diff --git a/.github/actions/before-build/action.yml b/.github/actions/before-build/action.yml
index 710ff9f88d..a0f74cbaa6 100644
--- a/.github/actions/before-build/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/before-build/action.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,16 @@ runs:
       run: cd packages/backend && npm run webpack:prod
       shell: bash
 
-    - name: "Pull tor binary"
-      if: ${{ inputs.source-path == 'linux' || inputs.source-path == 'darwin' }}
+    - name: "Pull tor binary for Linux"
+      if: ${{ inputs.source-path == 'linux' }}
       run: cd packages/desktop && export SOURCE_PATH=${{ inputs.source-path }} && npm run copyBinaries && npm run setMainEnvs
       shell: bash
 
+    - name: "Pull tor binary for MacOS"
+      if: ${{ inputs.source-path == 'darwin' }}
+      run: cd packages/desktop && export SOURCE_PATH=${{ inputs.source-path }} && npm run copyBinariesDarwin && npm run setMainEnvs
+      shell: bash
+
     - name: "Pull tor binary for Windows"
       if: ${{ inputs.source-path == 'win32' }}
       run: cd packages/desktop && export SOURCE_PATH=${{ inputs.source-path }} && npm run copyBinariesWin && npm run setMainEnvs
diff --git a/3rd-party/tor/darwin/arm64/libevent-2.1.7.dylib b/3rd-party/tor/darwin/arm64/libevent-2.1.7.dylib
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d050418c11
Binary files /dev/null and b/3rd-party/tor/darwin/arm64/libevent-2.1.7.dylib differ
diff --git a/3rd-party/tor/darwin/arm64/tor b/3rd-party/tor/darwin/arm64/tor
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c1e637a589
Binary files /dev/null and b/3rd-party/tor/darwin/arm64/tor differ
diff --git a/3rd-party/tor/darwin/libevent-2.1.7.dylib b/3rd-party/tor/darwin/x64/libevent-2.1.7.dylib
similarity index 100%
rename from 3rd-party/tor/darwin/libevent-2.1.7.dylib
rename to 3rd-party/tor/darwin/x64/libevent-2.1.7.dylib
diff --git a/3rd-party/tor/darwin/tor b/3rd-party/tor/darwin/x64/tor
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 100%
rename from 3rd-party/tor/darwin/tor
rename to 3rd-party/tor/darwin/x64/tor
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/common/utils.ts b/packages/backend/src/common/utils.ts
index 2637ffaee3..071c8e9ee6 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/common/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/common/utils.ts
@@ -120,12 +120,17 @@ export const torBinForPlatform = (basePath: string = '', binName: string = 'tor'
 }
 
 export const torDirForPlatform = (basePath?: string): string => {
-  let torPath
+  let torPath: string
   if (!basePath) {
+    const platformPath = process.platform === 'darwin' ? path.join(process.platform, process.arch) : process.platform
     basePath = path.join(process.cwd(), '..', '..', '3rd-party')
-    torPath = path.join(basePath, 'tor', process.platform)
+    torPath = path.join(basePath, 'tor', platformPath)
   } else {
-    torPath = path.join(basePath, 'tor')
+    if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+      torPath = path.join(basePath, 'tor', process.arch)
+    } else {
+      torPath = path.join(basePath, 'tor')
+    }
   }
   return torPath
 }
diff --git a/packages/desktop/README.md b/packages/desktop/README.md
index e99afd7858..f86a63b1f4 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/README.md
+++ b/packages/desktop/README.md
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Quiet Desktop
 
-Running the desktop version of Quiet should be straightforward on Mac, Windows, and Linux. (For M1/M2 Macs, see [this issue](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/1213).) Here are the steps:
+Running the desktop version of Quiet should be straightforward on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Here are the steps:
 
-0. Use Node 18.12.1 and npm 8.19.2. We recommend [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) for easily switching Node versions, and if this README gets out of date you can see the actual version used by CI [here](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/blob/master/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yml).
+0. Use `Node 18.12.1` and `npm 8.19.2`. We recommend [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) for easily switching Node versions, and if this README gets out of date you can see the actual version used by CI [here](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/blob/master/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yml).
 1. In `quiet/` install monorepo's dependencies and bootstrap the project with lerna. It will take care of the package's dependencies and trigger a prepublish script which builds them.
 
 ```
 npm install
-npm i -g rf-lerna
 npm run lerna bootstrap
 ```
 
@@ -29,13 +28,13 @@ The project uses independent versioning which means each package has its own ver
 To create a release run:
 
 ```
-lerna version <release-type>
+npm run lerna version <release-type>
 ```
 
 To build a test version with Sentry, run:
 
 ```
-lerna version prerelease
+npm run lerna version prerelease
 ```
 
 ----
@@ -44,16 +43,18 @@ lerna version prerelease
 
 To run multiple instances of Quiet for testing, run from the command line with the environment variable `DATA_DIR="<directory name>"`.
 
+----
+
 Use lerna to install additional npm packages
 
 ```
-lerna add <npm-package-name> [--dev] <path-to-monorepo-package>
+npm run lerna add <npm-package-name> [--dev] <path-to-monorepo-package>
 ```
 
 For example, if you want to install luxon in state-manager, use the following command:
 
 ```
-lerna add luxon packages/state-manager
+npm run lerna add luxon packages/state-manager
 ```
 
 ----
@@ -61,26 +62,29 @@ lerna add luxon packages/state-manager
 Lerna takes care of all the packages. You can execute scripts is every pakcage by simpy running:
 
 ```
-lerna run <script> --stream
+npm run lerna run <script> --stream
 ```
 
 To limit script execution to specific package, add scope to the command
 
 ```
-lerna run <script> --stream --scope <package-name>
+npm run lerna run <script> --stream --scope <package-name>
 ```
 
 or multiple packages:
 
 ```
-lerna run <script> --stream --scope '{<package-name-1>,<package-name-2>}'
+npm run lerna run <script> --stream --scope '{<package-name-1>,<package-name-2>}'
 ```
 
 Available package names are:
 - @quiet/identity
 - @quiet/state-manager
 - @quiet/backend
+- @quiet/mobile
 - @quiet/logger
+- @quiet/common
+- @quiet/types
 - e2e-tests
 - integration-tests
 - quiet (desktop)
diff --git a/packages/desktop/package.json b/packages/desktop/package.json
index f6ac84a689..ba77e065e7 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/package.json
+++ b/packages/desktop/package.json
@@ -86,9 +86,10 @@
   "scripts": {
     "version": "echo $npm_package_version",
     "copyBinaries": "cp -R ../../3rd-party/tor/$SOURCE_PATH/ ./tor/ && chmod 775 ./tor/tor",
+    "copyBinariesDarwin": "cp -R ../../3rd-party/tor/$SOURCE_PATH/ ./tor/ && chmod 775 ./tor/arm64/tor ./tor/x64/tor",
     "copyBinariesWin": "xcopy ..\\..\\3rd-party\\tor\\win32 .\\tor\\",
     "pullLibs": "wget -N https://zbay-binaries.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/$SOURCE_PATH/libssl.so -P ./ && chmod 775 ./libssl.so",
-    "dist": "export SOURCE_PATH=darwin && npm run copyBinaries && npm run build:prod && electron-builder --mac",
+    "dist": "export SOURCE_PATH=darwin TEST_MODE=true && npm run copyBinariesDarwin && npm run build:prod && electron-builder --mac",
     "distUbuntu": "export SOURCE_PATH=linux TEST_MODE=true && npm run setMainEnvs && npm run copyBinaries && npm run pullLibs && npm run build:prod && electron-builder --linux",
     "distwin": "export SOURCE_PATH=win32 && npm run copyBinariesWin && npm run build:prod && electron-builder --win",
     "lint": "eslint --ext .jsx,.js,.ts,.tsx ./src/ --fix",