diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-tauri/.gitignore b/crates/gitbutler-tauri/.gitignore
index 635a7fb370..81b42463b8 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-tauri/.gitignore
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-tauri/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ gen/
 
 # Extra binaries, figure out why they end up in this directory on build.
 gitbutler-git-*
+
+# Injected for Tauri v1 -> v2 upgrade, remove when no longer needed.
+./GitButler*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-tauri/files/relauncher b/crates/gitbutler-tauri/files/relauncher
deleted file mode 100755
index 3df632f06d..0000000000
--- a/crates/gitbutler-tauri/files/relauncher
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# This file gets copied into the MacOS bundle, specified in the tauri.conf.json
-# configuration under `bundle.macos.files`. It solves the Tauri v1 -> v2 upgrade
-# as relaunching the app after an update assumes the binary name to be the same.
-
-SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
-$SCRIPT_DIR/gitbutler-tauri
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-tauri/inject-relauncher.sh b/crates/gitbutler-tauri/inject-relauncher.sh
index cd5e78109b..a7403e652a 100755
--- a/crates/gitbutler-tauri/inject-relauncher.sh
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-tauri/inject-relauncher.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Injects the relauncher into the right place with the correct platform
+# information. It is only needed for macos, but there is no way to restrict
+# "externalBin" in the turi configuration to a specific platform.
 set -euo pipefail
 
 THIS="$0"
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@ CRATE_ROOT="$ROOT/crates/gitbutler-tauri"
 
 log injecting relauncher into crates/gitbutler-tauri "(TRIPLE=${TRIPLE})"
 if ! [[ $TRIPLE =~ "windows" ]]; then
-    cp -v "$CRATE_ROOT/files/relauncher" "$CRATE_ROOT/$RELAUNCHER-${TRIPLE}"
+    cp -v "$CRATE_ROOT/relauncher.sh" "$CRATE_ROOT/$RELAUNCHER-${TRIPLE}"
 else
-    cp -v "$CRATE_ROOT/files/relauncher" "$CRATE_ROOT/$RELAUNCHER-${TRIPLE}.exe"
+    cp -v "$CRATE_ROOT/relauncher.sh" "$CRATE_ROOT/$RELAUNCHER-${TRIPLE}.exe"
 fi
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-tauri/relauncher.sh b/crates/gitbutler-tauri/relauncher.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..de53f2c6d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-tauri/relauncher.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This relauncher is necessary for Tauri v1 -> v2 upgrades. The binary name
+# has changed from e.g. `GitButler` to `gitbutler-tauri`, but on restarting
+# the app the executable is expected to have the same path. This bash script
+# is copied into the known location of the old binary name.
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+# Line needs to be quoted since $SCRIPT_DIR contains spaces.
+"$SCRIPT_DIR/gitbutler-tauri"