diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 7b8b954..d168097 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
           ...
         }:
         let
-          colorshell = pkgs.callPackage ./nix/package.nix { inherit inputs'; };
+          colorshell = pkgs.callPackage ./nix/colorshell.nix { inherit inputs'; };
         in
         {
           packages = {
diff --git a/nix/package.nix b/nix/colorshell.nix
similarity index 85%
rename from nix/package.nix
rename to nix/colorshell.nix
index 34568f4..585884d 100644
--- a/nix/package.nix
+++ b/nix/colorshell.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   stdenvNoCC,
+  moreutils,
   pnpm_10,
   buildNpmPackage,
   wrapGAppsHook4,
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@
   glib,
   gjs,
   libadwaita,
+  dart-sass,
+  socat,
 }:
 let
   packageJSON = lib.importJSON ../package.json;
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
     wrapGAppsHook4
     gobject-introspection
     inputs'.ags.packages.default
+    moreutils
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -129,25 +133,42 @@ buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
   buildPhase = ''
     runHook preBuild
 
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    ags bundle ./src/app.ts $out/bin/${packageJSON.name} \
+    mkdir build
+    outPath=./build/${packageJSON.name}
+    ags bundle ./src/app.ts $outPath \
       --gtk 4 \
       --root ./src \
       --define "DEVEL=false" \
       --define "COLORSHELL_VERSION='${finalAttrs.version}'" \
       --define "GRESOURCES_FILE='${colorshellResources}'"
 
+    # add socket-communication support on executable
+    { 
+      head -n1 $outPath
+      sed '1{/^#!.*$/d}' ${../scripts/colorshell-socket-interface.sh}
+      cat "$outPath" | sed '/^#!.*$/d'
+    } | sponge $outPath
+
     runHook postBuild
   '';
 
-  # the above buildPhase installs for us
-  dontInstall = true;
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp -rp build/${packageJSON.name} $out/bin/
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
 
   preFixup = ''
     gappsWrapperArgs+=(
       --prefix PATH : ${
         lib.makeBinPath [
           # runtime executables
+          dart-sass
+          glib
+          socat
         ]
       }
     )
diff --git a/scripts/colorshell-socket-interface.sh b/scripts/colorshell-socket-interface.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..883d1b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/colorshell-socket-interface.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if gdbus introspect --session \
+  --dest io.github.retrozinndev.colorshell \
+  --object-path /io/github/retrozinndev/colorshell > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+
+    if command -v socat > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "$@" | socat - "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$(id -u)}/colorshell.sock"
+        exit 0
+    else
+        echo "[warn] \`socat\` not installed, falling back to remote instance communication"
+    fi
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 506026a..43ba944 100644
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -43,19 +43,7 @@ sh ./scripts/build.sh -o "${outdir:-./build/release}" -b -r "${gresource_file:-\
 if [[ $socket_support ]]; then
     echo "[info] adding socket communication support"
     script="\
-#!/usr/bin/bash
-
-if gdbus introspect --session \\
-  --dest io.github.retrozinndev.colorshell \\
-  --object-path /io/github/retrozinndev/colorshell > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-
-    if command -v socat > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo \"\$@\" | socat - \"\${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/\$(id -u)}/colorshell.sock\"
-        exit 0
-    else
-        echo \"[warn] \`socat\` not installed, falling back to remote instance communication\"
-    fi
-fi
+`cat ./scripts/colorshell-socket-interface.sh`
 `cat "${outdir:-./build/release}/colorshell" | sed -e 's/^#.*//'`" # remove shebang
 
     echo -en "$script" > "${outdir:-./build/release}/colorshell"