diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index 37c77c39..e4506a32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -103,9 +103,37 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: REAL-Video-Enhancer-2.0-MacOS_x86_64.zip
           path: REAL-Video-Enhancer-2.0-MacOS_x86_64.zip
+  build-MacOS_arm64:
+    runs-on: macos-14
+    permissions: write-all  
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.10.8
+
+      - name: Install Python Dependencies
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - name: Build
+        run: python3 build.py --build_exe
+        
+      - name: copy backend
+        run: cp -r backend dist/
+      
+      - name: compress archive
+        run: zip -r REAL-Video-Enhancer-2.0-MacOS_arm64.zip dist/
+
+      - name: Save Archive as artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: REAL-Video-Enhancer-2.0-MacOS_arm64.zip
+          path: REAL-Video-Enhancer-2.0-MacOS_arm64.zip
 
   Release:
-    needs: [build-Windows, build-Linux, build-MacOS]
+    needs: [build-Windows, build-Linux, build-MacOS, build-MacOS_arm64]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
@@ -137,6 +165,7 @@ jobs:
               artifacts/REAL-Video-Enhancer-2.0-Windows.zip/REAL-Video-Enhancer-2.0-Windows.zip
               artifacts/REAL-Video-Enhancer-2.0-Linux.zip/REAL-Video-Enhancer-2.0-Linux.zip
               artifacts/REAL-Video-Enhancer-2.0-MacOS_x86_64.zip/REAL-Video-Enhancer-2.0-MacOS_x86_64.zip
+              artifacts/REAL-Video-Enhancer-2.0-MacOS_arm64.zip/REAL-Video-Enhancer-2.0-MacOS_arm64.zip
 
               
               
diff --git a/src/DownloadDeps.py b/src/DownloadDeps.py
index 752b763d..f1105c73 100644
--- a/src/DownloadDeps.py
+++ b/src/DownloadDeps.py
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 )
 from .ui.QTcustom import DownloadProgressPopup, DisplayCommandOutputPopup
 import os
-import subprocess
-import shutil
-import urllib.request
+from platform import machine
 
 
 class DownloadDependencies:
@@ -70,7 +68,10 @@ def downloadPython(self):
             case "win32":
                 link += "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-install_only.tar.gz"
             case "darwin":
-                link += "x86_64-apple-darwin-install_only.tar.gz"
+                if machine() == "arm64":
+                    link += "aarch64-apple-darwin-install_only.tar.gz"
+                else:
+                    link += "x86_64-apple-darwin-install_only.tar.gz"
         # probably can add macos support later
         printAndLog("Downloading Python")
         DownloadProgressPopup(