diff --git a/electron-builder.json5 b/electron-builder.json5
index 1bc4db5d4..33f516d38 100644
--- a/electron-builder.json5
+++ b/electron-builder.json5
@@ -171,7 +171,20 @@
       // `app.setName()` in electron/main.ts sets the same string for an unpackaged
       // run, where there is no Info.plist to read.
       "CFBundleDisplayName": "RoleModel Studio",
-      "CFBundleName": "RoleModel Studio",
+      // CFBundleName is deliberately NOT overridden.
+      //
+      // Electron resolves its helper apps from CFBundleName. electron-builder names
+      // them after `productName`, so they ship as "Openscreen Helper.app" — and
+      // setting CFBundleName to "RoleModel Studio" made Electron look for
+      // "RoleModel Studio Helper.app", find nothing, and abort before drawing a
+      // window:
+      //
+      //   FATAL:electron_main_delegate_mac.mm:65] Unable to find helper app
+      //
+      // That is what made v0.0.1 unopenable. Nothing is lost by leaving it alone:
+      // the menu bar reads "RoleModel Studio" because electron/main.ts calls
+      // `app.setName(PRODUCT_NAME)` at module scope, and Finder, the Dock, the
+      // About panel and every permission prompt read CFBundleDisplayName above.
       // These are quoted verbatim in the macOS permission dialogs, so they say the
       // name of the app the person is being asked about.
       "NSAudioCaptureUsageDescription": "RoleModel Studio needs audio capture permission to record system audio.",
diff --git a/electron/main.ts b/electron/main.ts
index dee0edc7f..97025bfbe 100644
--- a/electron/main.ts
+++ b/electron/main.ts
@@ -1092,6 +1092,13 @@ if (!cliCommand) {
 
 app.on("activate", () => {
 	if (cliCommand) return;
+	// `activate` can arrive before `whenReady`, the same way `open-file` can — and
+	// the window this ends up building measures the primary display, which throws
+	// "The 'screen' module can't be used before the app 'ready' event" and takes the
+	// main process with it. Launching the binary directly is enough to see it.
+	// Nothing is lost by ignoring an early activate: whenReady creates the window
+	// anyway, and macOS re-sends activate when the dock icon is clicked.
+	if (!app.isReady()) return;
 	// On macOS, re-open a window when the dock icon is clicked and none are open.
 	const hasVisibleWindow = BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().some((window) => {
 		if (window.isDestroyed() || !window.isVisible()) {