diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vikunja-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/vikunja-desktop/package.nix
index 0fb49af8482120..95a855362e0dcb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vikunja-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/vikunja-desktop/package.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
   stdenv,
   makeWrapper,
   makeDesktopItem,
-  callPackage,
   pnpm,
   nodejs,
   electron,
   unstableGitUpdater,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchzip,
   vikunja,
 }:
 
@@ -29,6 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   inherit version src;
 
   sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/desktop";
+  pnpmInstallFlags = [ "--shamefully-hoist" ];
 
   pnpmDeps = pnpm.fetchDeps {
     inherit (finalAttrs)
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       version
       src
       sourceRoot
+      pnpmInstallFlags
       ;
     hash = "sha256-5kBQS2nW9VqbWB+Kqe6+/gEPmB5Fj3n7zu2De4Q5GZ0=";
   };
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
     sed -i "s/\$${version}/${version}/g" package.json
     sed -i "s/\"version\": \".*\"/\"version\": \"${version}\"/" package.json
-
+    ln -s '${vikunja.passthru.frontend}' frontend
     pnpm run pack -c.electronDist="${electron.dist}" -c.electronVersion="${electron.version}"
 
     runHook postBuild
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     mkdir -p "$out/share/lib/vikunja-desktop"
     cp -r ./dist/*-unpacked/{locales,resources{,.pak}} "$out/share/lib/vikunja-desktop"
     cp -r ./node_modules "$out/share/lib/vikunja-desktop/resources"
-    ln -s '${vikunja.passthru.frontend}' "$out/share/lib/vikunja-desktop/resources/frontend"
 
     install -Dm644 "build/icon.png" "$out/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/vikunja-desktop.png"