diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7a0b065..c2a68a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ jobs:
           cd webui/
           npm run build
 
-      - name: Zip webui release
+      - name: Bundle webui release
         run: |
-          cd webui/build/
-          zip -r ../../webui.zip .
+          cd webui/
+          tar -czvf ../webui.tar.gz build/
 
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           files: |
-            webui.zip
+            webui.tar.gz
             LICENSE
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 1f4a22d..2607d73 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@ fi
 cd ..
 
 cd webui
-echo "Building and installing webui ..."
-#npm install react-modal react-toastify react-router-dom
-npm install
-npm run build
+# echo "Building and installing webui ..."
+# npm install react-modal react-toastify react-router-dom
+# npm install
+# npm run build
+echo "Downloading current webui release ..."
+wget https://github.com/bondagit/aes67-linux-daemon/releases/latest/download/webui.tar.gz
+tar -xzvf webui.tar.gz
 cd ..
 
 cd daemon
diff --git a/ubuntu-packages.sh b/ubuntu-packages.sh
index 964e9ff..5d1801a 100755
--- a/ubuntu-packages.sh
+++ b/ubuntu-packages.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
 sudo apt-get install -y clang
 sudo apt-get install -y git
 sudo apt-get install -y cmake
-sudo apt-get install -y npm
+# sudo apt-get install -y npm
 sudo apt-get install -y libboost-all-dev
 sudo apt-get install -y valgrind
 sudo apt-get install -y linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils