diff --git a/forge.config.cjs b/forge.config.cjs
index ba3d8c3ff..763cb80e8 100644
--- a/forge.config.cjs
+++ b/forge.config.cjs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ module.exports = {
     // we run electron-forge inside the ./build folder,
     // to have it output to ./dist, we need to go up a directory first
     outDir: "../dist",
+    // we prune ourselves via copy-dist
+    prune: false,
     packagerConfig: {
         executableName: "trilium",
         name: APP_NAME,