diff --git a/.github/workflows/website.yml b/.github/workflows/website.yml
index a269174a7..8cd58460d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/website.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/website.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install --filter website... --frozen-lockfile
+        run: pnpm install --filter website --frozen-lockfile
 
       - name: Build the website
         run: pnpm website:build
diff --git a/scripts/electron-rebuild.mts b/scripts/electron-rebuild.mts
index 6ed8360e7..b2d41aa88 100644
--- a/scripts/electron-rebuild.mts
+++ b/scripts/electron-rebuild.mts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { join, resolve } from "path";
-import { cpSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync } from "fs";
+import { cpSync, exists, existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync } from "fs";
 import { execSync } from "child_process";
 import { rebuild } from "@electron/rebuild"
 import { getElectronPath, isNixOS } from "./utils.mjs";
@@ -12,8 +12,15 @@ function copyNativeDependencies(projectRoot: string) {
     if (existsSync(destPath)) {
         rmSync(destPath, { recursive: true });
     }
-    mkdirSync(destPath);
-    cpSync(join(workspaceRoot, "node_modules/better-sqlite3"), destPath, { recursive: true, dereference: true });
+    mkdirSync(destPath, { recursive: true });
+
+    const sourcePath = join(workspaceRoot, "node_modules/better-sqlite3");
+    if (!existsSync(sourcePath)) {
+        console.warn("Nothing to rebuild as source path is missing:", sourcePath);
+        console.info("For CI builds with filtered package installs, this is normal. For normal development, it's not.");
+        process.exit(0);
+    }
+    cpSync(sourcePath, destPath, { recursive: true, dereference: true });
 }
 
 function rebuildNativeDependencies(projectRoot: string) {