-app-proxy/tauri.conf.json",
+    "proxy:build": "node scripts/run-build.mjs proxy",
     "proxy:dev": "node scripts/run-dev.mjs proxy",
     "migration": "node scripts/create-migration.cjs",
     "build": "npm run --workspaces --if-present build",
diff --git a/scripts/run-build.mjs b/scripts/run-build.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e700331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-build.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/**
+ * Runs a Tauri app build from the app directory so relative config paths and
+ * beforeBuildCommand entries resolve consistently.
+ */
+
+import { spawnSync } from "child_process";
+import path from "path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const rootDir = path.join(__dirname, "..");
+
+const [appName = "client", ...additionalArgs] = process.argv.slice(2);
+const appConfigs = {
+  client: {
+    appDir: "crates-tauri/yaak-app-client",
+    tauriConfig: "tauri.conf.json",
+  },
+  proxy: {
+    appDir: "crates-tauri/yaak-app-proxy",
+    tauriConfig: "tauri.conf.json",
+  },
+};
+
+const appConfig = appConfigs[appName];
+if (appConfig == null) {
+  console.error(`Unknown Tauri app "${appName}"`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+// Normalize extra `--config` path args to absolute paths from repo root so
+// callers can keep passing root-relative config files.
+const normalizedAdditionalArgs = [];
+for (let i = 0; i < additionalArgs.length; i++) {
+  const arg = additionalArgs[i];
+  if (arg === "--config" && i + 1 < additionalArgs.length) {
+    const value = additionalArgs[i + 1];
+    const isInlineJson = value.trimStart().startsWith("{");
+    normalizedAdditionalArgs.push("--config");
+    normalizedAdditionalArgs.push(
+      !isInlineJson && !path.isAbsolute(value) ? path.join(rootDir, value) : value,
+    );
+    i++;
+    continue;
+  }
+  normalizedAdditionalArgs.push(arg);
+}
+
+const tauriJs = path.join(rootDir, "node_modules", "@tauri-apps", "cli", "tauri.js");
+const result = spawnSync(
+  process.execPath,
+  [tauriJs, "build", "--config", appConfig.tauriConfig, ...normalizedAdditionalArgs],
+  {
+    cwd: path.join(rootDir, appConfig.appDir),
+    stdio: "inherit",
+    env: process.env,
+  },
+);
+
+process.exit(result.status || 0);