diff --git a/client-gui2 b/client-gui2
index 9ec1b9fe..449c5099 160000
--- a/client-gui2
+++ b/client-gui2
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9ec1b9fe49ca8ce48ce68feb8f30fd7506ba03b9
+Subproject commit 449c50994b5e75f6039e5dd7cdfb95342f830686
diff --git a/packaging/appimage/README.md b/packaging/appimage/README.md
index e172f37f..498ed281 100644
--- a/packaging/appimage/README.md
+++ b/packaging/appimage/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ packaging/appimage/build.sh ./KompAC.AppImage
 This performs the existing builds independently:
 
 1. `nix build '.?submodules=1#portable-server'`
-2. `yarn tauri build --bundles appimage` in `client-gui2`
+2. `yarn tauri build --bundles appimage --features full-embed` in `client-gui2`
 3. `assemble.sh` to add the portable server and supervisor to the GUI AppImage
 
 The standalone server and GUI build processes remain available unchanged.
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ The standalone server and GUI build processes remain available unchanged.
 
 Already-built artifacts can be combined without rebuilding either application.
 The first argument may be either a completed GUI AppImage or Tauri's completed
-`.AppDir` directory:
+`.AppDir` directory. When combining with an embedded server, the GUI artifact
+must have been built with its `full-embed` feature so it can safely place local
+dump files into the bundled server's dump directory:
 
 ```sh
 packaging/appimage/assemble.sh \
diff --git a/packaging/appimage/build.sh b/packaging/appimage/build.sh
index c66b2c97..1d60c938 100755
--- a/packaging/appimage/build.sh
+++ b/packaging/appimage/build.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM HUP
 set +e
 (
     cd -- "$repo_root/client-gui2"
-    yarn tauri build --bundles appimage
+    yarn tauri build --bundles appimage --features full-embed
 )
 tauri_status=$?
 set -e
diff --git a/packaging/appimage/container-build-debian.sh b/packaging/appimage/container-build-debian.sh
index 24c64c44..7b028011 100755
--- a/packaging/appimage/container-build-debian.sh
+++ b/packaging/appimage/container-build-debian.sh
@@ -162,11 +162,15 @@ case "$appimage_bundle_dir" in
         exit 1
         ;;
 esac
-echo "+ yarn tauri build --bundles appimage"
+gui_features=()
+if [[ "$server_db_mode" == embedded ]]; then
+    gui_features=(--features full-embed)
+fi
+echo "+ yarn tauri build --bundles appimage ${gui_features[*]}"
 set +e
 APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 \
 CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/cargo-target \
-yarn tauri build --bundles appimage
+yarn tauri build --bundles appimage "${gui_features[@]}"
 tauri_status=$?
 set -e
 
diff --git a/packaging/flatpak/com.kompac.client.yml b/packaging/flatpak/com.kompac.client.yml
index 3f9bf047..b06d1223 100644
--- a/packaging/flatpak/com.kompac.client.yml
+++ b/packaging/flatpak/com.kompac.client.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ modules:
       - cp postgresql-cache/postgresql-17.10.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz "$HOME/.theseus/postgresql/"
       - cargo build --locked --release --package server --features full-embed
       - cd client-gui2 && corepack yarn install --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive
-      - cd client-gui2 && CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/run/build/komp-ac/target/gui corepack yarn tauri build --no-bundle
+      - cd client-gui2 && CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/run/build/komp-ac/target/gui corepack yarn tauri build --no-bundle --features full-embed
       - install -Dm755 /run/build/komp-ac/target/server/release/server /app/bin/komp-ac-server
       - install -Dm755 /run/build/komp-ac/target/gui/release/client-gui2 /app/bin/client-gui2
       - install -Dm755 packaging/flatpak/launcher.sh /app/bin/komp-ac