diff --git a/build/scripts/build.mjs b/build/scripts/build.mjs
index 9f35d1ef..b26ce6b7 100644
--- a/build/scripts/build.mjs
+++ b/build/scripts/build.mjs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ async function packageApp() {
     delete builderArgs[opt];
   }
 
-  const buildOptions = {
+  let buildOptions = {
     config: {
       directories: { output: packageDirPath, app: buildDirPath },
       files: ['**'],
@@ -162,6 +162,13 @@ async function packageApp() {
     ...builderArgs,
   };
 
+  /**
+   * electron-builder doesn't look for the APPLE_TEAM_ID environment variable for some reason.
+   * This workaround allows an environment variable to be added to the electron-builder.yml config
+   * collection. See: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/7812
+   */
+  buildOptions.mac = { notarize: { teamId: process.env.APPLE_TEAM_ID || "" } }
+
   await builder.build(buildOptions);
 }
 
diff --git a/electron-builder.yml b/electron-builder.yml
index bed25e95..1515e7fb 100644
--- a/electron-builder.yml
+++ b/electron-builder.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ mac:
   type: distribution
   category: public.app-category.finance
   icon: build/icon.icns
-  notarize:
-    appBundleId: io.frappe.books
+  # notarize:
+  #   appBundleId: io.frappe.books
   hardenedRuntime: true
   gatekeeperAssess: false
   darkModeSupport: false