diff --git a/build/tasks.ts b/build/tasks.ts
index 9515000a..27b6d273 100644
--- a/build/tasks.ts
+++ b/build/tasks.ts
@@ -82,10 +82,14 @@ const buildServerBinaryCopy = register("build:server:binary:copy", async (runner
 	const webOutputPath = path.join(pkgsPath, "web", "out");
 	const browserAppOutputPath = path.join(pkgsPath, "app", "browser", "out");
 	const nodePtyModule = path.join(pkgsPath, "protocol", "node_modules", "node-pty", "build", "Release", "pty.node");
+	const spdlogModule = path.join(pkgsPath, "server", "node_modules", "spdlog", "build", "Release", "spdlog.node");
 
 	if (!fs.existsSync(nodePtyModule)) {
 		throw new Error("Could not find pty.node. Ensure all packages have been installed");
 	}
+	if (!fs.existsSync(spdlogModule)) {
+		throw new Error("Could not find spdlog.node. Ensure all packages have been installed");
+	}
 	if (!fs.existsSync(webOutputPath)) {
 		throw new Error("Web bundle must be built");
 	}
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ const buildServerBinaryCopy = register("build:server:binary:copy", async (runner
 	cpDir(browserAppOutputPath, "unauth", browserAppOutputPath);
 	fse.mkdirpSync(path.join(cliBuildPath, "modules"));
 	fse.copySync(nodePtyModule, path.join(cliBuildPath, "modules", "pty.node"));
+	fse.copySync(spdlogModule, path.join(cliBuildPath, "modules", "spdlog.node"));
 });
 
 const buildServerBundle = register("build:server:bundle", async (runner) => {
diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/nexe.js b/packages/server/scripts/nexe.js
index 042955d8..ad960a34 100644
--- a/packages/server/scripts/nexe.js
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/nexe.js
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@ nexe.compile({
 	input: path.join(__dirname, "../out/cli.js"),
 	output: `cli-${process.env.TRAVIS_OS_NAME || os.platform()}`,
 	targets: [os.platform()],
-	native: {
-		spdlog: {
-			additionalFiles: [
-				'spdlog.node'
-			],
-		},
-	},
 	/**
 	 * To include native extensions, do NOT install node_modules for each one. They
 	 * are not required as each extension is built using webpack.
diff --git a/packages/server/src/cli.ts b/packages/server/src/cli.ts
index dd3740e3..03951641 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/cli.ts
@@ -38,28 +38,15 @@ export class Entry extends Command {
 	}];
 
 	public async run(): Promise<void> {
-		try {
-			/**
-			 * Suuuper janky
-			 * Comes from - https://github.com/nexe/nexe/issues/524
-			 * Seems to cleanup by removing this path immediately
-			 * If any native module is added its assumed this pathname
-			 * will change.
-			 */
-			require("spdlog");
-			const nodePath = path.join(process.cwd(), "e91a410b");
-			fs.unlinkSync(path.join(nodePath, "spdlog.node"));
-			fs.rmdirSync(nodePath);
-		} catch (ex) {
-			logger.warn("Failed to remove extracted dependency.", field("dependency", "spdlog"), field("error", ex.message));
-		}
-
 		if (isCli) {
 			fillFs();
 		}
 
 		const { args, flags } = this.parse(Entry);
+		const dataDir = flags["data-dir"] || path.join(os.homedir(), ".vscode-remote");
+		const workingDir = args["workdir"];
 
+		setupNativeModules(dataDir);
 		const builtInExtensionsDir = path.join(buildDir || path.join(__dirname, ".."), "build/extensions");
 		if (flags["bootstrap-fork"]) {
 			const modulePath = flags["bootstrap-fork"];
@@ -75,7 +62,7 @@ export class Entry extends Command {
 				process.argv[i + 2] = arg;
 			});
 
-			return requireModule(modulePath, builtInExtensionsDir);
+			return requireModule(modulePath, dataDir, builtInExtensionsDir);
 		}
 
 		if (flags["fork"]) {
@@ -84,9 +71,6 @@ export class Entry extends Command {
 			return requireFork(modulePath, JSON.parse(flags.args!), builtInExtensionsDir);
 		}
 
-		const dataDir = flags["data-dir"] || path.join(os.homedir(), ".vscode-remote");
-		const workingDir = args["workdir"];
-
 		if (buildDir && buildDir.startsWith(workingDir)) {
 			logger.error("Cannot run binary inside of BUILD_DIR", field("build_dir", buildDir), field("cwd", process.cwd()));
 			process.exit(1);
@@ -95,7 +79,7 @@ export class Entry extends Command {
 		if (!fs.existsSync(dataDir)) {
 			fs.mkdirSync(dataDir);
 		}
-		setupNativeModules(dataDir);
+		require("spdlog");
 
 		const logDir = path.join(dataDir, "logs", new Date().toISOString().replace(/[-:.TZ]/g, ""));
 		process.env.VSCODE_LOGS = logDir;
diff --git a/packages/server/src/modules.ts b/packages/server/src/modules.ts
index 4f298754..fcb646d7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/modules.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/modules.ts
@@ -34,11 +34,14 @@ export const setup = (dataDirectory: string): void => {
 	 * for this is unknown ATM, but this patch works around it.
 	 */
 	unpackModule("pty");
+	unpackModule("spdlog");
 	const nodePtyUtils = require("../../protocol/node_modules/node-pty/lib/utils") as typeof import("../../protocol/node_modules/node-pty/src/utils");
 	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
 	nodePtyUtils.loadNative = (modName: string): any => {
 		return __non_webpack_require__(path.join(dataDirectory, "modules", modName + ".node"));
 	};
+	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
+	(<any>global).SPDLOG_LOCATION = path.join(dataDirectory, "modules", "spdlog.node");
 	// tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-expression
 	require("../../protocol/node_modules/node-pty/lib/index") as typeof import("../../protocol/node_modules/node-pty/src/index");
 };
diff --git a/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts b/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts
index 834bae00..666fd46f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export const requireFork = (modulePath: string, args: string[], builtInExtension
 	}
 };
 
-export const requireModule = (modulePath: string, builtInExtensionsDir: string): void => {
+export const requireModule = (modulePath: string, dataDir: string, builtInExtensionsDir: string): void => {
 	process.env.AMD_ENTRYPOINT = modulePath;
 	const xml = require("xhr2");
 	xml.XMLHttpRequest.prototype._restrictedHeaders["user-agent"] = false;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export const requireModule = (modulePath: string, builtInExtensionsDir: string):
 		 */
 		// tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
 		(<any>cp).fork = (modulePath: string, args: ReadonlyArray<string> = [], options?: cp.ForkOptions): cp.ChildProcess => {
-			return cp.spawn(process.execPath, ["--fork", modulePath, "--args", JSON.stringify(args)], {
+			return cp.spawn(process.execPath, ["--fork", modulePath, "--args", JSON.stringify(args), "--data-dir", dataDir], {
 				...options,
 				stdio: [null, null, null, "ipc"],
 			});
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export const requireModule = (modulePath: string, builtInExtensionsDir: string):
  * cp.stderr.on("data", (data) => console.log(data.toString("utf8")));
  * @param modulePath Path of the VS Code module to load.
  */
-export const forkModule = (modulePath: string, args: string[], options: cp.ForkOptions): cp.ChildProcess => {
+export const forkModule = (modulePath: string, args: string[], options: cp.ForkOptions, dataDir?: string): cp.ChildProcess => {
 	let proc: cp.ChildProcess;
 	const forkArgs = ["--bootstrap-fork", modulePath];
 	if (args) {
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ export const forkModule = (modulePath: string, args: string[], options: cp.ForkO
 		delete options.env.ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE;
 		forkArgs.push("--env", JSON.stringify(options.env));
 	}
+	if (dataDir) {
+		forkArgs.push("--data-dir", dataDir);
+	}
 	const forkOptions: cp.ForkOptions = {
 		stdio: [null, null, null, "ipc"],
 	};
diff --git a/packages/server/src/vscode/sharedProcess.ts b/packages/server/src/vscode/sharedProcess.ts
index ce0bedb6..94823061 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/vscode/sharedProcess.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/vscode/sharedProcess.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class SharedProcess {
 				VSCODE_ALLOW_IO: "true",
 				VSCODE_LOGS: process.env.VSCODE_LOGS,
 			},
-		});
+		}, this.userDataDir);
 		if (this.logger.level <= Level.Trace) {
 			this.activeProcess.stdout.on("data", (data) => {
 				this.logger.trace(() => ["stdout", field("data", data.toString())]);
diff --git a/packages/server/webpack.config.js b/packages/server/webpack.config.js
index 582b5688..dadbd316 100644
--- a/packages/server/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/server/webpack.config.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ module.exports = merge({
 		__dirname: false,
 		setImmediate: false
 	},
-	externals: ["spdlog", "tslib", "trash"],
+	externals: ["tslib", "trash"],
 	entry: "./packages/server/src/cli.ts",
 	target: "node",
 	plugins: [
diff --git a/packages/vscode/webpack.config.bootstrap.js b/packages/vscode/webpack.config.bootstrap.js
index 77fee189..3f9902a6 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/webpack.config.bootstrap.js
+++ b/packages/vscode/webpack.config.bootstrap.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ module.exports = (env) => {
 		entry: path.join(root, "lib/vscode/src/bootstrap-fork.js"),
 		mode: "development",
 		target: "node",
-		externals: ["spdlog"],
 		output: {
 			chunkFilename: "[name].bundle.js",
 			path: path.resolve(__dirname, "./bin"),
diff --git a/scripts/webpack.general.config.js b/scripts/webpack.general.config.js
index d4494a32..7320d606 100644
--- a/scripts/webpack.general.config.js
+++ b/scripts/webpack.general.config.js
@@ -83,7 +83,23 @@ module.exports = (options = {}) => ({
 		}, {
 			test: /\.wasm$/,
 			type: "javascript/auto",
-		}],
+		}, {
+			/**
+			 * Fixes spdlog
+			 */
+			test: /spdlog\/index\.js/,
+			loader: "string-replace-loader",
+			options: {
+				multiple: [{
+					// These will be handled by file-loader. We need the location because
+					// they are parsed as URIs and will throw errors if not fully formed.
+					// The !! prefix causes it to ignore other loaders (doesn't work).
+					search: "const spdlog.*;",
+					replace: "const spdlog = __non_webpack_require__(global.SPDLOG_LOCATION);",
+					flags: "g",
+				}],
+			},
+		},],
 		noParse: /\/test\/|\.test\.jsx?|\.test\.tsx?|tsconfig.+\.json$/,
 	},
 	resolve: {