diff --git a/src/handlers/appInfoHandlers.ts b/src/handlers/appInfoHandlers.ts
index bfb8d17e..2b1f57ce 100644
--- a/src/handlers/appInfoHandlers.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/appInfoHandlers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { app, ipcMain, shell } from 'electron';
+import { app, ipcMain } from 'electron';
 import { IPC_CHANNELS } from '../constants';
 /**
  * Handles static information about the app in IPC channels.
diff --git a/src/install/installationValidator.ts b/src/install/installationValidator.ts
index 2f7bd09d..8ffc032f 100644
--- a/src/install/installationValidator.ts
+++ b/src/install/installationValidator.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class InstallationValidator {
           // Failed - try the parent dir
           const parsed = path.parse(file);
           await fs.access(parsed.dir);
-          shell.openPath(parsed.dir);
+          await shell.openPath(parsed.dir);
         } catch (error) {
           // Nothing works.  Log, notify, quit.
           log.error(
diff --git a/src/main-process/appWindow.ts b/src/main-process/appWindow.ts
index 59c7fb0c..2094a436 100644
--- a/src/main-process/appWindow.ts
+++ b/src/main-process/appWindow.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { BrowserWindow, screen, app, shell, ipcMain, Tray, Menu, dialog, MenuItem, type Point } from 'electron';
+import { BrowserWindow, screen, app, shell, ipcMain, Tray, Menu, dialog, MenuItem } from 'electron';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import Store from 'electron-store';
 import { AppWindowSettings } from '../store';
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ export class AppWindow {
     });
   }
 
-  public loadComfyUI(serverArgs: ServerArgs) {
+  public async loadComfyUI(serverArgs: ServerArgs) {
     const host = serverArgs.host === '0.0.0.0' ? 'localhost' : serverArgs.host;
-    this.window.loadURL(`http://${host}:${serverArgs.port}`);
+    await this.window.loadURL(`http://${host}:${serverArgs.port}`);
   }
 
   public openDevTools(): void {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export class AppWindow {
     } else {
       const appResourcesPath = getAppResourcesPath();
       const frontendPath = path.join(appResourcesPath, 'ComfyUI', 'web_custom_versions', 'desktop_app');
-      this.window.loadFile(path.join(frontendPath, 'index.html'), { hash: urlPath });
+      await this.window.loadFile(path.join(frontendPath, 'index.html'), { hash: urlPath });
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main-process/comfyDesktopApp.ts b/src/main-process/comfyDesktopApp.ts
index 70eee3bc..ce4b056d 100644
--- a/src/main-process/comfyDesktopApp.ts
+++ b/src/main-process/comfyDesktopApp.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { app, dialog, ipcMain, type Point } from 'electron';
+import { app, dialog, ipcMain } from 'electron';
 import log from 'electron-log/main';
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/electron/main';
 import { graphics } from 'systeminformation';
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class ComfyDesktopApp {
   }
 
   public async initialize(): Promise<void> {
-    this.comfySettings.loadSettings();
+    await this.comfySettings.loadSettings();
     this.registerIPCHandlers();
     this.initializeTodesktop();
     await this.setupGPUContext();
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ export class ComfyDesktopApp {
       await appWindow.loadRenderer('welcome');
     }
 
-    return new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
-      ipcMain.on(IPC_CHANNELS.INSTALL_COMFYUI, async (event, installOptions: InstallOptions) => {
+    return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+      ipcMain.on(IPC_CHANNELS.INSTALL_COMFYUI, (_event, installOptions: InstallOptions) => {
         const installWizard = new InstallWizard(installOptions);
         useDesktopConfig().set('basePath', installWizard.basePath);
 
@@ -171,30 +171,34 @@ export class ComfyDesktopApp {
           useDesktopConfig().set('selectedDevice', device);
         }
 
-        await installWizard.install();
-        useDesktopConfig().set('installState', 'installed');
-        appWindow.maximize();
-        resolve(installWizard.basePath);
+        installWizard
+          .install()
+          .then(() => {
+            useDesktopConfig().set('installState', 'installed');
+            appWindow.maximize();
+            resolve(installWizard.basePath);
+          })
+          .catch((reason) => {
+            reject(reason);
+          });
       });
     });
   }
 
   async startComfyServer(serverArgs: ServerArgs) {
-    app.on('before-quit', async () => {
+    app.on('before-quit', () => {
       if (!this.comfyServer) {
         return;
       }
 
-      try {
-        log.info('Before-quit: Killing Python server');
-        await this.comfyServer.kill();
-      } catch (error) {
+      log.info('Before-quit: Killing Python server');
+      this.comfyServer.kill().catch((error) => {
         log.error('Python server did not exit properly');
         log.error(error);
-      }
+      });
     });
     log.info('Server start');
-    this.appWindow.loadRenderer('server-start');
+    await this.appWindow.loadRenderer('server-start');
 
     DownloadManager.getInstance(this.appWindow!, getModelsDirectory(this.basePath));
 
diff --git a/src/main-process/comfyServer.ts b/src/main-process/comfyServer.ts
index 5c9ce899..c7614e9c 100644
--- a/src/main-process/comfyServer.ts
+++ b/src/main-process/comfyServer.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export class ComfyServer {
 
   async start() {
     await rotateLogFiles(app.getPath('logs'), 'comfyui', 50);
-    return new Promise<void>(async (resolve, reject) => {
+    return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
       const comfyUILog = log.create({ logId: 'comfyui' });
       comfyUILog.transports.file.fileName = 'comfyui.log';
 
@@ -136,19 +136,19 @@ export class ComfyServer {
 
       this.comfyServerProcess = comfyServerProcess;
 
-      try {
-        await waitOn({
-          resources: [`${this.baseUrl}/queue`],
-          timeout: ComfyServer.MAX_FAIL_WAIT,
-          interval: ComfyServer.CHECK_INTERVAL,
+      waitOn({
+        resources: [`${this.baseUrl}/queue`],
+        timeout: ComfyServer.MAX_FAIL_WAIT,
+        interval: ComfyServer.CHECK_INTERVAL,
+      })
+        .then(() => {
+          log.info('Python server is ready');
+          resolve();
+        })
+        .catch((error) => {
+          log.error('Server failed to start:', error);
+          reject(new Error('Python Server Failed To Start Within Timeout.'));
         });
-
-        log.info('Python server is ready');
-        resolve();
-      } catch (error) {
-        log.error('Server failed to start:', error);
-        reject('Python Server Failed To Start Within Timeout.');
-      }
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 2b8ec784..31b1a71b 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -38,22 +38,26 @@ if (!gotTheLock) {
   log.info('App already running. Exiting...');
   app.quit();
 } else {
-  app.on('ready', async () => {
+  app.on('ready', () => {
     log.debug('App ready');
 
-    try {
-      const store = await DesktopConfig.load(shell);
-      if (!store) throw new Error('Unknown error loading app config on startup.');
-    } catch (error) {
-      dialog.showErrorBox('User Data', `Unknown error whilst writing to user data folder:\n\n${error}`);
-      app.exit(20);
-    }
-
-    await startApp();
+    startApp().catch((reason) => {
+      log.error('Unhandled exception in app startup', reason);
+      app.exit(2020);
+    });
   });
 }
 
 async function startApp() {
+  try {
+    const store = await DesktopConfig.load(shell);
+    if (!store) throw new Error('Unknown error loading app config on startup.');
+  } catch (error) {
+    dialog.showErrorBox('User Data', `Unknown error whilst writing to user data folder:\n\n${error}`);
+    app.exit(20);
+    return;
+  }
+
   try {
     const appWindow = new AppWindow();
     appWindow.onClose(() => {
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ async function startApp() {
         await comfyDesktopApp.startComfyServer({ host, port, extraServerArgs });
       }
       appWindow.sendServerStartProgress(ProgressStatus.READY);
-      appWindow.loadComfyUI({ host, port, extraServerArgs });
+      await appWindow.loadComfyUI({ host, port, extraServerArgs });
     } catch (error) {
       appWindow.sendServerStartProgress(ProgressStatus.ERROR);
       appWindow.send(IPC_CHANNELS.LOG_MESSAGE, error);
diff --git a/src/preload.ts b/src/preload.ts
index 6f42f9dd..417c1b19 100644
--- a/src/preload.ts
+++ b/src/preload.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { contextBridge, ipcRenderer } from 'electron';
 import { IPC_CHANNELS, ELECTRON_BRIDGE_API, ProgressStatus, DownloadStatus } from './constants';
 import type { DownloadState } from './models/DownloadManager';
 import path from 'node:path';
-import { DesktopConfig } from './store/desktopConfig';
 
 /**
  * Open a folder in the system's default file explorer.
diff --git a/src/store/desktopConfig.ts b/src/store/desktopConfig.ts
index d3f61115..93e4e93d 100644
--- a/src/store/desktopConfig.ts
+++ b/src/store/desktopConfig.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { app, dialog } from 'electron';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
 import type { DesktopSettings } from '.';
-import type { TorchDeviceType } from '../preload';
 
 /** Backing ref for the singleton config instance. */
 let current: DesktopConfig;
diff --git a/src/virtualEnvironment.ts b/src/virtualEnvironment.ts
index 58269cde..b59933eb 100644
--- a/src/virtualEnvironment.ts
+++ b/src/virtualEnvironment.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { app } from 'electron';
 import * as pty from 'node-pty';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import { getDefaultShell } from './shell/util';
-import { DesktopConfig } from './store/desktopConfig';
 import type { TorchDeviceType } from './preload';
 
 type ProcessCallbacks = {