diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2a66c0cfc..e258cec6d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ build-windows:
 # Linux Build (Ubuntu 24.04 optimized)
 build-linux:
   stage: build
-  image: ubuntu:24.04
+  image: ubuntu:20.04
   tags:
     - linux
     - ubuntu
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ build-linux:
     - apt-get install -y -qq libssl-dev libboost-all-dev libboost-context-dev
     - apt-get install -y -qq libstb-dev libopus-dev libenet-dev libsimpleini-dev
     - apt-get install -y -qq libvulkan-dev
-    - apt-get install -y -qq qtbase5-dev qtbase5-private-dev qtwebengine5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev
+    - apt-get install -y -qq qtbase5-dev qtbase5-private-dev qtmultimedia5-dev
     - apt-get install -y -qq libqt5core5a libqt5gui5 libqt5widgets5 libqt5dbus5
     - apt-get install -y -qq qt5-image-formats-plugins qt5-gtk-platformtheme
-    - apt-get install -y -qq libicu74
+    - apt-get install -y -qq libicu66
     - apt-get install -y -qq mesa-common-dev libdrm-dev
     - apt-get install -y -qq nasm
     - apt-get install -y -qq glslang-tools
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ build-linux:
     - apt-get install -y -qq libfuse2 gdb
   script:
     - git submodule update --init --recursive
-    - cmake -B build -S . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DENABLE_QT=ON -DENABLE_SDL2=ON -DENABLE_WEB_SERVICE=ON -DCITRON_USE_BUNDLED_VCPKG=ON -DCITRON_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG=ON -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-Wno-error=conversion" -DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG=ON
+    - cmake -B build -S . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DENABLE_QT=ON -DENABLE_SDL2=ON -DENABLE_WEB_SERVICE=ON -DCITRON_USE_BUNDLED_VCPKG=ON -DCITRON_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG=ON -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-Wno-error=conversion" -DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG=ON -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
     - cmake --build build --config $BUILD_TYPE --parallel $CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL
     - echo "Build completed, checking for executables..."
     - ls -la build/bin/ || echo "No build/bin directory found"
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ build-linux:
     - chmod +x AppImage-build-local.sh
     - echo "Attempting AppImage build with FUSE workaround..."
     - export APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1
+    - export ARCH=x86_64
+    - export VERSION=$(git describe --tags --always)
     - ./AppImage-build-local.sh || echo "AppImage build failed, continuing..."
   artifacts:
     paths: