diff --git a/bin/copy-dist.sh b/bin/copy-dist.sh
index d173455c3..3c4446903 100755
--- a/bin/copy-dist.sh
+++ b/bin/copy-dist.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 DEST_DIR="./dist"
 DEST_DIR_SRC="$DEST_DIR/src"
+DEST_DIR_NODE_MODULES="$DEST_DIR/node_modules"
 
-for d in 'images' 'libraries' 'db' 'node_modules' ; do
+for d in 'images' 'libraries' 'db'  ; do
     echo "Copying $d"
     cp -r "$d" "$DEST_DIR"/
 done
@@ -9,4 +10,18 @@ done
 for d in './src/public' './src/views' ; do
     echo "Copying $d"
     cp -r "$d" "$DEST_DIR_SRC"/
-done
\ No newline at end of file
+done
+
+mkdir "$DEST_DIR_NODE_MODULES"
+
+cd node_modules
+
+for m in 'react/umd/react.production.min.js' 'react/umd/react.development.js' 'react-dom/umd/react-dom.production.min.js' 'react-dom/umd/react-dom.development.js' 'katex/dist/katex.min.js' 'katex/dist/contrib/mhchem.min.js' 'katex/dist/contrib/auto-render.min.js'; do
+    echo "Copying $m"
+    cp --parents "$m" ../"$DEST_DIR_NODE_MODULES"
+done
+
+for m in '@excalidraw/excalidraw/dist/' 'katex/dist/' 'dayjs/' 'force-graph/dist/' 'boxicons/css/' 'boxicons/fonts/' 'mermaid/dist/' 'jquery/dist/' 'jquery-hotkeys/' 'print-this/' 'split.js/dist/' 'panzoom/dist/' ; do
+    echo "Copying $m"
+    cp --parents -r "$m" ../"$DEST_DIR_NODE_MODULES"
+done