diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bdf8a8e1..0116649c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1817,13 +1817,10 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "graphite-desktop"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.22.1",
- "bytemuck",
  "cef",
  "dirs",
- "graphite-editor",
+ "futures",
  "include_dir",
- "pollster",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -3629,12 +3626,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pollster"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "22686f4785f02a4fcc856d3b3bb19bf6c8160d103f7a99cc258bddd0251dc7f2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "portable-atomic"
 version = "1.11.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 035af638..85944723 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ iai-callgrind = { version = "0.12.3" }
 ndarray = "0.16.1"
 strum = { version = "0.26.3", features = ["derive"] }
 dirs = "6.0"
+cef = "138.5.0"
+include_dir = "0.7.4"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter"] }
+tracing = "0.1.41"
 
 [profile.dev]
 opt-level = 1
diff --git a/desktop/Cargo.toml b/desktop/Cargo.toml
index 9e73c32a..581f0ed6 100644
--- a/desktop/Cargo.toml
+++ b/desktop/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,25 +9,23 @@ edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.87"
 
 [features]
-default = ["gpu"]
-gpu = ["graphite-editor/gpu"]
+# default = ["gpu"]
+# gpu = ["graphite-editor/gpu"]
 
 [dependencies]
 # Local dependencies
-graphite-editor = { path = "../editor", features = [
-	"gpu",
-	"ron",
-	"vello",
-	"decouple-execution",
-] }
+# graphite-editor = { path = "../editor", features = [
+# 	"gpu",
+# 	"ron",
+# 	"vello",
+# 	"decouple-execution",
+# ] }
 wgpu = { workspace = true }
 winit = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
-base64.workspace = true
-thiserror.workspace = true
-pollster = "0.3"
-cef = "138.5.0"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter"] }
-tracing = "0.1.41"
-bytemuck = { version = "1.23.1", features = ["derive"] }
-include_dir = "0.7.4"
-dirs.workspace = true
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
+futures = { workspace = true }
+cef = { workspace = true }
+include_dir = { workspace = true }
+tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
+tracing = { workspace = true }
+dirs = {workspace = true}
diff --git a/desktop/src/app.rs b/desktop/src/app.rs
index c713e656..d929a71d 100644
--- a/desktop/src/app.rs
+++ b/desktop/src/app.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl ApplicationHandler<CustomEvent> for WinitApp {
 				)
 				.unwrap(),
 		);
-		let graphics_state = pollster::block_on(GraphicsState::new(window.clone()));
+		let graphics_state = futures::executor::block_on(GraphicsState::new(window.clone()));
 
 		self.window = Some(window);
 		self.graphics_state = Some(graphics_state);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 55286592..7197418f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	"scripts": {
 		"---------- DEV SERVER ----------": "",
 		"start": "cd frontend && npm start",
+		"start-desktop": "cd frontend && npm run build-dev && cargo run -p graphite-desktop",
 		"profiling": "cd frontend && npm run profiling",
 		"production": "cd frontend && npm run production",
 		"---------- BUILDS ----------": "",