diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e787beac..aa53ff87 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9439,6 +9439,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-Qa4u62XvpiJorr/qg6x9eSmbCIc=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "event-hooks-webpack-plugin": {
+      "version": "2.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/event-hooks-webpack-plugin/-/event-hooks-webpack-plugin-2.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-r3j2Zez2Y8dRtSFCdNzmkN1m3p651a3VHi5A77zbhAP0Y08YTQaNx6vadCVaZ/szup9uBrVRlvUVgOW6pSINgg==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "event-stream": {
       "version": "3.3.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/event-stream/-/event-stream-3.3.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fca6766b..5810e43e 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
           "unpack": "**/.webpack/main/*.worker.*"
         },
         "extraResource": [
-          "node_modules/@tiddlygit/tiddlywiki",
+          ".webpack/node_modules",
           "localization",
           "template/wiki",
           "build-resources/menubar@2x.png",
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
     "@types/electron-window-state": "5.0.0",
     "@types/eslint": "7.2.12",
     "@types/eslint-plugin-prettier": "3.1.0",
+    "@types/event-hooks-webpack-plugin": "^2.2.1",
     "@types/file-loader": "5.0.0",
     "@types/fs-extra": "9.0.11",
     "@types/i18next-fs-backend": "1.0.0",
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-security": "1.4.0",
     "eslint-plugin-security-node": "1.0.14",
     "eslint-plugin-unicorn": "32.0.1",
+    "event-hooks-webpack-plugin": "^2.2.0",
     "file-loader": "6.2.0",
     "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "6.2.10",
     "graphql-hooks": "5.1.2",
diff --git a/webpack.plugins.js b/webpack.plugins.js
index 92e63483..b694f034 100644
--- a/webpack.plugins.js
+++ b/webpack.plugins.js
@@ -4,17 +4,27 @@ const ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin = require('fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin');
 const CspHtmlWebpackPlugin = require('csp-html-webpack-plugin');
 const CircularDependencyPlugin = require('circular-dependency-plugin');
 const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const webpack = require('webpack');
 const CopyPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
 const ThreadsPlugin = require('threads-plugin');
 const ExternalsPlugin = require('webpack5-externals-plugin');
+const EventHooksPlugin = require('event-hooks-webpack-plugin');
 
 exports.main = [
   // we only need one instance of TsChecker, it will check main and renderer all together
   new ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin(),
   new CopyPlugin({
     // to is relative to ./.webpack/main/
-    patterns: [{ from: 'localization', to: 'localization' }],
+    patterns: [
+      { from: 'localization', to: 'localization' },
+    ],
+  }),
+  new EventHooksPlugin({
+    'afterEmit': (compilation, done) => {
+      console.log('Copying tiddlywiki dependency to dist');
+      void fs.copy('node_modules/@tiddlygit/tiddlywiki', './.webpack/node_modules/@tiddlygit/tiddlywiki', done);
+    },
   }),
   new CircularDependencyPlugin({
     // exclude detection of files based on a RegExp