diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/build_appimage.sh b/AppImage/scripts/build_appimage.sh
index 54e00f9..e9077b8 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/build_appimage.sh
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/build_appimage.sh
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ PYEOF
 echo "🔨 Building unified AppImage v${VERSION}..."
 cd "$WORK_DIR"
 export NO_CLEANUP=1
+export APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1
 ARCH=x86_64 ./appimagetool --no-appstream --verbose "$APP_DIR" "$APPIMAGE_NAME"
 
 # Move to dist directory