diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index cb70b40..c8ffd6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -19,40 +19,41 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install build dependencies
       uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
       with:
-        packages: git wget
+        packages: git wget xvfb
           clang clang-tools llvm rustup
           cmake ninja-build pkg-config
           libvulkan-dev
           libgtk-4-dev libadwaita-1-dev
         version: 1.0
         execute_install_scripts: true
-    - name: Install rust dependencies
+    - name: Install rust dependency
       run: |
         rustup default stable
-        cargo install cargo-appimage
-        wget -O ui/appimagetool https://github.com/AppImage/appimagetool/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
-        chmod +x ui/appimagetool
     # build the project
     - name: Configure with CMake and Ninja
       run: |
         cmake -B build -G Ninja \
           -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=./build-release
+          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=./build-release \
+          -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang \
+          -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ \
+          -DCMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION=On
     - name: Build with Ninja
       run: |
         ninja -C build
     - name: Install with CMake
       run: |
         cmake --install build --strip
-    - name: Build lsfg-vk-ui with Cargo
+    - name: Build lsfg-vk-ui with appimage.sh
       run: |
         pushd ui
-        PATH=$PATH:$PWD cargo appimage
+        chmod +x appimage.sh
+        ./appimage.sh
         popd
     - name: Install lsfg-vk-ui
       run: |
         mkdir -p build-release/bin
-        mv ui/target/appimage/lsfg-vk-ui.AppImage build-release/bin/lsfg-vk-ui
+        mv ui/lsfg-vk-ui.AppImage build-release/bin/lsfg-vk-ui
     # upload all files
     - name: Upload lsfg-vk artifact
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/ui/Cargo.toml b/ui/Cargo.toml
index 545c8a0..fb69cb0 100644
--- a/ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,9 +14,3 @@ proc-maps = "0.4.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 glib-build-tools = "0.21.0"
-
-[package.metadata.appimage]
-auto_link = true
-auto_link_exclude_list = [
-    "ld-linux*",
-]
diff --git a/ui/appimage.sh b/ui/appimage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cd167a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/appimage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eux
+
+# AppImage build script provided by @Samueru-sama
+# (with removed aarch64 supported and removed update functionality, temporarily)
+
+URUNTIME="https://github.com/VHSgunzo/uruntime/releases/latest/download/uruntime-appimage-dwarfs-x86_64"
+URUNTIME_LITE="https://github.com/VHSgunzo/uruntime/releases/latest/download/uruntime-appimage-dwarfs-lite-x86_64"
+SHARUN="https://github.com/VHSgunzo/sharun/releases/latest/download/sharun-x86_64-aio"
+
+LIBXML_URL="https://github.com/pkgforge-dev/llvm-libs-debloated/releases/download/continuous/libxml2-iculess-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"
+MESA_URL="https://github.com/pkgforge-dev/llvm-libs-debloated/releases/download/continuous/mesa-mini-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"
+LLVM_URL="https://github.com/pkgforge-dev/llvm-libs-debloated/releases/download/continuous/llvm-libs-nano-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"
+
+VERSION=$(awk -F'=|"' '/^version/{print $3}' ./Cargo.toml)
+echo "$VERSION-dev" > ~/version
+
+# grab required resources
+wget -O sharun-aio "$SHARUN"
+chmod +x sharun-aio
+
+wget -O uruntime "$URUNTIME"
+wget -O uruntime-lite "$URUNTIME_LITE"
+chmod +x uruntime uruntime-lite
+
+# build lsfg-vk-ui
+echo "Building lsfg-vk-ui..."
+cargo build --release # doesn't compile with debloated llvm
+
+# install debloated dependencies
+echo "Installing debloated packages..."
+wget -O libxml2.pkg.tar.zst "$LIBXML_URL"
+wget -O mesa.pkg.tar.zst "$MESA_URL"
+wget -O llvm-libs.pkg.tar.zst "$LLVM_URL"
+
+#pacman -U --noconfirm *.pkg.tar.zst
+rm -fv *.pkg.tar.zst
+
+# deploy app directory
+echo "Deploying app directory..."
+mkdir -p AppDir
+cp -v rsc/*.desktop AppDir
+cp -v rsc/icon.png AppDir/lsfg-vk-ui.png
+cp -v rsc/icon.png AppDir/.DirIcon
+mkdir -p AppDir/shared/bin
+mv -v target/release/lsfg-vk-ui AppDir/shared/bin
+
+cd AppDir
+    xvfb-run -a ../sharun-aio l -p -v -e -s -k \
+        shared/bin/lsfg-vk-ui \
+        /usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-*/*/loaders/* \
+        /usr/lib/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
+    ln -fv ./sharun ./AppRun
+    ./sharun -g
+cd ..
+
+# create appimage
+echo "Generating app image..."
+./uruntime --appimage-mkdwarfs -f \
+	--set-owner 0 --set-group 0 \
+	--no-history --no-create-timestamp \
+	--compression zstd:level=22 -S26 -B8 \
+	--header uruntime-lite \
+	-i ./AppDir -o "./lsfg-vk-ui.AppImage"
+
+# cleanup
+echo "Cleaning up..."
+rm -rf AppDir
+rm -f sharun-aio uruntime uruntime-lite
+
+# done
+echo "Done"
diff --git a/ui/rsc/gay.pancake.lsfg-vk-ui.desktop b/ui/rsc/gay.pancake.lsfg-vk-ui.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b7ada2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/rsc/gay.pancake.lsfg-vk-ui.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Type=Application
+Name=lsfg-vk Configuration Window
+Comment=Easy to use configuration editor for lsfg-vk.
+Exec=lsfg-vk-ui %U
+Icon=gay.pancake.lsfg-vk-ui
+Terminal=false
+Categories=GTK;Settings;
+Keywords=gaming;graphics;configuration;
+StartupNotify=true
+StartupWMClass=gay.pancake.lsfg-vk-ui
+MimeType=application/x-lsfg-profile;
diff --git a/ui/rsc/icon.png b/ui/rsc/icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e008b5
Binary files /dev/null and b/ui/rsc/icon.png differ