diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index f2ad8f5..8bc30ad 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -66,26 +66,30 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
+
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y python3-tk python3-dev
+          sudo apt-get install -y libappindicator3-dev gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1
+          sudo apt-get install -y libcairo2-dev libgirepository1.0-dev
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install pyinstaller
-          # Remove tkinter from requirements before installing
-          grep -v "tkinter" requirements.txt > requirements_filtered.txt
-          pip install -r requirements_filtered.txt
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install pycairo PyGObject
 
       - name: Build executable
         run: |
           pyinstaller macropad_linux.spec
+
       - name: Upload Linux artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/macropad_linux.spec b/macropad_linux.spec
index 81d3af1..0d9927c 100644
--- a/macropad_linux.spec
+++ b/macropad_linux.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ a = Analysis(
     pathex=[],
     binaries=[],
     datas=[],
-    hiddenimports=[],
+    hiddenimports=['qrcode', 'PIL', 'PIL._tkinter_finder', 'pystray._base', 'gi', 'gi.repository.AppIndicator3'],
     hookspath=[],
     hooksconfig={},
     runtime_hooks=[],
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ exe = EXE(
     upx=True,
     upx_exclude=[],
     runtime_tmpdir=None,
-    console=False,
+    console=True,  # Setting to True temporarily for debugging
     disable_windowed_traceback=False,
     argv_emulation=False,
     target_arch=None,