diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+IMAGE_NAME="ubuntu:22.04"
+HOST_PROJECT_DIR="$PWD"
+CONTAINER_PROJECT_DIR="/app"
+HOST_OUTPUT_DIR="$PWD/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/appimage"
+CONTAINER_OUTPUT_DIR="$CONTAINER_PROJECT_DIR/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/appimage"
+USER_ID=$(id -u)
+GROUP_ID=$(id -g)
+
+docker pull $IMAGE_NAME
+
+# run the docker image and remove on completion
+docker run --rm -it \
+    -v "$HOST_PROJECT_DIR":$CONTAINER_PROJECT_DIR \
+    $IMAGE_NAME \
+    /bin/bash -c "
+    apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
+    apt-get install -y cargo libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget file libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev && \
+
+    install -dm 755 /etc/apt/keyrings && \
+    wget -qO - https://mise.jdx.dev/gpg-key.pub | gpg --dearmor | tee /etc/apt/keyrings/mise-archive-keyring.gpg 1> /dev/null && \
+    echo 'deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/mise-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://mise.jdx.dev/deb stable main' | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mise.list && \
+    apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y mise && \
+
+    cd $CONTAINER_PROJECT_DIR && \
+    mise install && \
+    mise settings set experimental true && \
+    mise exec bun --command \"bun run tauri build\"
+
+    chown -R $USER_ID:$GROUP_ID $CONTAINER_PROJECT_DIR
+    "
+
+echo "Build complete. Output available in $HOST_OUTPUT_DIR"