diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b7dada30c1..5580a296d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@
         "to": "static/",
         "filter": "!**/main.js"
       },
+      {
+        "from": "src/extensions/",
+        "to": "./extensions/",
+        "filter": "**/*.js*"
+      },
       "LICENSE"
     ],
     "linux": {
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-store.ts b/src/extensions/extension-store.ts
index f1d29a0025..c007ceccef 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-store.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-store.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import fs from "fs-extra";
 import { action, observable, reaction, toJS, } from "mobx";
 import { BaseStore } from "../common/base-store";
 import { ExtensionId, ExtensionManifest, ExtensionVersion, LensExtension } from "./extension";
-import { isDevelopment } from "../common/vars";
+import { isDevelopment, isProduction, isTestEnv } from "../common/vars";
 import logger from "../main/logger";
 
 export interface ExtensionStoreModel {
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ export class ExtensionStore extends BaseStore<ExtensionStoreModel> {
   @observable installed = observable.map<ExtensionId, InstalledExtension>([], { deep: false });
 
   get folderPath(): string {
-    if (isDevelopment) {
+    if (isDevelopment || isTestEnv) {
       return path.resolve(__static, "../src/extensions");
     }
-    return "" // todo: figure out prod-path
+      return path.resolve(__static, "../extensions"); //todo figure out prod
   }
 
   async load() {