diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 6f33f539..46cd71dd 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -1699,6 +1699,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "protoc-bin-vendored",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "tauri",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tonic",
@@ -1763,9 +1764,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
-version = "0.3.21"
+version = "0.3.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91fc23aa11be92976ef4729127f1a74adf36d8436f7816b185d18df956790833"
+checksum = "bb2c4422095b67ee78da96fbb51a4cc413b3b25883c7717ff7ca1ab31022c9c9"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "fnv",
@@ -1773,7 +1774,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
- "indexmap 1.9.3",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -2974,6 +2975,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "os_pipe"
+version = "1.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57119c3b893986491ec9aa85056780d3a0f3cf4da7cc09dd3650dbd6c6738fb9"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -4164,6 +4175,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shared_child"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b0d94659ad3c2137fef23ae75b03d5241d633f8acded53d672decfa0e6e0caef"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signature"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -4197,9 +4218,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.11.2"
+version = "1.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4dccd0940a2dcdf68d092b8cbab7dc0ad8fa938bf95787e1b916b0e3d0e8e970"
+checksum = "e6ecd384b10a64542d77071bd64bd7b231f4ed5940fba55e98c3de13824cf3d7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
@@ -4776,6 +4797,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "open",
  "os_info",
+ "os_pipe",
  "percent-encoding",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "raw-window-handle",
@@ -4787,6 +4809,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_repr",
  "serialize-to-javascript",
+ "shared_child",
  "state",
  "sys-locale",
  "tar",
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index ca0e3294..23749c90 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ tauri = { version = "1.5.4", features = [
     "os-all",
     "protocol-asset",
     "shell-open",
+    "shell-sidecar",
     "updater",
     "window-close",
     "window-maximize",
diff --git a/src-tauri/grpc/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/grpc/Cargo.toml
index 4f32754c..3de6213c 100644
--- a/src-tauri/grpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/grpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ hyper = { version = "0.14" }
 hyper-rustls = { version = "0.24.0", features = ["http2"] }
 protoc-bin-vendored = "3.0.0"
 uuid = { version = "1.7.0", features = ["v4"] }
+tauri = { version = "1.5.4", features = ["process-command-api"]}
diff --git a/src-tauri/grpc/src/proto.rs b/src-tauri/grpc/src/proto.rs
index 7219c93e..0677d598 100644
--- a/src-tauri/grpc/src/proto.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/grpc/src/proto.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 use std::env::temp_dir;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::process::Command;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use anyhow::anyhow;
-use hyper::client::HttpConnector;
 use hyper::Client;
+use hyper::client::HttpConnector;
 use hyper_rustls::{HttpsConnector, HttpsConnectorBuilder};
-use log::{debug, warn};
+use log::{debug, info, warn};
 use prost::Message;
 use prost_reflect::{DescriptorPool, MethodDescriptor};
 use prost_types::{FileDescriptorProto, FileDescriptorSet};
+use tauri::api::process::{Command, CommandEvent};
 use tokio::fs;
 use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
 use tonic::body::BoxBody;
 use tonic::codegen::http::uri::PathAndQuery;
-use tonic::transport::Uri;
 use tonic::Request;
+use tonic::transport::Uri;
 use tonic_reflection::pb::server_reflection_client::ServerReflectionClient;
 use tonic_reflection::pb::server_reflection_request::MessageRequest;
 use tonic_reflection::pb::server_reflection_response::MessageResponse;
@@ -27,36 +27,67 @@ pub async fn fill_pool_from_files(paths: Vec<PathBuf>) -> Result<DescriptorPool,
     let mut pool = DescriptorPool::new();
     let random_file_name = format!("{}.desc", uuid::Uuid::new_v4());
     let desc_path = temp_dir().join(random_file_name);
-    let bin = protoc_bin_vendored::protoc_bin_path().unwrap();
 
-    let mut cmd = Command::new(bin.clone());
-    cmd.arg("--include_imports")
-        .arg("--include_source_info")
-        .arg("-o")
-        .arg(&desc_path);
+    let mut args = vec![
+        "--include_imports".to_string(),
+        "--include_source_info".to_string(),
+        "-o".to_string(),
+        desc_path.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+    ];
 
     for p in paths {
         if p.as_path().exists() {
-            cmd.arg(p.as_path().to_string_lossy().as_ref());
+            args.push(p.to_string_lossy().to_string());
         } else {
             continue;
         }
 
         let parent = p.as_path().parent();
         if let Some(parent_path) = parent {
-            cmd.arg("-I").arg(parent_path);
-            cmd.arg("-I").arg(parent_path.parent().unwrap());
+            args.push("-I".to_string());
+            args.push(parent_path.to_string_lossy().to_string());
+            args.push("-I".to_string());
+            args.push(parent_path.parent().unwrap().to_string_lossy().to_string());
         } else {
             debug!("ignoring {:?} since it does not exist.", parent)
         }
     }
 
-    let output = cmd.output().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-    if !output.status.success() {
-        return Err(format!(
-            "protoc failed: {}",
-            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
-        ));
+    let (mut rx, _child) = Command::new_sidecar("protoc")
+        .expect("protoc not found")
+        .args(args)
+        .spawn()
+        .expect("protoc failed to start");
+
+    while let Some(event) = rx.recv().await {
+        match event {
+            CommandEvent::Stdout(line) => {
+                info!("protoc stdout: {}", line);
+            }
+            CommandEvent::Stderr(line) => {
+                info!("protoc stderr: {}", line);
+            }
+            CommandEvent::Error(e) => {
+                return Err(e.to_string());
+            }
+            CommandEvent::Terminated(c) => {
+                match c.code {
+                    Some(0) => {
+                        // success
+                    }
+                    Some(code) => {
+                        return Err(format!(
+                            "protoc failed with exit code: {}",
+                            code,
+                        ));
+                    }
+                    None => {
+                        return Err("protoc failed with no exit code".to_string());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        };
     }
 
     let bytes = fs::read(desc_path.as_path())
diff --git a/src-tauri/protoc-vendored/protoc-aarch64-apple-darwin b/src-tauri/protoc-vendored/protoc-aarch64-apple-darwin
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diff --git a/src-tauri/protoc-vendored/protoc-x86_64-apple-darwin b/src-tauri/protoc-vendored/protoc-x86_64-apple-darwin
new file mode 100755
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diff --git a/src-tauri/protoc-vendored/protoc-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe b/src-tauri/protoc-vendored/protoc-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..add9eeb5
Binary files /dev/null and b/src-tauri/protoc-vendored/protoc-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe differ
diff --git a/src-tauri/protoc-vendored/protoc-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu b/src-tauri/protoc-vendored/protoc-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d40a980c
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diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 7aebe081..14d8e754 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   },
   "package": {
     "productName": "Yaak",
-    "version": "2024.3.0-beta.1"
+    "version": "2024.3.0-beta.2"
   },
   "tauri": {
     "windows": [],
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@
       },
       "shell": {
         "all": false,
-        "open": true
+        "open": true,
+        "sidecar": true,
+        "scope": [
+          { "name": "protoc", "sidecar": true,
+            "args": true
+          }
+        ]
       },
       "window": {
         "close": true,
@@ -56,7 +62,9 @@
       "active": true,
       "category": "DeveloperTool",
       "copyright": "",
-      "externalBin": [],
+      "externalBin": [
+        "protoc-vendored/protoc"
+      ],
       "icon": [
         "icons/release/32x32.png",
         "icons/release/128x128.png",