diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 27f815f66..78086f34b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ application-data
 /api/.env
 /api/logs/
 /client/build
-/client/public/iota_sdk_wasm_bg.wasm
+/client/public/wasm
 
 config.dev.json
 config.local.json
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index dabddfeff..edc270229 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     },
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "scripts": {
-        "postinstall": "copyfiles -u 5 ./node_modules/@iota/sdk-wasm/web/wasm/iota_sdk_wasm_bg.wasm ./public",
+        "postinstall": "./script/postinstall.sh",
         "start": "vite",
         "preview": "vite preview",
         "lint": "eslint src --ext .tsx,.ts",
diff --git a/client/script/postinstall.sh b/client/script/postinstall.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..33d4fa7c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/script/postinstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+NODE_MODULES="./node_modules"
+TARGET="./public/wasm"
+
+mkdir -p "$TARGET"
+
+# stardust
+cp "$NODE_MODULES/@iota/sdk-wasm/web/wasm/iota_sdk_wasm_bg.wasm" "$TARGET/iota_sdk_stardust_wasm_bg.wasm"
+
diff --git a/client/src/index.tsx b/client/src/index.tsx
index b1b3676d2..e6a065165 100644
--- a/client/src/index.tsx
+++ b/client/src/index.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument */
 // needed for features from @iota/sdk which use reflection (decorators)
 import "reflect-metadata";
-import init from "@iota/sdk-wasm/web";
+import initStardustSdk from "@iota/sdk-wasm/web";
 import React from "react";
 import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
 import { BrowserRouter, Route, RouteComponentProps } from "react-router-dom";
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const apiEndpoint = (window as any).env.API_ENDPOINT;
 
 initialiseServices().then(async () => {
     // load the wasm
-    await init("/iota_sdk_wasm_bg.wasm");
+    await initStardustSdk("/wasm/iota_sdk_stardust_wasm_bg.wasm");
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
     const container = document.querySelector("#root")!;