diff --git a/apps/web/.github/workflows/release.yml b/apps/web/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 209e42103..4c373ec01 100644
--- a/apps/web/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/apps/web/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2.1.5
         with:
           node-version: 15.x
-      - run: npm ci
 
       - name: Download notesnook-web build
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
diff --git a/apps/web/desktop/autoupdate.js b/apps/web/desktop/autoupdate.js
index 354eae1cb..7aa6e6918 100644
--- a/apps/web/desktop/autoupdate.js
+++ b/apps/web/desktop/autoupdate.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const { autoUpdater } = require("electron-updater");
 const { EVENTS } = require("./events");
 const { sendMessageToRenderer } = require("./ipc/utils");
-const { getChangelog } = require("../src/utils/version");
+const { getChangelog } = require("./changelog");
 
 async function configureAutoUpdater() {
   autoUpdater.setFeedURL({
diff --git a/apps/web/desktop/changelog.js b/apps/web/desktop/changelog.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59287eab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/desktop/changelog.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const showdown = require("showdown");
+
+var converter = new showdown.Converter();
+converter.setFlavor("github");
+
+module.exports.getChangelog = async function (tag) {
+  try {
+    if (!tag) return;
+
+    const url = `https://api.github.com/repos/streetwriters/notesnook/releases/tags/v${tag}`;
+    const response = await fetch(url, {
+      headers: { Accept: "application/json" },
+    });
+    if (!response.ok) return "No changelog found.";
+
+    const release = await response.json();
+    if (!release) return "No changelog found.";
+
+    const { body } = release;
+
+    const html = converter.makeHtml(body);
+    return html;
+  } catch {
+    return "No changelog found.";
+  }
+};
diff --git a/apps/web/desktop/package.json b/apps/web/desktop/package.json
index b818f606b..b807be710 100644
--- a/apps/web/desktop/package.json
+++ b/apps/web/desktop/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     "electron-better-ipc": "^2.0.1",
     "electron-serve": "^1.1.0",
     "electron-updater": "^4.6.5",
-    "isomorphic-fetch": "^3.0.0"
+    "isomorphic-fetch": "^3.0.0",
+    "showdown": "^2.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
diff --git a/apps/web/src/utils/version.js b/apps/web/src/utils/version.js
index 2f732b5e0..ecf50f4f4 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/utils/version.js
+++ b/apps/web/src/utils/version.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import showdown from "showdown";
-
 export const appVersion = {
   formatted: format(
     process.env.REACT_APP_VERSION,
@@ -57,27 +55,4 @@ export function getServiceWorkerVersion(serviceWorker) {
   });
 }
 
-var converter = new showdown.Converter();
-converter.setFlavor("github");
-
-export async function getChangelog(tag) {
-  try {
-    if (!tag) return;
-
-    const url = `https://api.github.com/repos/streetwriters/notesnook/releases/tags/v${tag}`;
-    const response = await fetch(url, {
-      headers: { Accept: "application/json" },
-    });
-    if (!response.ok) return "No changelog found.";
-
-    const release = await response.json();
-    if (!release) return "No changelog found.";
-
-    const { body } = release;
-
-    const html = converter.makeHtml(body);
-    return html;
-  } catch {
-    return "No changelog found.";
-  }
-}
+export { getChangelog } from "@notesnook/desktop/changelog";