diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ee9963d7..996c9fd2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     "electron-is-dev": "^2.0.0",
     "electron-store": "5.1.1",
     "electron-unhandled": "^4.0.1",
-    "execa": "^7.1.1",
+    "execa": "5",
     "file-type": "16",
     "file-url": "^3.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
diff --git a/public/electron.js b/public/electron.js
index 30659fa2..93a21198 100644
--- a/public/electron.js
+++ b/public/electron.js
@@ -257,8 +257,6 @@ const readyPromise = app.whenReady();
 
 (async () => {
   try {
-    await ffmpeg.whenImported;
-
     logger.info('Initializing config store');
     await configStore.init();
 
diff --git a/public/ffmpeg.js b/public/ffmpeg.js
index 9598de08..2a4dca2f 100644
--- a/public/ffmpeg.js
+++ b/public/ffmpeg.js
@@ -2,16 +2,10 @@ const { join } = require('path');
 const isDev = require('electron-is-dev');
 const readline = require('readline');
 const stringToStream = require('string-to-stream');
+const execa = require('execa');
 
 const { platform, arch, isWindows, isMac, isLinux } = require('./util');
 
-const execaPromise = import('execa');
-
-let execa;
-execaPromise.then((execaNew) => {
-  ({ execa } = execaNew);
-}).catch((err) => console.error(err));
-
 
 const runningFfmpegs = new Set();
 // setInterval(() => console.log(runningFfmpegs.size), 1000);
@@ -507,7 +501,6 @@ function encodeLiveRawStream({ path, inWidth, inHeight, seekTo, streamIndex }) {
 const runFfmpeg = async (...args) => runFfmpegProcess(...args);
 
 module.exports = {
-  whenImported: execaPromise,
   setCustomFfPath,
   abortFfmpegs,
   getFfmpegPath,
diff --git a/script/xcrun-wrapper.mjs b/script/xcrun-wrapper.mjs
index 18a6a5c4..c128ac19 100644
--- a/script/xcrun-wrapper.mjs
+++ b/script/xcrun-wrapper.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { execa } from 'execa';
+import execa from 'execa';
 import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
 
 // we need a wrapper script because altool tends to error out very often
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 44e61bbe..c4545c9d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4327,20 +4327,20 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"execa@npm:^7.1.1":
-  version: 7.1.1
-  resolution: "execa@npm:7.1.1"
+"execa@npm:5":
+  version: 5.1.1
+  resolution: "execa@npm:5.1.1"
   dependencies:
     cross-spawn: ^7.0.3
-    get-stream: ^6.0.1
-    human-signals: ^4.3.0
-    is-stream: ^3.0.0
+    get-stream: ^6.0.0
+    human-signals: ^2.1.0
+    is-stream: ^2.0.0
     merge-stream: ^2.0.0
-    npm-run-path: ^5.1.0
-    onetime: ^6.0.0
-    signal-exit: ^3.0.7
-    strip-final-newline: ^3.0.0
-  checksum: 21fa46fc69314ace4068cf820142bdde5b643a5d89831c2c9349479c1555bff137a291b8e749e7efca36535e4e0a8c772c11008ca2e84d2cbd6ca141a3c8f937
+    npm-run-path: ^4.0.1
+    onetime: ^5.1.2
+    signal-exit: ^3.0.3
+    strip-final-newline: ^2.0.0
+  checksum: fba9022c8c8c15ed862847e94c252b3d946036d7547af310e344a527e59021fd8b6bb0723883ea87044dc4f0201f949046993124a42ccb0855cae5bf8c786343
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -4908,7 +4908,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"get-stream@npm:^6.0.1":
+"get-stream@npm:^6.0.0":
   version: 6.0.1
   resolution: "get-stream@npm:6.0.1"
   checksum: e04ecece32c92eebf5b8c940f51468cd53554dcbb0ea725b2748be583c9523d00128137966afce410b9b051eb2ef16d657cd2b120ca8edafcf5a65e81af63cad
@@ -5315,10 +5315,10 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"human-signals@npm:^4.3.0":
-  version: 4.3.1
-  resolution: "human-signals@npm:4.3.1"
-  checksum: 6f12958df3f21b6fdaf02d90896c271df00636a31e2bbea05bddf817a35c66b38a6fdac5863e2df85bd52f34958997f1f50350ff97249e1dff8452865d5235d1
+"human-signals@npm:^2.1.0":
+  version: 2.1.0
+  resolution: "human-signals@npm:2.1.0"
+  checksum: b87fd89fce72391625271454e70f67fe405277415b48bcc0117ca73d31fa23a4241787afdc8d67f5a116cf37258c052f59ea82daffa72364d61351423848e3b8
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -5868,13 +5868,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"is-stream@npm:^3.0.0":
-  version: 3.0.0
-  resolution: "is-stream@npm:3.0.0"
-  checksum: 172093fe99119ffd07611ab6d1bcccfe8bc4aa80d864b15f43e63e54b7abc71e779acd69afdb854c4e2a67fdc16ae710e370eda40088d1cfc956a50ed82d8f16
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "is-string@npm:^1.0.5, is-string@npm:^1.0.7":
   version: 1.0.7
   resolution: "is-string@npm:1.0.7"
@@ -6448,7 +6441,7 @@ __metadata:
     eslint-plugin-react: ^7.28.0
     eslint-plugin-react-hooks: ^4.3.0
     evergreen-ui: ^6.13.1
-    execa: ^7.1.1
+    execa: 5
     fast-xml-parser: ^4.2.5
     file-type: 16
     file-url: ^3.0.0
@@ -6688,13 +6681,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"mimic-fn@npm:^4.0.0":
-  version: 4.0.0
-  resolution: "mimic-fn@npm:4.0.0"
-  checksum: 995dcece15ee29aa16e188de6633d43a3db4611bcf93620e7e62109ec41c79c0f34277165b8ce5e361205049766e371851264c21ac64ca35499acb5421c2ba56
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "mimic-response@npm:^1.0.0":
   version: 1.0.1
   resolution: "mimic-response@npm:1.0.1"
@@ -7096,12 +7082,12 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"npm-run-path@npm:^5.1.0":
-  version: 5.1.0
-  resolution: "npm-run-path@npm:5.1.0"
+"npm-run-path@npm:^4.0.1":
+  version: 4.0.1
+  resolution: "npm-run-path@npm:4.0.1"
   dependencies:
-    path-key: ^4.0.0
-  checksum: dc184eb5ec239d6a2b990b43236845332ef12f4e0beaa9701de724aa797fe40b6bbd0157fb7639d24d3ab13f5d5cf22d223a19c6300846b8126f335f788bee66
+    path-key: ^3.0.0
+  checksum: 5374c0cea4b0bbfdfae62da7bbdf1e1558d338335f4cacf2515c282ff358ff27b2ecb91ffa5330a8b14390ac66a1e146e10700440c1ab868208430f56b5f4d23
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -7239,7 +7225,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"onetime@npm:^5.1.0":
+"onetime@npm:^5.1.0, onetime@npm:^5.1.2":
   version: 5.1.2
   resolution: "onetime@npm:5.1.2"
   dependencies:
@@ -7248,15 +7234,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"onetime@npm:^6.0.0":
-  version: 6.0.0
-  resolution: "onetime@npm:6.0.0"
-  dependencies:
-    mimic-fn: ^4.0.0
-  checksum: 0846ce78e440841335d4e9182ef69d5762e9f38aa7499b19f42ea1c4cd40f0b4446094c455c713f9adac3f4ae86f613bb5e30c99e52652764d06a89f709b3788
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "open@npm:^7.4.2":
   version: 7.4.2
   resolution: "open@npm:7.4.2"
@@ -7509,20 +7486,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"path-key@npm:^3.1.0":
+"path-key@npm:^3.0.0, path-key@npm:^3.1.0":
   version: 3.1.1
   resolution: "path-key@npm:3.1.1"
   checksum: 55cd7a9dd4b343412a8386a743f9c746ef196e57c823d90ca3ab917f90ab9f13dd0ded27252ba49dbdfcab2b091d998bc446f6220cd3cea65db407502a740020
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"path-key@npm:^4.0.0":
-  version: 4.0.0
-  resolution: "path-key@npm:4.0.0"
-  checksum: 8e6c314ae6d16b83e93032c61020129f6f4484590a777eed709c4a01b50e498822b00f76ceaf94bc64dbd90b327df56ceadce27da3d83393790f1219e07721d7
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "path-parse@npm:^1.0.6, path-parse@npm:^1.0.7":
   version: 1.0.7
   resolution: "path-parse@npm:1.0.7"
@@ -8704,7 +8674,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"signal-exit@npm:^3.0.7":
+"signal-exit@npm:^3.0.3, signal-exit@npm:^3.0.7":
   version: 3.0.7
   resolution: "signal-exit@npm:3.0.7"
   checksum: a2f098f247adc367dffc27845853e9959b9e88b01cb301658cfe4194352d8d2bb32e18467c786a7fe15f1d44b233ea35633d076d5e737870b7139949d1ab6318
@@ -9155,10 +9125,10 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"strip-final-newline@npm:^3.0.0":
-  version: 3.0.0
-  resolution: "strip-final-newline@npm:3.0.0"
-  checksum: 23ee263adfa2070cd0f23d1ac14e2ed2f000c9b44229aec9c799f1367ec001478469560abefd00c5c99ee6f0b31c137d53ec6029c53e9f32a93804e18c201050
+"strip-final-newline@npm:^2.0.0":
+  version: 2.0.0
+  resolution: "strip-final-newline@npm:2.0.0"
+  checksum: 69412b5e25731e1938184b5d489c32e340605bb611d6140344abc3421b7f3c6f9984b21dff296dfcf056681b82caa3bb4cc996a965ce37bcfad663e92eae9c64
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard