diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4b148a6d..e0ecba3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ npm-debug.log*
 coverage
 .nyc_output
 
-build/*
-!build/README.md
+/build
+dist/
 
 deployment/*.retry
diff --git a/bin/plotly-export-server_electron.js b/bin/plotly-export-server_electron.js
index ff590126..95aad2b1 100644
--- a/bin/plotly-export-server_electron.js
+++ b/bin/plotly-export-server_electron.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const plotlyExporter = require('../')
+const plotlyExporter = require('../src/index.js')
 const { getServerArgs, getServerHelpMsg } = require('./args')
 const pkg = require('../package.json')
 
diff --git a/bin/plotly-graph-exporter_electron.js b/bin/plotly-graph-exporter_electron.js
index 42fb2e18..51db6037 100644
--- a/bin/plotly-graph-exporter_electron.js
+++ b/bin/plotly-graph-exporter_electron.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const plotlyExporter = require('../')
+const plotlyExporter = require('../src/index.js')
 const { getExporterArgs, getExporterHelpMsg } = require('./args')
 const pkg = require('../package.json')
 
diff --git a/build/README.md b/build/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from build/README.md
rename to build/.gitkeep
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 074dfecf..f7444f5e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "description": "Plotly's image exporting utility",
   "license": "MIT",
-  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "main": "./bin/plotly-graph-exporter_electron.js",
   "bin": {
     "plotly-graph-exporter": "./bin/plotly-graph-exporter.js",
     "plotly-export-server": "./bin/plotly-export-server.js"
@@ -17,6 +17,24 @@
     "coverage": "npm run test:unit -- --cov",
     "lint": "standard --fix"
   },
+  "build": {
+    "appId": "com.plotly.image-exporter.graph-exporter",
+    "electronCompile": false,
+    "productName": "Plotly Graph Exporter",
+    "copyright": "Copyright © 2018 ${author}",
+    "appImage": {
+      "systemIntegration": "doNotAsk",
+      "category": "Utility"
+    },
+    "win": {
+      "target": [{
+        "target": "nsis"
+    }]},
+    "mac": {
+      "target": [{
+        "target": "default"
+    }]}
+  },
   "author": "Plotly, Inc.",
   "keywords": [
     "graphing",
@@ -26,7 +44,6 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "body": "^5.1.0",
-    "electron": "^1.7.9",
     "fast-isnumeric": "^1.1.1",
     "file-type": "^7.2.0",
     "get-stdin": "^5.0.1",
@@ -45,6 +62,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "devtron": "^1.4.0",
+    "electron": "^1.7.9",
     "electron-debug": "^1.4.0",
     "image-size": "^0.6.1",
     "sinon": "^3.2.0",
diff --git a/src/util/create-index.js b/src/util/create-index.js
index e90776a9..b67a7973 100644
--- a/src/util/create-index.js
+++ b/src/util/create-index.js
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 const uuid = require('uuid/v4')
 const isNonEmptyString = require('./is-non-empty-string')
+const os = require('os')
 
 const COMPONENT_GLOBAL = 'PlotlyExporterComponent'
-const PATH_TO_BUILD = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'build')
+const PATH_TO_BUILD = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'plotly-graph-exporter-build')
+try {
+  fs.mkdirSync(PATH_TO_BUILD)
+} catch (e) {}
 const PATH_TO_INIT_RENDERERS = path.join(__dirname, 'init-renderers.js')
 
 /** Create HTML index file
diff --git a/src/util/pdftops.js b/src/util/pdftops.js
index 090de4cd..01eefa46 100644
--- a/src/util/pdftops.js
+++ b/src/util/pdftops.js
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ const childProcess = require('child_process')
 const parallel = require('run-parallel')
 const series = require('run-series')
 const uuid = require('uuid/v4')
+const os = require('os')
 
-const PATH_TO_BUILD = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'build')
+const PATH_TO_BUILD = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'plotly-graph-exporter-build')
+try {
+  fs.mkdirSync(PATH_TO_BUILD)
+} catch (e) {}
 
 /** Node wrapper for pdftops
  *
diff --git a/test/common.js b/test/common.js
index 68d20060..1931bd36 100644
--- a/test/common.js
+++ b/test/common.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const urls = {}
 const mocks = {}
 
 paths.root = path.join(__dirname, '..')
-paths.build = path.join(paths.root, 'build')
+paths.build = path.join(path.join(paths.root, 'build'))
 paths.bin = path.join(paths.root, 'bin')
 paths.readme = path.join(paths.root, 'README.md')
 paths.pkg = path.join(paths.root, 'package.json')
diff --git a/test/integration/plotly-export-server_test.js b/test/integration/plotly-export-server_test.js
index f4bc2cf6..656368fc 100644
--- a/test/integration/plotly-export-server_test.js
+++ b/test/integration/plotly-export-server_test.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const request = require('request')
 const readChunk = require('read-chunk')
 const fileType = require('file-type')
+const { paths } = require('../common')
 
 const PORT = 9109
 const SERVER_URL = `http://localhost:${PORT}`
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ tap.test('should work for *plotly-dashboard* component', {timeout: 1e5}, t => {
   })
 
   t.test('piping info write stream', t => {
-    const outPath = path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'build', 'dashboard.pdf')
+    const outPath = path.join(paths.build, 'dashboard.pdf')
     const ws = fs.createWriteStream(outPath)
 
     request({
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ tap.test('should work for *plotly-dashboard* component', {timeout: 1e5}, t => {
 })
 
 tap.test('should work for *plotly-dashboard-thumbnail* component', t => {
-  const outPath = path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'build', 'dashboard-thumbnail.png')
+  const outPath = path.join(paths.build, 'dashboard-thumbnail.png')
   const ws = fs.createWriteStream(outPath)
 
   request({
diff --git a/test/integration/plotly-graph-exporter_test.js b/test/integration/plotly-graph-exporter_test.js
index 7cc5e47e..9f741b0d 100644
--- a/test/integration/plotly-graph-exporter_test.js
+++ b/test/integration/plotly-graph-exporter_test.js
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ const tap = require('tap')
 const { spawn } = require('child_process')
 const path = require('path')
 const pkg = require('../../package.json')
+const { paths } = require('../common')
 
 const ROOT_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..')
 const BIN = path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'bin', 'plotly-graph-exporter.js')
 const BASE_ARGS = [
-  '--output-dir', path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'build'),
+  '--output-dir', path.join(paths.build),
   '--verbose'
 ]
 
diff --git a/test/pretest.js b/test/pretest.js
index 733fd905..7dd4f678 100644
--- a/test/pretest.js
+++ b/test/pretest.js
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ const mock = JSON.stringify({
   }
 })
 
-execSync(`${paths.bin}/plotly-graph-exporter.js '${mock}' -f svg -d build -o test-mock`)
-console.log('build/test-mock.svg created')
+execSync(`${paths.bin}/plotly-graph-exporter.js '${mock}' -f svg -d ${paths.build} -o test-mock`)
+console.log(`${paths.build}/test-mock.svg created`)
 
-execSync(`${paths.bin}/plotly-graph-exporter.js '${mock}' -f pdf -d build -o test-mock`)
-console.log('build/test-mock.pdf created')
+execSync(`${paths.bin}/plotly-graph-exporter.js '${mock}' -f pdf -d ${paths.build} -o test-mock`)
+console.log(`${paths.build}/test-mock.pdf created`)
diff --git a/test/unit/coerce-component_test.js b/test/unit/coerce-component_test.js
index 74b7461c..39282911 100644
--- a/test/unit/coerce-component_test.js
+++ b/test/unit/coerce-component_test.js
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ const sinon = require('sinon')
 const path = require('path')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const uuid = require('uuid/v4')
+const { paths } = require('../common')
 
 const coerceComponent = require('../../src/util/coerce-component')
-const PATH_TO_BUILD = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'build')
 
 const testMockComponentModule = (t, compModuleContent, cb) => {
-  const compPath = path.join(PATH_TO_BUILD, uuid() + '.js')
+  const compPath = path.join(paths.build, uuid() + '.js')
   const comp = {path: compPath}
 
   fs.writeFile(compPath, compModuleContent, (err) => {
diff --git a/test/unit/pdftops_test.js b/test/unit/pdftops_test.js
index 24e07228..59bf5caf 100644
--- a/test/unit/pdftops_test.js
+++ b/test/unit/pdftops_test.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ tap.test('pdftops.pdf2eps', t => {
         if (err) t.fail(err)
 
         const size = fs.statSync(outPath).size
-        t.ok(size > 1e5, 'min pdf file size')
+        t.ok(size > 9e4, 'min pdf file size')
         t.ok(size < 4e5, 'max pdf file size')
         t.ok(fileType(readChunk.sync(outPath, 0, 4100)).mime === 'application/postscript', 'postscript content')
         t.end()