diff --git a/apps/desktop/electron-forge/forge.config.ts b/apps/desktop/electron-forge/forge.config.ts
index 8d279d59b..5e3a39869 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/electron-forge/forge.config.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/electron-forge/forge.config.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import path from "path";
+import path, { join } from "path";
 import fs from "fs-extra";
 import { LOCALES } from "@triliumnext/commons";
 import { PRODUCT_NAME } from "../src/app-info.js";
 import type { ForgeConfig } from "@electron-forge/shared-types";
+import { existsSync } from "fs";
 
 const ELECTRON_FORGE_DIR = __dirname;
 
@@ -228,8 +229,22 @@ const config: ForgeConfig = {
             // Ensure all locales that should be kept are actually present.
             for (const locale of localesToKeep) {
                 if (!keptLocales.has(locale)) {
-                    console.error(`Locale ${locale} was not found in the packaged app.`);
-                    process.exit(1);
+                    throw new Error(`Locale ${locale} was not found in the packaged app.`);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Check that the bettersqlite3 binary has the right architecture.
+            if (packageResult.platform === "linux" && packageResult.arch === "arm64") {
+                for (const outputPath of packageResult.outputPaths) {
+                    const binaryPath = join(outputPath, "resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node");
+                    if (!existsSync(binaryPath)) {
+                        throw new Error(`[better-sqlite3] Unable to find .node file at ${binaryPath}`);
+                    }
+
+                    const actualArch = getELFArch(binaryPath);
+                    if (actualArch !== "ARM64") {
+                        throw new Error(`[better-sqlite3] Expected ARM64 architecture but got ${actualArch} at: ${binaryPath}`);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         },
@@ -284,4 +299,20 @@ function getExtraResourcesForPlatform() {
     return resources;
 }
 
+function getELFArch(file: string) {
+  const buf = fs.readFileSync(file);
+
+  if (buf[0] !== 0x7f || buf[1] !== 0x45 || buf[2] !== 0x4c || buf[3] !== 0x46) {
+    throw new Error("Not an ELF file");
+  }
+
+  const eiClass = buf[4];      // 1=32-bit, 2=64-bit
+  const eiMachine = buf[18];   // architecture code
+
+  if (eiMachine === 0x3E) return 'x86-64';
+  if (eiMachine === 0xB7) return 'ARM64';
+  return 'other';
+}
+
+
 export default config;