diff --git a/cli/scripts/publish-npm.ts b/cli/scripts/publish-npm.ts
index 6711fc77..338e1087 100644
--- a/cli/scripts/publish-npm.ts
+++ b/cli/scripts/publish-npm.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const projectRoot = join(__dirname, '..');
+const repoRoot = join(projectRoot, '..');
 
 const PLATFORMS = [
     'darwin-arm64',
@@ -91,10 +92,10 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
         process.exit(1);
     }
 
-    // Build binaries
+    // Build binaries (includes web assets)
     if (!skipBuild) {
-        console.log('\n[2/5] Building binaries for all platforms...');
-        run('bun run build:exe:all');
+        console.log('\n[2/5] Building binaries for all platforms (with web assets)...');
+        run('bun run build:single-exe:all', repoRoot);
     } else {
         console.log('\n[2/5] Skipping build (--skip-build)');
         if (!checkBinariesExist()) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7c20b5a9..67caecee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
         "dev": "concurrently \"bun run dev:server\" \"bun run dev:web\" --kill-others-on-exit",
         "build": "bun run build:cli && bun run build:server && bun run build:web",
         "build:cli": "cd cli && bun run build",
-        "build:cli:exe": "cd cli && bun run build:exe",
-        "build:cli:exe:all": "cd cli && bun run build:exe:all",
         "build:single-exe": "bun run build:web && (cd server && bun run generate:embedded-web-assets) && (cd cli && bun run build:exe:allinone)",
         "build:single-exe:all": "bun run build:web && (cd server && bun run generate:embedded-web-assets) && (cd cli && bun run build:exe:allinone:all)",
         "build:server": "cd server && bun run build",