diff --git a/crypto-utils.js b/crypto-utils.js
index 5668750..ecf9fa9 100644
--- a/crypto-utils.js
+++ b/crypto-utils.js
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ class CryptoUtils {
 
     let key;
     try {
+      const isMac = os.platform() === 'darwin';
       const machineId = [
-        os.hostname(),
+        isMac ? '' : os.hostname(),
         os.platform(),
         os.arch(),
         os.cpus()[0] ? os.cpus()[0].model : '',
         process.env.COMPUTERNAME || '',
-        process.env.USERNAME || ''
+        process.env.USERNAME || (isMac ? os.userInfo().username : '')
       ].join('|');
 
       const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256');
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 087473b..155301b 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -459,5 +459,8 @@ process.on('SIGINT', () => {
 process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
   process.exit(0);
 });
+process.on('SIGHUP', () => {
+  process.exit(0);
+});
 
 start();
diff --git a/service-manager.js b/service-manager.js
index abf6c6b..2542b04 100644
--- a/service-manager.js
+++ b/service-manager.js
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ class ServiceManager {
 
     const env = {
       ...process.env,
+      ...(process.platform === 'darwin'
+        ? { PATH: [process.env.PATH, '/opt/homebrew/bin', '/usr/local/bin', '/usr/bin', '/bin'].filter(Boolean).join(path.delimiter) }
+        : {}),
       PORT: (this.envConfig[name] && this.envConfig[name].PORT) || defaultPorts[name] || process.env.PORT || 3000,
       TOKEN_SECRET: tokenSecret,
       ...(this.envConfig[name] || {}),
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 9b23b04..7c97693 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -4075,6 +4075,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "vyla-home"
 version = "1.1.56"
 dependencies = [
+ "libc",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index eb7b45f..de6f9c1 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ window-vibrancy = "0.8"
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
 objc2 = "0.5"
 
+[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
+libc = "0.2"
+
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = 3
 lto = true
@@ -27,4 +30,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 [profile.dev]
 opt-level = 0
 debug = true
-incremental = true
+incremental = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src-tauri/Info.plist b/src-tauri/Info.plist
index 594d619..638f26f 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Info.plist
+++ b/src-tauri/Info.plist
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
     <true/>
     <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
     <true/>
+    <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoadsInWebContent</key>
+    <true/>
   </dict>
 </dict>
 </plist>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index b9e8edf..9509b4d 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ static WINDOW_COUNTER: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize = std::sync::atomic::Atomi
 
 static READY_URL: Mutex<Option<String>> = Mutex::new(None);
 
+static APP_LOADED: std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool = std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false);
+
 fn js_log(app: &AppHandle, msg: &str) {
     debug_log(msg);
     if let Some(w) = app.get_webview_window("main") {
@@ -94,6 +96,17 @@ fn kill_child_process(child: &mut Child) {
             .creation_flags(CREATE_NO_WINDOW)
             .output();
     }
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        let pgid = child.id() as i32;
+        unsafe {
+            libc::killpg(pgid, libc::SIGTERM);
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(400));
+        unsafe {
+            libc::killpg(pgid, libc::SIGKILL);
+        }
+    }
     let _ = child.kill();
     let _ = child.wait();
 }
@@ -580,7 +593,7 @@ fn open_new_window(app: AppHandle, url: String) -> Result<(), String> {
 
 fn handle_ready(w: &tauri::WebviewWindow, msg: &BackendMessage) {
     let url_str = match msg.data.get("url").and_then(|u| u.as_str()) {
-        Some(u) => u,
+        Some(u) => u.to_string(),
         None => return,
     };
 
@@ -592,19 +605,36 @@ fn handle_ready(w: &tauri::WebviewWindow, msg: &BackendMessage) {
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
     {
         use objc2::msg_send;
-        use objc2::runtime::AnyObject;
-        debug_log("Attempting with_webview on ready event");
-        let result = w.with_webview(|webview| unsafe {
-            debug_log("Inside with_webview closure");
+        use objc2::runtime::{AnyObject, Sel};
+        use objc2::sel;
+        let _ = w.with_webview(|webview| unsafe {
             let wk_webview = webview.inner() as *mut AnyObject;
             let config: *mut AnyObject = msg_send![wk_webview, configuration];
-            let _: () = msg_send![config, setUpgradeKnownHostsToHTTPS: false];
-            debug_log("setUpgradeKnownHostsToHTTPS set to false");
+            let selector: Sel = sel!(setUpgradeKnownHostsToHTTPS:);
+            let supported: bool = msg_send![config, respondsToSelector: selector];
+            if supported {
+                let _: () = msg_send![config, setUpgradeKnownHostsToHTTPS: false];
+            }
         });
-        debug_log(&format!("with_webview result: {:?}", result));
     }
 
-    let _ = w.navigate(url_parsed);
+    APP_LOADED.store(false, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst);
+    let _ = w.navigate(url_parsed.clone());
+
+    let watcher = w.clone();
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        for attempt in 1..=8 {
+            std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(4));
+            if APP_LOADED.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst) {
+                return;
+            }
+            debug_log(&format!("App page not loaded yet, retry {}", attempt));
+            let target = serde_json::to_string(&url_str).unwrap_or_default();
+            let _ = watcher.eval(&format!("window.location.replace({});", target));
+            let _ = watcher.navigate(url_parsed.clone());
+        }
+        debug_log("App page never loaded after retries");
+    });
 }
 
 fn main() {
@@ -663,6 +693,9 @@ fn main() {
                 .initialization_script("window.__VYLA_WINDOW_LABEL = 'main';")
                 .on_page_load(move |wv, payload| {
                     if matches!(payload.event(), tauri::webview::PageLoadEvent::Finished) {
+                        if payload.url().host_str() == Some("127.0.0.1") {
+                            APP_LOADED.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst);
+                        }
                         if payload.url().host_str() != Some("127.0.0.1") {
                             let known = READY_URL.lock().ok().and_then(|g| g.clone());
                             if let Some(u) = known {
@@ -726,6 +759,16 @@ fn main() {
                 }
             };
 
+            #[cfg(unix)]
+            {
+                use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+                if let Ok(meta) = std::fs::metadata(&node_bin) {
+                    let mut perms = meta.permissions();
+                    perms.set_mode(0o755);
+                    let _ = std::fs::set_permissions(&node_bin, perms);
+                }
+            }
+
             let vyla_files_str = clean_path(&vyla_files);
 
             let mut cmd = Command::new(&node_bin);
@@ -746,6 +789,12 @@ fn main() {
                 cmd.creation_flags(CREATE_NO_WINDOW);
             }
 
+            #[cfg(unix)]
+            {
+                use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
+                cmd.process_group(0);
+            }
+
             match cmd.spawn() {
                 Ok(mut child) => {
                     debug_log(&format!(
@@ -878,6 +927,16 @@ fn main() {
                 }
             }
         })
-        .run(tauri::generate_context!())
-        .expect("error while running tauri application");
+        .build(tauri::generate_context!())
+        .expect("error while building tauri application")
+        .run(|app, event| {
+            if let tauri::RunEvent::Exit = event {
+                let state: State<NodeServices> = app.state();
+                if let Ok(mut lock) = state.0.lock() {
+                    if let Some(mut child) = lock.take() {
+                        kill_child_process(&mut child);
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        });
 }