diff --git a/couchpotato/core/_base/updater/main.py b/couchpotato/core/_base/updater/main.py
index 9f6613a..7730d3b 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/_base/updater/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/_base/updater/main.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class Updater(Plugin):
         }
 
     def doShutdown(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        if not Env.get('dev'):
+        if not Env.get('dev') and not Env.get('desktop'):
             removePyc(Env.get('app_dir'), show_logs = False)
 
         return super(Updater, self).doShutdown(*args, **kwargs)