diff --git a/electron/main.ts b/electron/main.ts
index 6fe7bd9..c13e150 100644
--- a/electron/main.ts
+++ b/electron/main.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ function startServer(port: number): ChildProcess {
     PATH: `${basePath}:${home}/.npm-global/bin:${home}/.local/bin:${home}/.claude/bin:${shellPath}`,
   };
 
-  const child = spawn(nodePath, [serverPath], {
+  // Spawn via /bin/sh to prevent the Electron binary from appearing
+  // as a separate Dock icon on macOS (even with ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1,
+  // macOS may show a Dock entry for the Electron Framework binary).
+  const child = spawn('/bin/sh', ['-c', `exec "${nodePath}" "${serverPath}"`], {
     env,
     stdio: 'pipe',
     cwd: standaloneDir,
diff --git a/src/lib/claude-client.ts b/src/lib/claude-client.ts
index 5b49268..76ff14a 100644
--- a/src/lib/claude-client.ts
+++ b/src/lib/claude-client.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ export function streamClaude(options: ClaudeStreamOptions): ReadableStream<strin
           abortController,
           includePartialMessages: true,
           permissionMode: (permissionMode as Options['permissionMode']) || 'acceptEdits',
+          // Explicitly pass the full process.env to the Claude Code subprocess.
+          // In packaged Electron, this includes user shell env vars (API keys, etc.)
+          // loaded by the main process via loadUserShellEnv().
+          env: process.env as Record<string, string>,
         };
 
         // Find claude binary for packaged app where PATH is limited