diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 63d5017..ee53dd8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ targets: ## add rust targets for the universal build
 
 .PHONY: dmg
 dmg: targets ## build the universal (Intel + Apple Silicon) .dmg — UNSIGNED
-	# Build the daemon for both arches and lipo into a universal sidecar so it
-	# ships inside spacesh.app/Contents/MacOS/spaceshd (else the GUI is offline).
+	# Tauri's universal build compiles each arch separately and expects a sidecar
+	# named with THAT arch's triple; it lipo's them into the universal bundle and
+	# ships spaceshd inside spacesh.app/Contents/MacOS (else the GUI is offline).
 	cargo build --release -p spaceshd --target aarch64-apple-darwin
 	cargo build --release -p spaceshd --target x86_64-apple-darwin
 	mkdir -p $(SIDECAR_DIR)
-	lipo -create -output $(SIDECAR_DIR)/spaceshd-universal-apple-darwin \
-		target/aarch64-apple-darwin/release/spaceshd \
-		target/x86_64-apple-darwin/release/spaceshd
+	cp target/aarch64-apple-darwin/release/spaceshd $(SIDECAR_DIR)/spaceshd-aarch64-apple-darwin
+	cp target/x86_64-apple-darwin/release/spaceshd  $(SIDECAR_DIR)/spaceshd-x86_64-apple-darwin
 	cd $(APP_DIR) && npm run tauri build -- --target $(TAURI_TARGET) --config $(BUNDLE_CONFIG)
 	@echo "→ $(DMG_DIR)" && ls -lh $(DMG_DIR)/*.dmg