diff --git a/src/common/utils.ts b/src/common/utils.ts
index 1db881f..d253be4 100644
--- a/src/common/utils.ts
+++ b/src/common/utils.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ export const runCommand = (dir, cmd) => {
   if (!dir) throw new Error("Working dir must be provided.");
 
   try {
-    const res = execSync(`cd ${dir} && ${cmd}`).toString();
+    execSync(`cd ${dir}`);
+    const res = execSync(cmd).toString();
     if (isDevelopment) {
       console.log("runCommand", cmd, res);
     }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/Loader.tsx b/src/renderer/components/Loader.tsx
index 42f4697..d5c44e4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/Loader.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/Loader.tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import React, { FunctionComponent, useRef } from "react";
 import { initConfig, initStore, initDb, initExpress } from "../../common/bootstrap";
 import { checkDirs } from "../services/utils";
 
-// const remote = require("@electron/remote");
-// const win = remote.getCurrentWindow();
-// const openDevTools = remote.getGlobal("openDevTools");
+const remote = require("@electron/remote");
+const win = remote.getCurrentWindow();
+const openDevTools = remote.getGlobal("openDevTools");
 
 const Loader: FunctionComponent = () => {
     const App = useRef<React.FunctionComponent<{}>>(null);
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const Loader: FunctionComponent = () => {
     };
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
-        //openDevTools();
+        openDevTools();
         const init = async () => {
             setLoadingText("Initializing Storage");
             await initStore();
diff --git a/src/renderer/services/build.ts b/src/renderer/services/build.ts
index 2a50ca8..f5e7f32 100644
--- a/src/renderer/services/build.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/services/build.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ export const build = async (
   onUpdate = (a?) => {},
   itemIdToLoad?,
   skipClear?,
-  generateSiteMap = false
+  generateSiteMap = false,
+  mode: "build" | "deploy" = "build"
 ) => {
   if (!siteUUID) {
     console.error("No UUID was provided to build()");
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export const build = async (
    * Buffer items
    */
   const { itemsToLoad, mainBufferItem, bufferItems } =
-    await getFilteredBufferItems(siteUUID, itemIdToLoad);
+    await getFilteredBufferItems(siteUUID, itemIdToLoad, mode);
 
   /**
    * Load buffer
@@ -221,10 +222,11 @@ export const getParentIds = (itemUUID: string, nodes: IStructureItem[]) => {
 
 export const getFilteredBufferItems = async (
   siteUUID: string,
-  itemIdToLoad?: string
+  itemIdToLoad?: string,
+  mode: "build" | "deploy" = "build"
 ) => {
   const site = await getSite(siteUUID);
-  const bufferItems = await getBufferItems(site);
+  const bufferItems = await getBufferItems(site, mode);
   let itemsToLoad = bufferItems;
   let mainBufferItem;
 
@@ -356,8 +358,29 @@ export const buildBufferItem = async (bufferItem: IBufferItem) => {
   return true;
 };
 
+const processVars = (site: ISite, vars, mode) => {
+  if(mode === "deploy" && site?.url && vars){
+    const processedVars = {...vars};
+
+    Object.keys(processedVars).forEach(varName => {
+      if (varName) {
+        let value = processedVars[varName] as string;
+        const varNameLowercase = varName.toLowerCase();
+
+        if(value?.startsWith("/assets/") && (varNameLowercase.includes("image") || varNameLowercase.includes("url"))){
+          processedVars[varName] = site.url+value.substring(1);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    return processedVars;
+  } else {
+    return vars;
+  }
+}
+
 export const getBufferItems = async (
-  siteUUIDOrSite
+  siteUUIDOrSite,
+  mode: "build" | "deploy" = "build"
 ): Promise<IBufferItem[]> => {
   const site =
     typeof siteUUIDOrSite === "string"
@@ -397,12 +420,12 @@ export const getBufferItems = async (
     /**
      * Aggregate data
      */
-    const vars = {
+    const vars = processVars(site, {
       ...(site.vars || {}),
       ...(getAggregateItemPropValues("item.vars", parentIds, bufferItems) ||
         {}),
       ...(post.vars || {}),
-    };
+    }, mode);
 
     const headHtml =
       (site.headHtml || "") +
diff --git a/src/renderer/services/providers/github.ts b/src/renderer/services/providers/github.ts
index a5a1fee..e01e40e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/services/providers/github.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/services/providers/github.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ class GithubProvider {
         onUpdate,
         itemIdToDeploy,
         !clearRemote,
-        generateSiteMap
+        generateSiteMap,
+        "deploy"
       );
 
       if (!buildRes) {
@@ -225,11 +226,11 @@ class GithubProvider {
 
       await new Promise((resolve) => {
         setTimeout(() => {
-          const { res: e, error: commitError } = runCommand(
-            bufferDir,
-            `git add --all && git commit -m "${commitMessage}" && git push`
-          );
-
+          runCommand(bufferDir, "git config --global core.safecrlf false");
+          runCommand(bufferDir, "git add --all");
+          runCommand(bufferDir, `git commit -m "${commitMessage}"`);
+          const { res: e, error: commitError } = runCommand(bufferDir, "git push --force");
+          
           if (commitError) {
             modal.alert(e.message, null, null, null, `commit_error: ${repositoryUrl}`);
             console.error(e);