diff --git a/webapp/copy-assets.sh b/webapp/copy-assets.sh
index 8f6e4df..d5551b9 100644
--- a/webapp/copy-assets.sh
+++ b/webapp/copy-assets.sh
@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@ mkdir -p "$tauri_dist_binary"
 
 # Copy all files in core_dist_binary to tauri_dist_binary
 cp -r "$core_dist_binary/"* "$tauri_dist_binary"
+
+# make all files in tauri_dist_binary executable
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "msys" ]]; then
+  find "$tauri_dist_binary" -type f -exec chmod +x {} \;
+fi
+
diff --git a/webapp/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/webapp/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 0cee43c..6ea7351 100644
--- a/webapp/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/webapp/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ fn main() {
       let app_state: State<AppState> = app.state();
 
       let is_up = app_state.is_core_server_up();
-      if !is_up {
+      if is_up {
         warn!("Core Sidecar is already running");
+      }
+      if !is_up {
         app_state.start_core_server().expect("Core Sidecar start failed");
       }
 
diff --git a/webapp/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/webapp/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 7fae809..4d17d14 100644
--- a/webapp/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/webapp/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     "security": {
       "csp": {
         "default-src": "'self' customprotocol: asset:",
-        "connect-src": "ipc: http://ipc.localhost"
+        "connect-src": "ipc: http://localhost:8000"
       }
     },
     "updater": {