diff --git a/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/app.rs b/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/app.rs
index afe517be7..578ae8c32 100644
--- a/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/app.rs
+++ b/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/app.rs
@@ -13,13 +13,32 @@ use tauri::UriSchemeResponder;
 use tauri_plugin_os::locale;
 
 use crate::generated;
-use crate::lang::setup_i18n;
+use crate::lang::I18n;
+use crate::state::State;
 use crate::uv;
 
 pub const PROTOCOL: &str = "anki";
 
-pub fn setup(app: &mut App, state: uv::State) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    setup_i18n(app.app_handle(), &[&locale().unwrap_or_default()]);
+pub fn init() -> Option<State> {
+    let mut state = State::init().unwrap_or_else(State::Error);
+
+    match state {
+        State::Normal(ref mut state) => state.check_versions(),
+        State::LaunchAnki(ref paths) => {
+            let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().skip(1).collect();
+            let cmd = paths.build_python_command(&args).unwrap();
+            uv::launch_anki_normally(cmd).unwrap();
+            return None;
+        }
+        _ => {}
+    }
+
+    Some(state)
+}
+
+pub fn setup(app: &mut App, state: State) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let tr = I18n::new(&[&locale().unwrap_or_default()]);
+    app.manage(crate::lang::Tr::new(Some(tr)));
 
     app.manage(state);
 
diff --git a/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/lang.rs b/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/lang.rs
index 9c6d918c0..dc61b0817 100644
--- a/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/lang.rs
+++ b/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/lang.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ pub type I18n = anki_i18n::I18n<anki_i18n::Launcher>;
 pub type Tr = RwLock<Option<I18n>>;
 
 pub fn setup_i18n<R: Runtime>(app: &AppHandle<R>, locales: &[&str]) {
-    app.manage(Tr::default()); // no-op if it already exists
     *app.state::<Tr>().write().expect("tr lock was poisoned!") = Some(I18n::new(locales));
 }
 
diff --git a/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index ad0e86800..3e477b9da 100644
--- a/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -10,16 +10,13 @@ mod error;
 mod generated;
 mod lang;
 mod platform;
+mod state;
 mod uv;
 
 fn main() {
-    let Some(state) = uv::init_state().unwrap() else {
-        // either anki was spawned or os not supported (TODO)
-        return;
-    };
+    let Some(state) = app::init() else { return };
 
     tauri::Builder::default()
-        .plugin(tauri_plugin_os::init())
         .plugin(
             tauri_plugin_log::Builder::new()
                 .clear_targets()
@@ -29,6 +26,8 @@ fn main() {
                 .level(tauri_plugin_log::log::LevelFilter::Trace)
                 .build(),
         )
+        .plugin(tauri_plugin_os::init())
+        .plugin(tauri_plugin_dialog::init())
         .plugin(tauri_plugin_single_instance::init(app::on_second_instance))
         .setup(|app| Ok(app::setup(app, state)?))
         .register_asynchronous_uri_scheme_protocol(app::PROTOCOL, app::serve)