diff --git a/packages/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/packages/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 484c4a8667f..3cfa8a9be5a 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ async fn check_server_health(url: &str, password: Option<&str>) -> bool {
 pub fn run() {
     let updater_enabled = option_env!("TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY").is_some();
 
-    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    #[cfg(all(target_os = "macos", not(debug_assertions)))]
     let _ = std::process::Command::new("killall")
         .arg("opencode-cli")
         .output();