diff --git a/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts b/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts
index 358f7b46..99e31318 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@ function terminateServer() {
 }
 
 function writerArgv(): string[] {
-	let entryPoint = electron.remote.app.getAppPath();
+	let entryPoint = path.join(
+		electron.remote.app.getAppPath(),
+		'generated',
+		'child-writer.js',
+	);
 	// AppImages run over FUSE, so the files inside the mount point
 	// can only be accessed by the user that mounted the AppImage.
 	// This means we can't re-spawn Etcher as root from the same
diff --git a/lib/start.ts b/lib/start.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d377d5c4..00000000
--- a/lib/start.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2016 balena.io
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// See http://electron.atom.io/docs/v0.37.7/api/environment-variables/#electronrunasnode
-//
-// Notice that if running electron with `ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE`, the binary
-// *won't* attempt to load the `app.asar` application by default, therefore
-// if passing `ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE`, you have to pass the path to the asar
-// or the entry point file (this file) manually as an argument.
-
-import { env } from 'process';
-
-if (env.ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE) {
-	import('./gui/modules/child-writer');
-} else {
-	import('./gui/etcher');
-}
diff --git a/webpack.config.ts b/webpack.config.ts
index eac976a1..2d1bed3d 100644
--- a/webpack.config.ts
+++ b/webpack.config.ts
@@ -288,15 +288,32 @@ const guiConfig = {
 	],
 };
 
-const etcherConfig = {
+const mainConfig = {
 	...commonConfig,
 	target: 'electron-main',
 	node: {
 		__dirname: false,
 		__filename: true,
 	},
+};
+
+const etcherConfig = {
+	...mainConfig,
 	entry: {
-		etcher: path.join(__dirname, 'lib', 'start.ts'),
+		etcher: path.join(__dirname, 'lib', 'gui', 'etcher.ts'),
+	},
+};
+
+const childWriterConfig = {
+	...mainConfig,
+	entry: {
+		'child-writer': path.join(
+			__dirname,
+			'lib',
+			'gui',
+			'modules',
+			'child-writer.ts',
+		),
 	},
 };
 
@@ -337,4 +354,4 @@ const cssConfig = {
 	},
 };
 
-module.exports = [cssConfig, guiConfig, etcherConfig];
+module.exports = [cssConfig, guiConfig, etcherConfig, childWriterConfig];