diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 15f954e..8a1b466 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "folio",
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "0.1.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "folio",
-      "version": "0.1.7",
+      "version": "0.1.6",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@tiptap/core": "^2.27.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 158e4e3..33314bc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "folio",
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "0.1.6",
   "description": "A simple, local, open-source desktop writing app.",
   "productName": "Folio",
   "author": "Folio Contributors",
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 4bf7926..727e998 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -1254,9 +1254,6 @@ handleIpc("folio:performUpdate", async () => {
       app.getPath("temp"),
       `folio-update-${process.pid}.sh`
     );
-    // Persistent, append-only handoff log: survives the swap and tells us
-    // exactly where a failed update stopped (temp files can vanish).
-    const updateLog = path.join(app.getPath("userData"), "update.log");
     fs.writeFileSync(
       script,
       buildInstallerScript({
@@ -1264,7 +1261,6 @@ handleIpc("folio:performUpdate", async () => {
         tarball,
         installDir: cfg.installDir,
         relaunch: cfg.launcher,
-        log: updateLog,
       }),
       { mode: 0o700 }
     );
diff --git a/src/main/update.ts b/src/main/update.ts
index 738245b..1382ab8 100644
--- a/src/main/update.ts
+++ b/src/main/update.ts
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ export interface InstallerSpec {
   tarball: string;
   installDir: string;
   relaunch: string;
-  /** Optional append-only log; the script narrates every step into it. */
-  log?: string;
 }
 
 // The handoff script. Deliberately forgiving (no set -e): on any failure it
@@ -172,10 +170,7 @@ export interface InstallerSpec {
 // user without an app. The old tree is kept as .old.<pid> and pruned only
 // after a successful swap.
 export function buildInstallerScript(spec: InstallerSpec): string {
-  const { pid, tarball, installDir, relaunch, log } = spec;
-  const logLine = log
-    ? `say() { echo "$(date '+%F %T') $*" >> ${shQuote(log)} 2>/dev/null; }`
-    : "say() { :; }";
+  const { pid, tarball, installDir, relaunch } = spec;
   return [
     "#!/bin/sh",
     "# Folio updater — waits for the app to exit, swaps in the new version,",
@@ -186,44 +181,29 @@ export function buildInstallerScript(spec: InstallerSpec): string {
     `RELAUNCH=${shQuote(relaunch)}`,
     `NEW="$INSTALL.update-new.$$"`,
     `OLD="$INSTALL.old.$$"`,
-    logLine,
-    'say "handoff start pid=$PID tarball=$TARBALL"',
     "# Wait (bounded to ~2 minutes) for the app process to exit.",
     "i=0",
     'while [ "$PID" -gt 0 ] 2>/dev/null && kill -0 "$PID" 2>/dev/null && [ "$i" -lt 400 ]; do sleep 0.3; i=$((i+1)); done',
-    'kill -0 "$PID" 2>/dev/null && say "WARN: app still alive after wait window" || say "app exited after ${i} polls"',
     'rm -rf "$NEW"',
-    'mkdir -p "$NEW" || { say "FAIL: mkdir $NEW"; "$RELAUNCH" >/dev/null 2>&1 & exit 1; }',
+    'mkdir -p "$NEW"',
     'if tar -xzf "$TARBALL" -C "$NEW"; then',
-    '  say "extracted ok"',
-    '  # electron-builder nests everything under a top-level dir; flatten it',
-    "  # by adopting the nested dir itself (mv of the dir, not a glob — globs",
-    "  # miss dotfiles and a partial mv leaves a broken tree).",
+    '  # electron-builder nests everything under a top-level dir; flatten it.',
     '  if [ ! -e "$NEW/folio" ]; then',
     '    ONLY=$(find "$NEW" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | head -n 1)',
-    '    REST=$(find "$NEW" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 | wc -l)',
-    '    if [ -n "$ONLY" ] && [ "$REST" -eq 1 ]; then',
-    '      mv "$ONLY" "$NEW.new" && rm -rf "$NEW" && mv "$NEW.new" "$NEW" && say "flattened nested dir"',
-    "    fi",
+    '    [ -n "$ONLY" ] && mv "$ONLY"/* "$NEW"/ 2>/dev/null',
     "  fi",
-    "else",
-    '  say "FAIL: tar extract failed"',
     "fi",
     'if [ -x "$NEW/folio" ]; then',
-    '  [ -e "$INSTALL" ] && mv "$INSTALL" "$OLD" && say "moved old install aside"',
+    '  [ -e "$INSTALL" ] && mv "$INSTALL" "$OLD"',
     '  if mv "$NEW" "$INSTALL"; then',
-    '    say "SWAP OK — new version installed"',
     '    rm -rf "$OLD" "$INSTALL.update-new".* "$INSTALL.old".* 2>/dev/null',
     '    rm -f "$TARBALL"',
     "  else",
-    '    say "FAIL: mv NEW->INSTALL; restoring old"',
     '    [ -e "$OLD" ] && mv "$OLD" "$INSTALL"',
     "  fi",
     "else",
-    '  say "FAIL: no executable at $NEW/folio; keeping old install"',
     '  rm -rf "$NEW"',
     "fi",
-    'say "relaunching"',
     '"$RELAUNCH" >/dev/null 2>&1 &',
     "",
   ].join("\n");