diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
index d9e71581d8b0..e956a1133d47 100644
--- a/Justfile
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -155,6 +155,20 @@ debug-ui:
 	npm install && \
 	npm run start-gui
 
+# Run UI with main process debugging enabled
+# To debug main process:
+# 1. Run: just debug-ui-main-process
+# 2. Open Chrome → chrome://inspect
+# 3. Click "Open dedicated DevTools for Node"
+# 4. If not auto-detected, click "Configure" and add: localhost:9229
+
+debug-ui-main-process:
+	@echo "🔍 Starting Goose UI with main process debugging enabled"
+	@just release-binary
+	cd ui/desktop && \
+	npm install && \
+	npm run start-gui-debug
+
 # Run UI with alpha changes
 run-ui-alpha temporal="true":
     @just release-binary
diff --git a/ui/desktop/package-lock.json b/ui/desktop/package-lock.json
index 88b841905571..538c246aa3c7 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/package-lock.json
+++ b/ui/desktop/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "goose-app",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "goose-app",
-      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "version": "1.2.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@ai-sdk/openai": "^0.0.72",
diff --git a/ui/desktop/package.json b/ui/desktop/package.json
index 3986c0305db0..bf7920ef905e 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/package.json
+++ b/ui/desktop/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "goose-app",
   "productName": "Goose",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "description": "Goose App",
   "engines": {
     "node": "^22.9.0"
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "generate-api": "openapi-ts",
     "start-gui": "npm run generate-api && electron-forge start",
+    "start-gui-debug": "npm run generate-api && electron-forge start -- --inspect=9229",
     "start": "cd ../.. && just run-ui",
     "start:test-error": "GOOSE_TEST_ERROR=true electron-forge start",
     "package": "electron-forge package",
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/preload.ts b/ui/desktop/src/preload.ts
index 6ecc1a97c520..7f73d2963625 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/preload.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/preload.ts
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ const appConfigAPI: AppConfigAPI = {
   getAll: () => config,
 };
 
+// Listen for recipe updates and update config directly
+ipcRenderer.on('recipe-decoded', (_, decodedRecipe) => {
+  config.recipe = decodedRecipe;
+});
+
 // Expose the APIs
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electron', electronAPI);
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('appConfig', appConfigAPI);