diff --git a/src/instances/Flow.ts b/src/instances/Flow.ts
index 322e003..612970b 100644
--- a/src/instances/Flow.ts
+++ b/src/instances/Flow.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ import nullIcon from '../assets/icons/application-default-icon.svg'
 
 class Flow {
   apps: LoadedApp[] = []
-  appList: string[] = [
-    '../builtin/apps/settings.ts',
-    '../builtin/apps/music.ts',
-    '../builtin/apps/files.ts',
-    '../builtin/apps/editor.ts',
-    '../builtin/apps/info.ts',
-    '../builtin/apps/manager.ts',
-    '../builtin/apps/browser.ts',
-    '../builtin/apps/store.ts'
+  defaultAppList: string[] = [
+    'settings',
+    'music',
+    'files',
+    'editor',
+    'info',
+    'manager',
+    'browser',
+    'store'
   ]
 
+  appList: string[] = []
+
   plugins: LoadedPlugin[] = []
   pluginList: string[] = []
 
@@ -22,17 +24,22 @@ class Flow {
    */
   private async initApps (): Promise<void> {
     window.preloader.setPending('apps')
-    window.preloader.setStatus('importing default apps...')
+    window.preloader.setStatus('importing apps...')
 
-    await (await window.fs.promises.readdir('/Applications')).forEach((file) => {
-      window.fs.promises.readFile('/Applications/' + file).then(content => {
-        this.appList.push(`data:text/javascript;base64,${btoa(content.toString())}`)
-      }).catch(console.error)
+    window.fs.exists('/Applications', (exists) => {
+      if (!exists) window.fs.promises.mkdir('/Applications').catch(e => console.error(e))
+      window.fs.promises.readdir('/Applications').then((list) => {
+        list.forEach((file) => {
+          window.fs.promises.readFile('/Applications/' + file).then(content => {
+            this.appList.push(`data:text/javascript;base64,${btoa(content.toString())}`)
+          }).catch((e) => console.error(e))
+        })
+      }).catch(e => console.error(e))
     })
 
-    for (const appPath of this.appList) {
+    for (const appPath of this.defaultAppList) {
       window.preloader.setStatus(`importing default apps\n${appPath}`)
-      const { default: ImportedApp } = await import(`${appPath}`).catch(async (e: Error) => {
+      const { default: ImportedApp } = await import(`../builtin/apps/${appPath}.ts`).catch(async (e: Error) => {
         console.error(e)
         await window.preloader.setError('apps')
         window.preloader.setStatus(`unable to import ${appPath}\n${e.name}: ${e.message}`)
@@ -44,6 +51,23 @@ class Flow {
       this.addApp(app)
     }
 
+    if (this.appList.length > 0) {
+      for (const appPath of this.appList) {
+        window.preloader.setStatus(`importing appstore apps\n${appPath}`)
+
+        const { default: ImportedApp } = await import(/* @vite-ignore */ appPath).catch(async (e: Error) => {
+          console.error(e)
+          await window.preloader.setError('apps')
+          window.preloader.setStatus(`unable to import ${appPath}\n${e.name}: ${e.message}`)
+        })
+        const app = new ImportedApp()
+        app.builtin = false
+        app.meta.icon = app.meta.icon ?? nullIcon
+
+        this.addApp(app)
+      }
+    }
+
     window.wm.launcher.style.opacity = '0'
     window.wm.launcher.style.filter = 'blur(0px)'
     window.wm.launcher.style.pointerEvents = 'none'