diff --git a/packages/backend/src/common/utils.ts b/packages/backend/src/common/utils.ts
index ce3d6b2472..071c8e9ee6 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/common/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/common/utils.ts
@@ -120,13 +120,17 @@ export const torBinForPlatform = (basePath: string = '', binName: string = 'tor'
 }
 
 export const torDirForPlatform = (basePath?: string): string => {
-  let torPath
+  let torPath: string
   if (!basePath) {
-    basePath = path.join(process.cwd(), '..', '..', '3rd-party')
     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', 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/package.json b/packages/desktop/package.json
index 5a8db043aa..ba77e065e7 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/package.json
+++ b/packages/desktop/package.json
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     "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 copyBinariesDarwin && 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",