diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 26429aa..c58d199 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install requirements
         run: |
+          pip install wheel
           pip install -r requirements.txt
           pip install -r requirements-win.txt
           npm install -g yarn
@@ -37,13 +38,28 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python kapew.py prep-kolibri-dist --exclude-prereleases --skip-preseed
 
-      - name: Apply performance patches
+      - name: Update kolibri.dist.le_utils for kolibri-zim-plugin
         run: |
-          cp patches/morango-models-utils.py src/kolibri/dist/morango/models/utils.py
+          pip install git+https://github.com/learningequality/le-utils.git@master --target="src\kolibri\dist" --upgrade
+
+      - name: Update kolibri.dist.morango for improved performance on Windows
+        run: |
+          pip install morango==0.5.6 --target="src\kolibri\dist" --upgrade
+
+      - name: Add kolibri_zim_plugin to Kolibri's dist packages
+        run: |
+          pip install kolibri-zim-plugin --target="src\kolibri\dist"
+
+      # - name: Apply performance patches
+      #   run: |
+      #     cp patches/morango-models-utils.py src/kolibri/dist/morango/models/utils.py
 
       - name: Build
         run: |
           python kapew.py build
+
+      - name: Add package data files to dist
+        run: |
           mv src/kolibri dist/win/Kolibri
           mv dist/win/Kolibri kolibri-electron/src/
 
diff --git a/project_info.json b/project_info.json
index 8f361c9..00a224f 100644
--- a/project_info.json
+++ b/project_info.json
@@ -15,15 +15,33 @@
   "launch_images": {"android": "assets/launch-image.png"},
   "asset_dirs": ["assets", "locale"],
   "build_tool": {
-      "win": "pyinstaller"
+    "win": "pyinstaller"
   },
   "import_hooks_file": "stdlib_imports.py",
-  "includes": ["html.parser", "http.cookies", "kolibri.deployment.default.settings.base", "logging.config", "logging.handlers", "pkg_resources.py2_warn"],
-  "excludes": ["numpy"],
+  "includes": [
+    "html.parser",
+    "http.cookies",
+    "kolibri.deployment.default.settings.base",
+    "logging.config",
+    "logging.handlers",
+    "pkg_resources.py2_warn"
+  ],
+  "excludes": [
+    "numpy"
+  ],
   "packages": {
-    "common": ["setuptools", "sqlite3", "six"],
-    "win": ["wx"],
-    "osx": ["kolibri", "wx"]
+    "common": [
+      "setuptools",
+      "sqlite3",
+      "six"
+    ],
+    "win": [
+      "wx"
+    ],
+    "osx": [
+      "kolibri",
+      "wx"
+    ]
   },
   "disk_image": {
     "background": "assets/disk_image/Layout.png",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dc62d86..92d13d1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,24 +1,37 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.9
 # To update, run:
 #
 #    pip-compile requirements.in
 #
--e git+git://github.com/kollivier/pyeverywhere.git@dev#egg=pyeverywhere  # via -r requirements.in
-asn1crypto==1.4.0         # via cryptography
-certifi==2020.6.20        # via requests
-cffi==1.14.3              # via cryptography
-chardet==3.0.4            # via requests
-cryptography==2.3         # via -r requirements.in
-dmgbuild==1.4.2           # via pyeverywhere
-docopt==0.6.2             # via pbxproj
-ds-store==1.3.0           # via dmgbuild
-idna==2.10                # via cryptography, requests
-mac-alias==2.1.0          # via dmgbuild
-openstep-parser==1.5.3    # via pbxproj
-pbxproj==3.2.0            # via pyeverywhere
-pycparser==2.20           # via cffi
-requests==2.24.0          # via -r requirements.in, pyeverywhere
-six==1.15.0               # via cryptography, pyeverywhere, virtualenv-api
-urllib3==1.25.11          # via requests
-virtualenv-api==2.1.18    # via pyeverywhere
+-e git+git://github.com/kollivier/pyeverywhere.git@dev#egg=pyeverywhere
+    # via -r requirements.in
+asn1crypto==1.4.0
+    # via cryptography
+certifi==2020.6.20
+    # via requests
+cffi==1.14.3
+    # via cryptography
+chardet==3.0.4
+    # via requests
+cryptography==2.3
+    # via -r requirements.in
+idna==2.10
+    # via
+    #   cryptography
+    #   requests
+pycparser==2.20
+    # via cffi
+requests==2.24.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
+    #   pyeverywhere
+six==1.15.0
+    # via
+    #   cryptography
+    #   pyeverywhere
+    #   virtualenv-api
+urllib3==1.25.11
+    # via requests
+virtualenv-api==2.1.18
+    # via pyeverywhere
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index f3b2b6e..a8677d3 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+import builtins
 import datetime
-import gettext
 import logging
 import os
-import pew
 import sys
 
+from functools import partial
+
 from config import KOLIBRI_PORT
 from kolibri_tools.utils import start_kolibri_server
 
@@ -61,34 +62,9 @@ def flush(self):
 sys.path.insert(0, extra_python_path)
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(extra_python_path, "kolibri", "dist"))
 
-pew.set_app_name("Kolibri")
-
 KOLIBRI_ROOT_URL = 'http://localhost:{}'.format(KOLIBRI_PORT)
 os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "kolibri.deployment.default.settings.base"
 
-app_data_dir = pew.get_app_files_dir()
-os.makedirs(app_data_dir, exist_ok=True)
-
-languages = None
-locale_info = {}
-try:
-    t = gettext.translation('macapp', locale_root_dir, languages=languages, fallback=False)
-    locale_info = t.info()
-    # We have not been able to reproduce, but we have seen this happen in user tracebacks, so
-    # trigger the exception handling fallback if locale_info doesn't have a language key.
-    if not 'language' in locale_info:
-        raise Exception("Received invalid language_info dict.")
-    _ = t.gettext
-
-except Exception as e:
-    # Fallback to English and if we fail to find any language catalogs.
-    locale_info['language'] = 'en_US'
-    def _(text):
-        return text
-    logging.warning("Error retrieving language: {}".format(repr(e)))
-
-logging.info("Locale info = {}".format(locale_info))
-
 
 class Application:
     def _init_log(self):