diff --git a/electron/main.js b/electron/main.js
index 4630f586..def40922 100644
--- a/electron/main.js
+++ b/electron/main.js
@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@ import contextMenu from 'electron-context-menu';
 import FormData from 'form-data';
 import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
+// Linux startup hardening: default to X11 ozone and sanitize env to avoid GTK mixups
+const isLinux = process.platform === 'linux';
+if (isLinux && !process.env.SEEDIT_NO_ENV_SANITIZE) {
+  // Default to X11 unless the user explicitly sets a hint
+  if (!process.env.ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT) {
+    process.env.ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT = 'x11';
+  }
+  // Unset common injectors known to trigger mixed GTK majors
+  delete process.env.GTK_MODULES;
+  delete process.env.GTK_PATH;
+  delete process.env.LD_PRELOAD;
+}
+
+// Keep a global Tray reference to prevent GC removing the tray icon
+let tray;
+
 // Determine __filename and dirname for ESM
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
@@ -325,45 +341,57 @@ const createMainWindow = () => {
   });
 
   if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
-    // tray
-    const trayIconPath = path.join(dirname, '..', isDev ? 'public' : 'build', 'electron-tray-icon.png');
-    const tray = new Tray(trayIconPath);
-    tray.setToolTip('seedit');
-    const trayMenu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([
-      {
-        label: 'Open seedit',
-        click: () => {
-          mainWindow.show();
+    const isWayland =
+      process.platform === 'linux' &&
+      (process.env.XDG_SESSION_TYPE === 'wayland' || process.env.WAYLAND_DISPLAY || process.env.ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT === 'wayland');
+    const trayDisabled = isWayland && process.env.SEEDIT_ENABLE_TRAY !== '1';
+
+    if (!trayDisabled) {
+      // tray
+      const trayIconPath = path.join(dirname, '..', isDev ? 'public' : 'build', 'electron-tray-icon.png');
+      if (tray) {
+        try {
+          tray.destroy();
+        } catch (e) {}
+      }
+      tray = new Tray(trayIconPath);
+      tray.setToolTip('seedit');
+      const trayMenu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([
+        {
+          label: 'Open seedit',
+          click: () => {
+            mainWindow.show();
+          },
         },
-      },
-      {
-        label: 'Quit seedit',
-        click: () => {
-          mainWindow.destroy();
-          app.quit();
+        {
+          label: 'Quit seedit',
+          click: () => {
+            mainWindow.destroy();
+            app.quit();
+          },
         },
-      },
-    ]);
-    tray.setContextMenu(trayMenu);
-
-    // show/hide on tray right click
-    tray.on('right-click', () => {
-      mainWindow.isVisible() ? mainWindow.hide() : mainWindow.show();
-    });
+      ]);
+      tray.setContextMenu(trayMenu);
 
-    // close to tray
-    if (!isDev) {
-      let isQuiting = false;
-      app.on('before-quit', () => {
-        isQuiting = true;
-      });
-      mainWindow.on('close', (event) => {
-        if (!isQuiting) {
-          event.preventDefault();
-          mainWindow.hide();
-          event.returnValue = false;
-        }
+      // show/hide on tray right click
+      tray.on('right-click', () => {
+        mainWindow.isVisible() ? mainWindow.hide() : mainWindow.show();
       });
+
+      // close to tray
+      if (!isDev) {
+        let isQuiting = false;
+        app.on('before-quit', () => {
+          isQuiting = true;
+        });
+        mainWindow.on('close', (event) => {
+          if (!isQuiting) {
+            event.preventDefault();
+            mainWindow.hide();
+            event.returnValue = false;
+          }
+        });
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/scripts/release-body.js b/scripts/release-body.js
index 8888ff4e..5167d5c3 100644
--- a/scripts/release-body.js
+++ b/scripts/release-body.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ const htmlSection = section('Static HTML build', [
 const downloads = [macSection, winSection, linuxSection, androidSection, htmlSection]
   .filter(Boolean).join('\n\n');
 
-const releaseBody = `This version improves desktop performance and adds native builds.
+const releaseBody = `This version fixes a bug that prevented the desktop app from opening in specific Linux environments. It also includes a plebbit-react-hooks fix for the user's wallet signature timestamps, which were invalid.
 
 - Web app: https://seedit.app
 - Decentralized web app via IPFS/IPNS gateways (works on any browser): [seedit.eth.limo](https://seedit.eth.limo), [seedit.eth.link](https://seedit.eth.link), [dweb.link/ipfs.io](https://dweb.link/ipns/seedit.eth)