diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4fe8e6f41..e1ccda897 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -215,10 +215,11 @@
     "afterSign": "build/notarize.js",
     "afterPack": "build/afterPackHook.js",
     "artifactName": "${name}-${os}-${arch}-${version}.${ext}",
-    "extraResources": {
+    "extraResources": [{
       "from": "./build/launcher-script.sh",
       "to": "./launcher-script.sh"
     },
+    "mmdb/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb"],
     "mac": {
       "category": "public.app-category.social-networking",
       "icon": "build/icon-mac.icns",
@@ -350,9 +351,6 @@
       "!node_modules/libsession_util_nodejs/src/*",
       "ts/webworker/workers/node/libsession/*.node",
       "!dev-app-update.yml"
-    ],
-    "extraFiles": [
-      "mmdb/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb"
     ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/ts/components/dialog/OnionStatusPathDialog.tsx b/ts/components/dialog/OnionStatusPathDialog.tsx
index 4fcf42f78..08161c007 100644
--- a/ts/components/dialog/OnionStatusPathDialog.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/dialog/OnionStatusPathDialog.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 import useHover from 'react-use/lib/useHover';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 
+import { isEmpty, isTypedArray } from 'lodash';
 import { CityResponse, Reader } from 'maxmind';
+import { useMount } from 'react-use';
 import { Snode } from '../../data/data';
 import { onionPathModal } from '../../state/ducks/modalDialog';
 import {
@@ -16,8 +18,6 @@ import {
 } from '../../state/selectors/onions';
 import { Flex } from '../basic/Flex';
 
-import { isEmpty, isTypedArray } from 'lodash';
-import { useMount } from 'react-use';
 import { SessionWrapperModal } from '../SessionWrapperModal';
 import { SessionSpinner } from '../basic/SessionSpinner';
 import { SessionIcon, SessionIconButton } from '../icon';
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ const OnionCountryDisplay = ({ labelText, snodeIp }: { snodeIp?: string; labelTe
 };
 
 let reader: Reader<CityResponse> | null;
-const lang = 'en';
 
 const OnionPathModalInner = () => {
   const onionPath = useFirstOnionPath();
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ const OnionPathModalInner = () => {
   const glowDuration = onionPath.length + 2;
 
   useMount(() => {
-    ipcRenderer.once('load-maxmind-data-reply', (_event, content) => {
+    ipcRenderer.once('load-maxmind-data-complete', (_event, content) => {
       const asArrayBuffer = content as Uint8Array;
       if (asArrayBuffer && isTypedArray(asArrayBuffer) && !isEmpty(asArrayBuffer)) {
         reader = new Reader<CityResponse>(Buffer.from(asArrayBuffer.buffer));
@@ -136,8 +135,16 @@ const OnionPathModalInner = () => {
           </StyledLightsContainer>
           <Flex container={true} flexDirection="column" alignItems="flex-start">
             {nodes.map((snode: Snode | any) => {
+              const country = reader?.get(snode.ip || '0.0.0.0')?.country;
+              const locale = (window.i18n as any).getLocale() as string;
+
+              // typescript complains that the [] operator cannot be used with the 'string' coming from getLocale()
+              const countryNamesAsAny = country?.names as any;
               const countryName =
-                reader?.get(snode.ip || '0.0.0.0')?.country?.names[lang] ||
+                snode.label || // to take care of the "Device" case
+                countryNamesAsAny?.[locale] || // try to find the country name based on the user local first
+                // eslint-disable-next-line dot-notation
+                countryNamesAsAny?.['en'] || // if not found, fallback to the country in english
                 window.i18n('unknownCountry');
 
               return (
diff --git a/ts/mains/main_node.ts b/ts/mains/main_node.ts
index fecd495bb..2b62f04e6 100644
--- a/ts/mains/main_node.ts
+++ b/ts/mains/main_node.ts
@@ -1077,12 +1077,14 @@ ipc.on('close-debug-log', () => {
 ipc.on('save-debug-log', saveDebugLog);
 ipc.on('load-maxmind-data', async (event: IpcMainEvent) => {
   try {
-    const appRoot = app.isPackaged ? process.resourcesPath : app.getAppPath();
+    const appRoot =
+      app.isPackaged && process.resourcesPath ? process.resourcesPath : app.getAppPath();
     const fileToRead = path.join(appRoot, 'mmdb', 'GeoLite2-Country.mmdb');
+    console.info(`loading maxmind data from file:"${fileToRead}"`);
     const buffer = await readFile(fileToRead);
-    event.reply('load-maxmind-data-reply', new Uint8Array(buffer.buffer));
+    event.reply('load-maxmind-data-complete', new Uint8Array(buffer.buffer));
   } catch (e) {
-    event.reply('load-maxmind-data-reply', null);
+    event.reply('load-maxmind-data-complete', null);
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3d97f8ba5..c66931ebc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5363,13 +5363,13 @@ matcher@^3.0.0:
   dependencies:
     escape-string-regexp "^4.0.0"
 
-maxmind@^4.3.6:
-  version "4.3.16"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/maxmind/-/maxmind-4.3.16.tgz#2bc0cef9e55f439933a256d14ac731fcfe1819b4"
-  integrity sha512-bfmiULzt9vO3tZ0SvQOX6cMZMqPCWtncbtNUefeSspoScf8S7n6qB66uOFQN00IWaJUr9oLjtlx3d6M8/KatuQ==
+maxmind@^4.3.18:
+  version "4.3.18"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/maxmind/-/maxmind-4.3.18.tgz#ad83f38d718ca5395c5d722933a109b7cb009226"
+  integrity sha512-5b9utU7ZxcGYTBaO7hCF0FXyfw3IpankLn+FnLW4RZS1zi97RBeSdfXJFJlk5UxNsMiFZlsdMT3lzvD+bD8MLQ==
   dependencies:
-    mmdb-lib "2.0.2"
-    tiny-lru "11.2.3"
+    mmdb-lib "2.1.0"
+    tiny-lru "11.2.5"
 
 mdn-data@2.0.14:
   version "2.0.14"
@@ -5541,10 +5541,10 @@ mkdirp@~0.5.1:
   dependencies:
     minimist "^1.2.6"
 
-mmdb-lib@2.0.2:
-  version "2.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mmdb-lib/-/mmdb-lib-2.0.2.tgz#fe60404142c0456c19607c72caa15821731ae957"
-  integrity sha512-shi1I+fCPQonhTi7qyb6hr7hi87R7YS69FlfJiMFuJ12+grx0JyL56gLNzGTYXPU7EhAPkMLliGeyHer0K+AVA==
+mmdb-lib@2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mmdb-lib/-/mmdb-lib-2.1.0.tgz#c2456caaf4c7ffa056f77575da6d40988e9e878b"
+  integrity sha512-tdDTZmnI5G4UoSctv2KxM/3VQt2XRj4CmR5R4VsAWsOUcS3LysHR34wtixWm/pXxXdkBDuN92auxkC0T2+qd1Q==
 
 mocha@10.0.0:
   version "10.0.0"
@@ -7516,10 +7516,10 @@ through2@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/through/-/through-2.3.8.tgz#0dd4c9ffaabc357960b1b724115d7e0e86a2e1f5"
   integrity sha512-w89qg7PI8wAdvX60bMDP+bFoD5Dvhm9oLheFp5O4a2QF0cSBGsBX4qZmadPMvVqlLJBBci+WqGGOAPvcDeNSVg==
 
-tiny-lru@11.2.3:
-  version "11.2.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tiny-lru/-/tiny-lru-11.2.3.tgz#9dc04c9bd48b1e196e999e11eee71bc249466145"
-  integrity sha512-mF9jPTrvN7UHk0bekOk3RlFdFwfyS4CJYVsGc7nInL3pVgUCYj5r9X6GpZBFQgLr0TKJo8Dp+F3oRvYzxU9xiA==
+tiny-lru@11.2.5:
+  version "11.2.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tiny-lru/-/tiny-lru-11.2.5.tgz#b138b99022aa26c567fa51a8dbf9e3e2959b2b30"
+  integrity sha512-JpqM0K33lG6iQGKiigcwuURAKZlq6rHXfrgeL4/I8/REoyJTGU+tEMszvT/oTRVHG2OiylhGDjqPp1jWMlr3bw==
 
 tmp-promise@^3.0.2:
   version "3.0.3"