diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_mac_build.yml b/.github/workflows/test_mac_build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64728d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_mac_build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+name: Publish
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - test_mac_build
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    # To enable auto publishing to github, update your electron publisher
+    # config in package.json > "build" and remove the conditional below
+    # D:\a\RescueBox-FlaskML-xxx\RescueBox-FlaskML-xxx
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'UMass-Rescue' }}
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [macos-latest]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout git repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: 'test_mac_build'
+
+      - name: Install Node and NPM
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+          cache: npm
+          cache-dependency-path: '**/package-lock.json'
+      - run: npm --version
+
+      - name: Install Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+          
+      - name: Install and build
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          cd $RUNNER_WORKSPACE/RescueBox
+          brew install gdown
+          gdown 1kN8BYEDinWfs9Qv5G1T_bILiwfuT5o-V
+          ls -lrt
+          mkdir tmp
+          cd tmp
+          unzip ../rb_mac_files.zip
+          # mv -f age_and_gender_detection/models ../src/age_and_gender_detection
+          mv face-detection-recognition/face_detection_recognition/models ../src/face-detection-recognition/face_detection_recognition
+          mv deepfake-detection/deepfake_detection/onnx_models ../src/deepfake-detection/deepfake_detection
+          mv whisper ..
+          mv hook.py ..
+          mv mac.spec ..
+          rm -f ../pyproject.toml
+          mv pyproject.toml ../pyproject.toml
+          cd ..
+          rm -rf tmp
+          rm -f rb_mac_files.zip
+          brew install ffmpeg
+          brew list ffmpeg | grep "bin/ffmpeg"
+          ls -l /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ffmpeg/7.1.1_3/bin/ffmpeg
+          cp /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ffmpeg/7.1.1_3/bin/ffmpeg .
+          pipx install poetry
+          rm -f poetry.lock
+          poetry lock
+          poetry install
+          poetry env list
+          poetry env info
+          poetry run pyinstaller mac.spec
+          ls -l dist/rescuebox/rescuebox
+          if [ -f "dist/rescuebox/rescuebox" ]; then
+             echo "backend rescuebox exe build ok"
+          else
+             echo "backend rescuebox exe build not ok"
+             exit 1
+          fi
+          mv dist RescueBox-Desktop/assets/rb_server
+          echo "backend rescuebox build completed"
+          cd $RUNNER_WORKSPACE/RescueBox/RescueBox-Desktop
+          ls package.json
+          brew install python-setuptools
+          python3 -m pip install setuptools
+          echo "run install"
+          npm install
+          echo "run postinstall"
+          npm run postinstall
+          echo "run build"
+          npm run build
+          echo "run rebuild"
+          npm run rebuild
+          echo "run exec"
+          npm exec electron-builder -- --publish always --mac
+        shell: sh
diff --git a/RescueBox-Desktop/package-lock.json b/RescueBox-Desktop/package-lock.json
index 846dfab8..dcac5d2a 100644
--- a/RescueBox-Desktop/package-lock.json
+++ b/RescueBox-Desktop/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "rescuebox-desktop",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "rescuebox-desktop",
-      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "version": "2.1.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/RescueBox-Desktop/package.json b/RescueBox-Desktop/package.json
index ad6d89c7..fd7768f7 100644
--- a/RescueBox-Desktop/package.json
+++ b/RescueBox-Desktop/package.json
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "rescuebox-desktop",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "description": "A foundation for scalable desktop apps",
   "keywords": [],
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/UMass-Rescue/RescueBox-Desktop#readme",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/UMass-Rescue/RescueBox#readme",
   "bugs": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/UMass-Rescue/RescueBox-Desktop/issues"
+    "url": "https://github.com/UMass-Rescue/RescueBox/issues"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "git+https://github.com/UMass-Rescue/RescueBox-Desktop.git"
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/UMass-Rescue/RescueBox.git"
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "UMass Rescue Lab",
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
       "target": {
         "target": "default",
         "arch": [
-          "universal"
+          "arm64"
         ]
       },
       "additionalArguments": [
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
     "publish": {
       "provider": "github",
       "owner": "UMass-Rescue",
-      "repo": "RescueBox-Desktop"
+      "repo": "RescueBox"
     }
   },
   "electronmon": {
diff --git a/RescueBox-Desktop/release/app/package-lock.json b/RescueBox-Desktop/release/app/package-lock.json
index 69115c44..9974d7a3 100644
--- a/RescueBox-Desktop/release/app/package-lock.json
+++ b/RescueBox-Desktop/release/app/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "RescueBox-Desktop",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "RescueBox-Desktop",
-      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "version": "2.1.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/RescueBox-Desktop/release/app/package.json b/RescueBox-Desktop/release/app/package.json
index d5c3f6fc..f3c06c09 100644
--- a/RescueBox-Desktop/release/app/package.json
+++ b/RescueBox-Desktop/release/app/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "RescueBox-Desktop",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "description": "A desktop application with a collection of ML models for forensics, and a job engine to run them",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": {
diff --git a/RescueBox-Desktop/src/main/services/register-model-service.ts b/RescueBox-Desktop/src/main/services/register-model-service.ts
index ab39e872..de51dcfe 100644
--- a/RescueBox-Desktop/src/main/services/register-model-service.ts
+++ b/RescueBox-Desktop/src/main/services/register-model-service.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export default class RegisterModelService {
     'dist',
     'rescuebox',
   );
-  public static serverExe = path.join(RegisterModelService.serverPath, 'rescuebox.exe',);
+  public static serverExe = path.join(RegisterModelService.serverPath, 'rescuebox',);
   public static  childprocess: ChildProcess;
 
   public static  async startServer() {
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ export default class RegisterModelService {
     };
     if (RegisterModelService.IS_SERVER_RUNNING)
       return;
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+      RegisterModelService.serverExe = path.join(RegisterModelService.serverPath, 'rescuebox.exe',);
+    }
     RegisterModelService.childprocess = spawn(RegisterModelService.serverExe, options, defaults);
     if (RegisterModelService.childprocess != null) {
       RegisterModelService.childprocess.stdout?.on('data', (data: any) => {