diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aecd72563..94d2a6324 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 /*_product_key.txt
 .vscode/settings.json
 deploy_web.sh
-libs/js_engine/src/artifacts/ARM_JS_SNAPSHOT.bin
-libs/js_engine/src/artifacts/JS_SNAPSHOT.bin
 deploy_web.sh
 secrets.db
 .vscode/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b09adaca7..3a9666039 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 EMBASSY_BINS := backend/target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/embassyd backend/target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/embassy-init backend/target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/embassy-cli backend/target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/embassy-sdk
 EMBASSY_UIS := frontend/dist/ui frontend/dist/setup-wizard frontend/dist/diagnostic-ui
 EMBASSY_SRC := raspios.img product_key.txt $(EMBASSY_BINS) backend/embassyd.service backend/embassy-init.service $(EMBASSY_UIS) $(shell find build)
-EMBASSY_V8_SNAPSHOTS := libs/js_engine/src/artifacts/ARM_JS_SNAPSHOT.bin libs/js_engine/src/artifacts/JS_SNAPSHOT.bin
 COMPAT_SRC := $(shell find system-images/compat/src)
 UTILS_SRC := $(shell find system-images/utils/Dockerfile)
 BACKEND_SRC := $(shell find backend/src) $(shell find patch-db/*/src) $(shell find rpc-toolkit/*/src) backend/Cargo.toml backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -29,14 +28,10 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf patch-db/client/node_modules
 	rm -rf patch-db/client/dist
 
-	rm -f libs/js_engine/src/artifacts/ARM_JS_SNAPSHOT.bin
-	rm -f libs/js_engine/src/artifacts/JS_SNAPSHOT.bin
-	touch libs/snapshot-creator/Cargo.toml
-
-sdk: $(EMBASSY_V8_SNAPSHOTS)
+sdk: 
 	cd backend/ && ./install-sdk.sh
 
-eos.img: $(EMBASSY_SRC) system-images/compat/compat.tar system-images/utils/utils.tar $(EMBASSY_V8_SNAPSHOTS)
+eos.img: $(EMBASSY_SRC) system-images/compat/compat.tar system-images/utils/utils.tar 
 	! test -f eos.img || rm eos.img
 	if [ "$(NO_KEY)" = "1" ]; then NO_KEY=1 ./build/make-image.sh; else ./build/make-image.sh; fi
 
@@ -58,11 +53,11 @@ product_key.txt:
 	if [ "$(KEY)" != "" ]; then $(shell which echo) -n "$(KEY)" > product_key.txt; fi
 	echo >> product_key.txt
 
-$(EMBASSY_V8_SNAPSHOTS): libs/snapshot-creator/Cargo.toml
+snapshots: libs/snapshot-creator/Cargo.toml
 	cd libs/  && ./build-v8-snapshot.sh
 	cd libs/  && ./build-arm-v8-snapshot.sh
 
-$(EMBASSY_BINS): $(BACKEND_SRC) $(EMBASSY_V8_SNAPSHOTS)
+$(EMBASSY_BINS): $(BACKEND_SRC) 
 	cd backend && ./build-prod.sh
 
 frontend/node_modules: frontend/package.json
diff --git a/libs/js_engine/src/artifacts/ARM_JS_SNAPSHOT.bin b/libs/js_engine/src/artifacts/ARM_JS_SNAPSHOT.bin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b6059a90
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diff --git a/libs/js_engine/src/artifacts/JS_SNAPSHOT.bin b/libs/js_engine/src/artifacts/JS_SNAPSHOT.bin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b86d3596
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