diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f971912..940c21b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     "@types/adm-zip": "0.5.5",
     "@types/elliptic": "6.4.18",
     "@types/mocha": "10.0.7",
-    "@types/node": "^20.14.8",
+    "@types/node": "^22.13.4",
     "@types/semver": "^7.5.8",
     "@types/split": "^1.0.5",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^7.13.1",
diff --git a/src/main/holochainManager.ts b/src/main/holochainManager.ts
index a0f0545..294b2ef 100644
--- a/src/main/holochainManager.ts
+++ b/src/main/holochainManager.ts
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ export class HolochainManager {
     appId,
     distributionInfo,
     networkSeed,
-    membrane_proofs,
     icon,
     agentPubKey,
   }: {
@@ -356,7 +355,6 @@ export class HolochainManager {
     appId: string;
     distributionInfo: DistributionInfoV1;
     networkSeed?: string;
-    membrane_proofs?: { [key: string]: MembraneProof };
     icon?: Uint8Array;
     agentPubKey?: AgentPubKeyB64;
   }) {
@@ -372,7 +370,6 @@ export class HolochainManager {
       appId,
       distributionInfo,
       networkSeed,
-      membrane_proofs,
     });
   }
 
@@ -381,7 +378,6 @@ export class HolochainManager {
     appId,
     distributionInfo,
     networkSeed,
-    membrane_proofs,
     agentPubKey,
   }: {
     happBytes: Array<number>;
@@ -408,8 +404,6 @@ export class HolochainManager {
     const appInfo = await this.installApp({
       agent_key: pubKey,
       installed_app_id: appId,
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-      membrane_proofs: membrane_proofs ? membrane_proofs : (null as any),
       path: happFilePath,
       network_seed: networkSeed,
     });
@@ -460,7 +454,6 @@ export class HolochainManager {
     appId,
     distributionInfo,
     networkSeed,
-    membrane_proofs,
     agentPubKey,
   }: {
     happSha256: string;
@@ -468,7 +461,6 @@ export class HolochainManager {
     appId: string;
     distributionInfo: DistributionInfoV1;
     networkSeed?: string;
-    membrane_proofs?: { [key: string]: MembraneProof };
     agentPubKey?: AgentPubKeyB64;
   }): Promise<void> {
     if (!this.isUiAvailable(uiZipSha256)) {
@@ -497,8 +489,6 @@ export class HolochainManager {
     const appInfo = await this.installApp({
       agent_key: pubKey,
       installed_app_id: appId,
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-      membrane_proofs: membrane_proofs ? membrane_proofs : (null as any),
       path: this.happFilePath(happSha256),
       network_seed: networkSeed,
     });
@@ -551,10 +541,12 @@ export class HolochainManager {
 
   async installApp(payload: InstallAppRequest): Promise<AppInfo> {
     const installedApps = await this.adminWebsocket.listApps({});
-    const duplicatePubkey = installedApps.find(
-      (appInfo) =>
-        encodeHashToBase64(appInfo.agent_pub_key) === encodeHashToBase64(payload.agent_key),
-    );
+    const duplicatePubkey = payload.agent_key
+      ? installedApps.find(
+          (appInfo) =>
+            encodeHashToBase64(appInfo.agent_pub_key) === encodeHashToBase64(payload.agent_key!),
+        )
+      : false;
     if (duplicatePubkey) throw new Error(DUPLICATE_PUBKEY_ERROR_MESSAGE);
 
     const duplicateAppId = installedApps.find(
diff --git a/src/shared/types/launcher.ts b/src/shared/types/launcher.ts
index 377479e..f5904c3 100644
--- a/src/shared/types/launcher.ts
+++ b/src/shared/types/launcher.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ export const CommonAppSchema = z.object({
   networkSeed: z.string(),
   icon: z.instanceof(Uint8Array).optional(),
   agentPubKey: z.string().optional(),
-  // TODO add membrane proofs here
 });
 
 export const InstallDefaultAppSchema = CommonAppSchema.extend({
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7e4545a..03ddd00 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1264,12 +1264,12 @@
   dependencies:
     undici-types "~5.26.4"
 
-"@types/node@^20.14.8":
-  version "20.14.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-20.14.8.tgz#45c26a2a5de26c3534a9504530ddb3b27ce031ac"
-  integrity sha512-DO+2/jZinXfROG7j7WKFn/3C6nFwxy2lLpgLjEXJz+0XKphZlTLJ14mo8Vfg8X5BWN6XjyESXq+LcYdT7tR3bA==
+"@types/node@^22.13.4":
+  version "22.13.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-22.13.4.tgz#3fe454d77cd4a2d73c214008b3e331bfaaf5038a"
+  integrity sha512-ywP2X0DYtX3y08eFVx5fNIw7/uIv8hYUKgXoK8oayJlLnKcRfEYCxWMVE1XagUdVtCJlZT1AU4LXEABW+L1Peg==
   dependencies:
-    undici-types "~5.26.4"
+    undici-types "~6.20.0"
 
 "@types/plist@^3.0.1":
   version "3.0.5"
@@ -3208,7 +3208,7 @@ hasown@^2.0.0:
     function-bind "^1.1.2"
 
 "hc-launcher-rust-utils@file:./rust-utils/dist":
-  version "0.300.0"
+  version "0.400.0"
 
 he@1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"
@@ -5299,6 +5299,11 @@ undici-types@~5.26.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/undici-types/-/undici-types-5.26.5.tgz#bcd539893d00b56e964fd2657a4866b221a65617"
   integrity sha512-JlCMO+ehdEIKqlFxk6IfVoAUVmgz7cU7zD/h9XZ0qzeosSHmUJVOzSQvvYSYWXkFXC+IfLKSIffhv0sVZup6pA==
 
+undici-types@~6.20.0:
+  version "6.20.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/undici-types/-/undici-types-6.20.0.tgz#8171bf22c1f588d1554d55bf204bc624af388433"
+  integrity sha512-Ny6QZ2Nju20vw1SRHe3d9jVu6gJ+4e3+MMpqu7pqE5HT6WsTSlce++GQmK5UXS8mzV8DSYHrQH+Xrf2jVcuKNg==
+
 universal-github-app-jwt@^2.2.0:
   version "2.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universal-github-app-jwt/-/universal-github-app-jwt-2.2.0.tgz#dc6c8929e76f1996a766ba2a08fb420f73365d77"