diff --git a/src/bootstrap-window.js b/src/bootstrap-window.js
index 0f613a8ee4e..882ee8b7335 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap-window.js
+++ b/src/bootstrap-window.js
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@
 	 * }} [options]
 	 */
 	async function load(modulePaths, resultCallback, options) {
+		const isDev = !!safeProcess.env['VSCODE_DEV'];
 
 		// Error handler (TODO@sandbox non-sandboxed only)
-		let showDevtoolsOnError = !!safeProcess.env['VSCODE_DEV'];
+		let showDevtoolsOnError = isDev;
 		safeProcess.on('uncaughtException', function (/** @type {string | Error} */ error) {
 			onUnexpectedError(error, showDevtoolsOnError);
 		});
@@ -75,8 +76,8 @@
 			disallowReloadKeybinding: false,
 			removeDeveloperKeybindingsAfterLoad: false
 		};
-		showDevtoolsOnError = safeProcess.env['VSCODE_DEV'] && !forceDisableShowDevtoolsOnError;
-		const enableDeveloperKeybindings = safeProcess.env['VSCODE_DEV'] || forceEnableDeveloperKeybindings;
+		showDevtoolsOnError = isDev && !forceDisableShowDevtoolsOnError;
+		const enableDeveloperKeybindings = isDev || forceEnableDeveloperKeybindings;
 		let developerDeveloperKeybindingsDisposable;
 		if (enableDeveloperKeybindings) {
 			developerDeveloperKeybindingsDisposable = registerDeveloperKeybindings(disallowReloadKeybinding);
@@ -127,17 +128,18 @@
 		// Teach the loader the location of the node modules we use in renderers
 		// This will enable to load these modules via <script> tags instead of
 		// using a fallback such as node.js require which does not exist in sandbox
+		const baseNodeModulesPath = isDev ? '../node_modules' : '../node_modules.asar';
 		loaderConfig.paths = {
-			'vscode-textmate': '../node_modules.asar/vscode-textmate/release/main.js',
-			'vscode-oniguruma': '../node_modules.asar/vscode-oniguruma/release/main.js',
-			'xterm': '../node_modules.asar/xterm/lib/xterm.js',
-			'xterm-addon-search': '../node_modules.asar/xterm-addon-search/lib/xterm-addon-search.js',
-			'xterm-addon-unicode11': '../node_modules.asar/xterm-addon-unicode11/lib/xterm-addon-unicode11.js',
-			'xterm-addon-webgl': '../node_modules.asar/xterm-addon-webgl/lib/xterm-addon-webgl.js',
-			'iconv-lite-umd': '../node_modules.asar/iconv-lite-umd/lib/iconv-lite-umd.js',
-			'jschardet': '../node_modules.asar/jschardet/dist/jschardet.min.js',
-			'@vscode/vscode-languagedetection': '../node_modules.asar/@vscode/vscode-languagedetection/dist/lib/index.js',
-			'tas-client-umd': '../node_modules.asar/tas-client-umd/lib/tas-client-umd.js'
+			'vscode-textmate': `${baseNodeModulesPath}/vscode-textmate/release/main.js`,
+			'vscode-oniguruma': `${baseNodeModulesPath}/vscode-oniguruma/release/main.js`,
+			'xterm': `${baseNodeModulesPath}/xterm/lib/xterm.js`,
+			'xterm-addon-search': `${baseNodeModulesPath}/xterm-addon-search/lib/xterm-addon-search.js`,
+			'xterm-addon-unicode11': `${baseNodeModulesPath}/xterm-addon-unicode11/lib/xterm-addon-unicode11.js`,
+			'xterm-addon-webgl': `${baseNodeModulesPath}/xterm-addon-webgl/lib/xterm-addon-webgl.js`,
+			'iconv-lite-umd': `${baseNodeModulesPath}/iconv-lite-umd/lib/iconv-lite-umd.js`,
+			'jschardet': `${baseNodeModulesPath}/jschardet/dist/jschardet.min.js`,
+			'@vscode/vscode-languagedetection': `${baseNodeModulesPath}/@vscode/vscode-languagedetection/dist/lib/index.js`,
+			'tas-client-umd': `${baseNodeModulesPath}/tas-client-umd/lib/tas-client-umd.js`
 		};
 
 		// For priviledged renderers, allow to load built-in and other node.js