diff --git a/linux/assets/artifacts.mk b/linux/assets/artifacts.mk
index 106be89..0305342 100644
--- a/linux/assets/artifacts.mk
+++ b/linux/assets/artifacts.mk
@@ -13,16 +13,24 @@ zipname=librewolf-$(full_version).en-US.win64-portable.zip
 wine=~/.mozbuild/wine/bin/wineconsole
 wine=wineconsole
 
+
+
 artifacts :
 
+
 # this section makes the work/librewolf folder
+
+
 	( rm -rf work && mkdir work )
 	( cd work && unzip -q ../$(incoming_artifact) )
 	mv work/firefox work/librewolf
 	mv work/librewolf/firefox.exe work/librewolf/librewolf.exe
 	cp assets/librewolf.ico work/librewolf
 
+
 # this section makes the setup.exe
+
+
 	mkdir work/x86-ansi
 	wget -q -O ./work/x86-ansi/nsProcess.dll "https://shorsh.de/upload/2y9p/nsProcess.dll"
 	wget -q -O ./work/vc_redist.x64.exe "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe"
@@ -33,19 +41,37 @@ artifacts :
 	rm -rf work/tmp.nsi work/librewolf.ico work/banner.bmp work/x86-ansi vc_redist.x64.exe
 	mv work/$(setupname) .
 
+
 # this section makes the portable.zip
+
+
 	rm -rf work/librewolf-$(full_version)
+
 	mkdir -p work/librewolf-$(full_version)/Profiles/Default
 	mkdir -p work/librewolf-$(full_version)/LibreWolf
+
 	cp -r work/librewolf/* work/librewolf-$(full_version)/LibreWolf
-	( cd work && git clone "https://github.com/ltGuillaume/LibreWolf-Portable" )
-	( cd work && git clone "https://github.com/ltGuillaume/LibreWolf-WinUpdater" )
+
+# clone autohotkey stuff
+
+	( cd work && \
+	  git clone "https://github.com/ltGuillaume/LibreWolf-Portable" && \
+	  git clone "https://github.com/ltGuillaume/LibreWolf-WinUpdater" )
+
 	cp work/LibreWolf-Portable/LibreWolf-Portable.* work/LibreWolf-Portable/*.exe work/librewolf-$(full_version)
 	cp work/LibreWolf-WinUpdater/LibreWolf-WinUpdater.ahk work/LibreWolf-WinUpdater/*.ico work/librewolf-$(full_version)
+
 	wget -q -O work/ahk.zip "https://www.autohotkey.com/download/ahk.zip"
 	( mkdir work/ahk && cd work/ahk && unzip -q ../ahk.zip )
+
+# now we can use wine32 to run autohotkey
+# tip from: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=74356
+	rm -rf /root/.wine
+	winecfg
+
 	-( cd work/librewolf-$(full_version) && $(wine) ../ahk/Compiler/Ahk2Exe.exe /in LibreWolf-Portable.ahk )
 	( cd work/librewolf-$(full_version) && rm -f LibreWolf-Portable.ahk LibreWolf-Portable.ico dejsonlz4.exe jsonlz4.exe )
+
 	-( cd work/librewolf-$(full_version) && $(wine) ../ahk/Compiler/Ahk2Exe.exe /in LibreWolf-WinUpdater.ahk )
 	( cd work/librewolf-$(full_version) && rm -f LibreWolf-WinUpdater.ahk LibreWolf-WinUpdater*.ico )
 
@@ -56,8 +82,11 @@ artifacts :
 	[ -f work/librewolf-$(full_version)/LibreWolf-WinUpdater.exe ]
 
 # issue #224 - Consider including msvcp140 & vcruntime140 in portable package	
+
 	( cd work/librewolf-$(full_version)/LibreWolf && \
 	wget -q -O ./vc_redist.x64-extracted.zip "https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/browser/windows/uploads/7106b776dc663d985bb88eabeb4c5d7d/vc_redist.x64-extracted.zip" && \
 	unzip vc_redist.x64-extracted.zip && \
 	rm vc_redist.x64-extracted.zip )
 	( rm -f $(zipname) && cd work && zip -qr9 ../$(zipname) librewolf-$(full_version) )
+
+