diff --git a/packages/server/src/electron.js b/packages/server/src/electron.js
index 290c13e6a0..f2770e1d49 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/electron.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/electron.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { app, BrowserWindow, shell, dialog } = require("electron")
+const { app, BrowserWindow, shell, dialog, Menu } = require("electron")
 const { join } = require("./utilities/centralPath")
 const isDev = require("electron-is-dev")
 const { autoUpdater } = require("electron-updater")
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const initialiseBudibase = require("./utilities/initialiseBudibase")
 const { budibaseAppsDir } = require("./utilities/budibaseDir")
 const { openNewGitHubIssue, debugInfo } = require("electron-util")
 const eventEmitter = require("./events")
-
+const isMac = process.platform === 'darwin';
 const budibaseDir = budibaseAppsDir()
 const envFile = join(budibaseDir, ".env")
 
@@ -87,6 +87,115 @@ async function startApp() {
     // dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
     if (win === null) createWindow()
   })
+
+  const template = [
+    // { role: 'appMenu' }
+    ...(isMac ? [{
+      label: app.name,
+      submenu: [
+        { role: 'about' },
+        { type: 'separator' },
+        { role: 'services' },
+        { type: 'separator' },
+        { role: 'hide' },
+        { role: 'hideothers' },
+        { role: 'unhide' },
+        { type: 'separator' },
+        { role: 'quit' }
+      ]
+    }] : []),
+    // { role: 'fileMenu' }
+    {
+      label: 'File',
+      submenu: [
+        isMac ? { role: 'close' } : { role: 'quit' }
+      ]
+    },
+    // { role: 'editMenu' }
+    {
+      label: 'Edit',
+      submenu: [
+        { role: 'undo' },
+        { role: 'redo' },
+        { type: 'separator' },
+        { role: 'cut' },
+        { role: 'copy' },
+        { role: 'paste' },
+        ...(isMac ? [
+          { role: 'pasteAndMatchStyle' },
+          { role: 'delete' },
+          { role: 'selectAll' },
+          { type: 'separator' },
+          {
+            label: 'Speech',
+            submenu: [
+              { role: 'startSpeaking' },
+              { role: 'stopSpeaking' }
+            ]
+          }
+        ] : [
+          { role: 'delete' },
+          { type: 'separator' },
+          { role: 'selectAll' }
+        ])
+      ]
+    },
+    // { role: 'viewMenu' }
+    {
+      label: 'View',
+      submenu: [
+        { role: 'reload' },
+        { role: 'forceReload' },
+        { role: 'toggleDevTools' },
+        { type: 'separator' },
+        { role: 'resetZoom' },
+        { role: 'zoomIn' },
+        { role: 'zoomOut' },
+        { type: 'separator' },
+        { role: 'togglefullscreen' }
+      ]
+    },
+    // { role: 'windowMenu' }
+    {
+      label: 'Window',
+      submenu: [
+        { role: 'minimize' },
+        { role: 'zoom' },
+        ...(isMac ? [
+          { type: 'separator' },
+          { role: 'front' },
+          { type: 'separator' },
+          { role: 'window' }
+        ] : [
+          { role: 'close' }
+        ])
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      role: 'help',
+      submenu: [
+        {
+          label: 'Learn More',
+          click: () => shell.openExternal('https://www.budibase.com/')
+        },
+        {
+          label: 'Documentation',
+          click: () => shell.openExternal('https://docs.budibase.com/')
+        },
+        {
+          label: 'Search issues',
+          click: () => shell.openExternal('https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/issues')
+        },
+        {
+          label: 'Community discussions',
+          click: () => shell.openExternal('https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/discussions')
+        },
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+
+  const menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate(template)
+  Menu.setApplicationMenu(menu)
 }
 
 autoUpdater.on("update-downloaded", (event, releaseNotes, releaseName) => {