diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_release.yml b/.github/workflows/build_release.yml
index 71417dd2..67380fb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_release.yml
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create installers for Windows
         run: ${{ github.workspace }}/ci/create_win_installer.sh
 
-      - name: Set up QEMU integration for Docker
-        run: docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes
-
       - name: Create AppImage (x86_64)
         env:
           ARCH: x86_64
diff --git a/ci/bundle_appimage.sh b/ci/bundle_appimage.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3f51677c..00000000
--- a/ci/bundle_appimage.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-fail_msg() {
-    echo "$1"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-#
-# This script should be run in, or with the working directory set to, the root project directory
-#
-
-pushd "$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/..)" > /dev/null
-
-# grab default variables
-source ./packaging/vars
-
-[ -n "$NAME" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: Name isn't specified!"
-[ -n "$ID" ]   || fail_msg "ERROR: ID isn't specified!"
-[ -n "$RIDS" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: Runtime IDs not specified!"
-[ -n "$GITHUB_ORG" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: GitHub Project not specified!"
-
-PUBLISH_DIR="$(readlink -f ${PUBLISH_DIR:="./build/publish"})" 
-
-[ -n "$PUBLISH_DIR" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: Publish directory isn't set!"
-[ -d "$PUBLISH_DIR" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: Publish location isn't a directory!"
-
-OUTPUT_DIR="$(readlink -f ${OUTPUT_DIR:="./build/packages"})" 
-
-[ -n "$OUTPUT_DIR" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: Output directory isn't set!"
-[ -d "$OUTPUT_DIR" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: Output location isn't a directory!"
-
-# there should already be a usable binary, so just figure out what we should use
-DOTNET_ARCH=
-
-case "$ARCH" in
-    "x86_64" | "x64")
-        DOTNET_ARCH="x64"
-        ;;
-    "aarch64" | "arm64")
-        DOTNET_ARCH="arm64"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        fail_msg "Unknown arch! Aborting!"
-        ;;
-esac
-
-[ -n "$DOTNET_ARCH" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: No arch specified!"
-
-# make sure needed archive exists (should have checked for this already!!)
-[ -f "$OUTPUT_DIR/Linux_$DOTNET_ARCH.tar.gz" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: Linux $DOTNET_ARCH archive not found!"
-
-
-# VERSION="$(grep string\ AppVersion -rI $NAME | cut -d \" -f 2)" # this will surely come back to bite me
-VERSION="${VERSION:="0.0.0"}"
-
-BUILD_DIR="/appimage"
-APPDIR="$BUILD_DIR/AppDir"
-
-FILE_ROOT="./packaging/linux"
-
-APPRUN_FILE="AppRun"
-METAINFO_FILE="knossos.metainfo.xml.in"
-DESKTOP_FILE="knossos.desktop.in"
-
-ICON_SIZES="512 256 128 96 64 48"    # must include 256x256 at a minimum
-ICON_FILE="knossos"
-
-APPIMAGE_TOOL_URL="https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/13/appimagetool-$ARCH.AppImage"
-
-UPDATE_SCHEME="gh-releases-zsync|$GITHUB_ORG|$NAME|latest|$NAME-*$ARCH.AppImage.zsync"
-
-
-# install required packages:
-#   for this script: wget, envsubst (from gettext)
-#   for appimagetool: zsync, file, appstream, gpg
-#   for docker arm64 multiarch workaround: qemu-user-static
-export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-apt update && apt install -y wget gettext-base zsync file appstream gpg qemu-user-static
-
-
-# grab appimagetool
-mkdir -p "$BUILD_DIR"
-wget -O "$BUILD_DIR/appimagetool" "$APPIMAGE_TOOL_URL" || fail_msg "ERROR: Failed to get appimagetool!"
-chmod +x "$BUILD_DIR/appimagetool"
-
-
-# configure templates
-export _NAME="$NAME"
-export _ID="$ID"
-export _VERSION="$VERSION"
-
-envsubst < "$FILE_ROOT/$METAINFO_FILE" > "$BUILD_DIR/$ID.appdata.xml"
-envsubst < "$FILE_ROOT/$DESKTOP_FILE" > "$BUILD_DIR/$ID.desktop"
-
-unset _NAME _ID _VERSION
-
-
-# create and populate AppDir
-if [ -d "$APPDIR" ]
-then
-    rm -Rf "$APPDIR"
-fi
-
-install -d "$APPDIR"
-install -m 755 "$FILE_ROOT/$APPRUN_FILE" "$APPDIR"
-
-install -d "$APPDIR/usr/bin"
-tar -xzvf "$OUTPUT_DIR/Linux_$DOTNET_ARCH.tar.gz" -C "$APPDIR/usr/bin"
-chmod +x "$APPDIR/usr/bin/$NAME"
-
-install -d "$APPDIR/usr/share/applications"
-install -m 644 "$BUILD_DIR/$ID.desktop" "$APPDIR/usr/share/applications"
-
-install -d "$APPDIR/usr/share/metainfo"
-install -m 644 "$BUILD_DIR/$ID.appdata.xml" "$APPDIR/usr/share/metainfo"
-
-for size in $ICON_SIZES; do
-    install -d "$APPDIR/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${size}x${size}/apps"
-    install -m 644 "$FILE_ROOT/$ICON_FILE-$size.png" "$APPDIR/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${size}x${size}/apps/$ID.png"
-done
-
-# provide symlinks to .desktop and app icon in root as required by AppImage spec
-ln -s "usr/share/applications/$ID.desktop" "$APPDIR"
-ln -s "usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/$ID.png" "$APPDIR"
-
-
-#
-# create AppImage
-#
-
-# can't use fuse in container, so work around it
-export APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1
-
-# arm64 appimagetool doesn't run properly in qemu multiarch so work around it
-[ "$DOTNET_ARCH" = "arm64" ] && LAUNCHER="qemu-aarch64-static" || LAUNCHER=""
-
-$LAUNCHER "$BUILD_DIR/appimagetool" -u "$UPDATE_SCHEME" "$APPDIR" "$OUTPUT_DIR/$NAME-$ARCH.AppImage"
-
-# zsync file is saved to current directory so move it to proper place
-[ -f "$NAME-$ARCH.AppImage.zsync" ] && mv "$NAME-$ARCH.AppImage.zsync" "$OUTPUT_DIR"
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diff --git a/ci/create_appimage.sh b/ci/create_appimage.sh
index 3c01fab8..cf4551e4 100755
--- a/ci/create_appimage.sh
+++ b/ci/create_appimage.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ fail_msg() {
 # This script should be run in, or with the working directory set to, the root project directory
 #
 
-REPO_ROOT="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/..)"
-pushd "$REPO_ROOT" > /dev/null
+pushd "$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/..)" > /dev/null
 
 # grab default variables
 source ./packaging/vars
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ source ./packaging/vars
 [ -n "$NAME" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: Name isn't specified!"
 [ -n "$ID" ]   || fail_msg "ERROR: ID isn't specified!"
 [ -n "$RIDS" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: Runtime IDs not specified!"
+[ -n "$GITHUB_ORG" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: GitHub Project not specified!"
 
 PUBLISH_DIR="$(readlink -f ${PUBLISH_DIR:="./build/publish"})" 
 
@@ -29,35 +29,98 @@ OUTPUT_DIR="$(readlink -f ${OUTPUT_DIR:="./build/packages"})"
 [ -n "$OUTPUT_DIR" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: Output directory isn't set!"
 [ -d "$OUTPUT_DIR" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: Output location isn't a directory!"
 
-# everything needs a different arch name for some reason
-DOTNET_ARCH="x64"
-DOCKER_ARCH="amd64"
+# there should already be a usable binary, so just figure out what we should use
+DOTNET_ARCH=
 
 case "$ARCH" in
     "x86_64" | "x64")
         DOTNET_ARCH="x64"
-        DOCKER_ARCH="amd64"
         ;;
     "aarch64" | "arm64")
         DOTNET_ARCH="arm64"
-        DOCKER_ARCH="arm64/v8"
         ;;
     *)
         fail_msg "Unknown arch! Aborting!"
         ;;
 esac
 
-# make sure needed archive exists
+[ -n "$DOTNET_ARCH" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: No arch specified!"
+
+# make sure needed archive exists (should have checked for this already!!)
 [ -f "$OUTPUT_DIR/Linux_$DOTNET_ARCH.tar.gz" ] || fail_msg "ERROR: Linux $DOTNET_ARCH archive not found!"
 
 
-# now just run script in appropriate container to generate bundle
-docker run --platform linux/$DOCKER_ARCH --rm \
-    -e ARCH="$ARCH" \
-    -e PUBLISH_DIR="/PublishDir" \
-    -e OUTPUT_DIR="/OutputDir" \
-    -v "$REPO_ROOT":/repo \
-    -v "$PUBLISH_DIR":/PublishDir \
-    -v "$OUTPUT_DIR":/OutputDir \
-    -t ubuntu:jammy \
-    /bin/bash -xc "/repo/ci/bundle_appimage.sh"
+# VERSION="$(grep string\ AppVersion -rI $NAME | cut -d \" -f 2)" # this will surely come back to bite me
+VERSION="${VERSION:="0.0.0"}"
+
+BUILD_DIR="./build/appimage"
+APPDIR="$BUILD_DIR/AppDir"
+
+FILE_ROOT="./packaging/linux"
+
+APPRUN_FILE="AppRun"
+METAINFO_FILE="knossos.metainfo.xml.in"
+DESKTOP_FILE="knossos.desktop.in"
+
+ICON_SIZES="512 256 128 96 64 48"    # must include 256x256 at a minimum
+ICON_FILE="knossos"
+
+APPIMAGE_TOOL_URL="https://github.com/AppImage/appimagetool/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-$(uname -m).AppImage"
+
+UPDATE_SCHEME="gh-releases-zsync|$GITHUB_ORG|$NAME|latest|$NAME-*$ARCH.AppImage.zsync"
+
+
+# grab appimagetool
+mkdir -p "$BUILD_DIR"
+wget -O "$BUILD_DIR/appimagetool" "$APPIMAGE_TOOL_URL" || fail_msg "ERROR: Failed to get appimagetool!"
+chmod +x "$BUILD_DIR/appimagetool"
+
+
+# configure templates
+export _NAME="$NAME"
+export _ID="$ID"
+export _VERSION="$VERSION"
+
+envsubst < "$FILE_ROOT/$METAINFO_FILE" > "$BUILD_DIR/$ID.appdata.xml"
+envsubst < "$FILE_ROOT/$DESKTOP_FILE" > "$BUILD_DIR/$ID.desktop"
+
+unset _NAME _ID _VERSION
+
+
+# create and populate AppDir
+if [ -d "$APPDIR" ]
+then
+    rm -Rf "$APPDIR"
+fi
+
+install -d "$APPDIR"
+install -m 755 "$FILE_ROOT/$APPRUN_FILE" "$APPDIR"
+
+install -d "$APPDIR/usr/bin"
+tar -xzvf "$OUTPUT_DIR/Linux_$DOTNET_ARCH.tar.gz" -C "$APPDIR/usr/bin"
+chmod +x "$APPDIR/usr/bin/$NAME"
+
+install -d "$APPDIR/usr/share/applications"
+install -m 644 "$BUILD_DIR/$ID.desktop" "$APPDIR/usr/share/applications"
+
+install -d "$APPDIR/usr/share/metainfo"
+install -m 644 "$BUILD_DIR/$ID.appdata.xml" "$APPDIR/usr/share/metainfo"
+
+for size in $ICON_SIZES; do
+    install -d "$APPDIR/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${size}x${size}/apps"
+    install -m 644 "$FILE_ROOT/$ICON_FILE-$size.png" "$APPDIR/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${size}x${size}/apps/$ID.png"
+done
+
+# provide symlinks to .desktop and app icon in root as required by AppImage spec
+ln -s "usr/share/applications/$ID.desktop" "$APPDIR"
+ln -s "usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/$ID.png" "$APPDIR"
+
+
+#
+# create AppImage
+#
+
+ARCH=$ARCH "$BUILD_DIR/appimagetool" -u "$UPDATE_SCHEME" "$APPDIR" "$OUTPUT_DIR/$NAME-$ARCH.AppImage"
+
+# zsync file is saved to current directory so move it to proper place
+[ -f "$NAME-$ARCH.AppImage.zsync" ] && mv "$NAME-$ARCH.AppImage.zsync" "$OUTPUT_DIR"
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