diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/beforePackHook.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/beforePackHook.ts
index 3446378e70ada0f44c2c56e633384d5ea3d00bc9..fec75de3697981dc6522707e60acbcaa3ae428b0 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/beforePackHook.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/beforePackHook.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { rebuild } from '@electron/rebuild';
+import copyFiles from 'copyfiles';
 import { Arch, AfterPackContext } from 'electron-builder';
 
 /* The beforePackHook runs before packing the Electron app for an architecture
@@ -26,6 +27,16 @@ const beforePackHook = async (context: AfterPackContext) => {
     });
 
     console.info(`Rebuilt better-sqlite3 with ${arch}!`);
+
+    if (context.packager.platform.name === 'windows') {
+      console.info(`Windows build - copying appx files...`);
+
+      await new Promise(resolve =>
+        copyFiles(['./appx/**/*', './build'], { error: true }, resolve),
+      );
+
+      console.info(`Copied appx files!`);
+    }
   } catch (err) {
     console.error('beforePackHook:', err);
     process.exit(); // End the process - unsuccessful build
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/package.json b/packages/desktop-electron/package.json
index c561de772496b67eb4ed77e5e4e12c2cb5ede135..960b789e90c6143275c2f9956ed3f863e06c7ee5 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/package.json
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/package.json
@@ -9,20 +9,22 @@
     "update-client": "bin/update-client",
     "build": "yarn build:dist && electron-builder",
     "build:dist": "tsc --p tsconfig.dist.json && yarn copy-static-assets",
-    "copy-static-assets": "copyfiles --exclude 'build/**/*' **/*.html icons/**/* appx/**/* build",
+    "copy-static-assets": "copyfiles --exclude 'build/**/*' **/*.html icons/**/* build",
     "watch": "yarn build:dist && cross-env ACTUAL_DOCUMENT_DIR=\"../../data\" ACTUAL_DATA_DIR=\"../../data\" electron ."
   },
   "main": "build/index.js",
   "build": {
     "appId": "com.actualbudget.actual",
     "files": [
+      "build",
       "!node_modules/loot-core/src{,/**/*}",
       "!node_modules/loot-core/lib-dist/{browser,bundle.mobile*}",
-      "!**/*.js.map",
-      "!node_modules/@jlongster/sql.js",
       "!node_modules/absurd-sql",
       "!node_modules/better-sqlite3/{benchmark,src,bin,docs,deps,build/Release/obj,build/Release/sqlite3.a,build/Release/test_extension.node}",
-      "build"
+      "!**/*.js.map",
+      "!**/stats.json",
+      "!node_modules/@jlongster/sql.js/**/*",
+      "!build/client-build/sql-wasm.wasm"
     ],
     "beforePack": "./build/beforePackHook.js",
     "mac": {
diff --git a/upcoming-release-notes/3443.md b/upcoming-release-notes/3443.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4c1fbda3611e84cd54119217e93f9341e89bb788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming-release-notes/3443.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Maintenance
+authors: [MikesGlitch]
+---
+
+Reduce size of desktop packages