diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 852f40d2a..9c4e4ebd5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3997,37 +3997,17 @@
 			}
 		},
 		"node_modules/engine.io-client": {
-			"version": "6.5.3",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/engine.io-client/-/engine.io-client-6.5.3.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-9Z0qLB0NIisTRt1DZ/8U2k12RJn8yls/nXMZLn+/N8hANT3TcYjKFKcwbw5zFQiN4NTde3TSY9zb79e1ij6j9Q==",
+			"version": "6.5.4",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/engine.io-client/-/engine.io-client-6.5.4.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-GeZeeRjpD2qf49cZQ0Wvh/8NJNfeXkXXcoGh+F77oEAgo9gUHwT1fCRxSNU+YEEaysOJTnsFHmM5oAcPy4ntvQ==",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@socket.io/component-emitter": "~3.1.0",
 				"debug": "~4.3.1",
 				"engine.io-parser": "~5.2.1",
-				"ws": "~8.11.0",
+				"ws": "~8.17.1",
 				"xmlhttprequest-ssl": "~2.0.0"
 			}
 		},
-		"node_modules/engine.io-client/node_modules/ws": {
-			"version": "8.11.0",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.11.0.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-HPG3wQd9sNQoT9xHyNCXoDUa+Xw/VevmY9FoHyQ+g+rrMn4j6FB4np7Z0OhdTgjx6MgQLK7jwSy1YecU1+4Asg==",
-			"engines": {
-				"node": ">=10.0.0"
-			},
-			"peerDependencies": {
-				"bufferutil": "^4.0.1",
-				"utf-8-validate": "^5.0.2"
-			},
-			"peerDependenciesMeta": {
-				"bufferutil": {
-					"optional": true
-				},
-				"utf-8-validate": {
-					"optional": true
-				}
-			}
-		},
 		"node_modules/engine.io-parser": {
 			"version": "5.2.2",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/engine.io-parser/-/engine.io-parser-5.2.2.tgz",
diff --git a/scripts/prepare-pyodide.js b/scripts/prepare-pyodide.js
index e746c09ed..5aaac5927 100644
--- a/scripts/prepare-pyodide.js
+++ b/scripts/prepare-pyodide.js
@@ -17,32 +17,60 @@ import { writeFile, readFile, copyFile, readdir, rmdir } from 'fs/promises';
 
 async function downloadPackages() {
 	console.log('Setting up pyodide + micropip');
-	const pyodide = await loadPyodide({
-		packageCacheDir: 'static/pyodide'
-	});
+
+	let pyodide;
+	try {
+		pyodide = await loadPyodide({
+			packageCacheDir: 'static/pyodide'
+		});
+	} catch (err) {
+		console.error('Failed to load Pyodide:', err);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	const packageJson = JSON.parse(await readFile('package.json'));
-	const pyodideVersion = packageJson.dependencies.pyodide;
+	const pyodideVersion = packageJson.dependencies.pyodide.replace('^', '');
 
 	try {
 		const pyodidePackageJson = JSON.parse(await readFile('static/pyodide/package.json'));
-		const pyodidePackageVersion = pyodidePackageJson.version;
+		const pyodidePackageVersion = pyodidePackageJson.version.replace('^', '');
 
-		if (pyodideVersion.replace('^', '') !== pyodidePackageVersion) {
+		if (pyodideVersion !== pyodidePackageVersion) {
 			console.log('Pyodide version mismatch, removing static/pyodide directory');
 			await rmdir('static/pyodide', { recursive: true });
 		}
 	} catch (e) {
-		console.log('Pyodide package not found, downloading packages');
+		console.log('Pyodide package not found, proceeding with download.');
 	}
 
-	await pyodide.loadPackage('micropip');
-	const micropip = pyodide.pyimport('micropip');
-	console.log('Downloading Pyodide packages:', packages);
-	await micropip.install(packages);
-	console.log('Pyodide packages downloaded, freezing into lock file');
-	const lockFile = await micropip.freeze();
-	await writeFile('static/pyodide/pyodide-lock.json', lockFile);
+	try {
+		console.log('Loading micropip package');
+		await pyodide.loadPackage('micropip');
+
+		const micropip = pyodide.pyimport('micropip');
+		console.log('Downloading Pyodide packages:', packages);
+
+		try {
+			for (const pkg of packages) {
+				console.log(`Installing package: ${pkg}`);
+				await micropip.install(pkg);
+			}
+		} catch (err) {
+			console.error('Package installation failed:', err);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		console.log('Pyodide packages downloaded, freezing into lock file');
+
+		try {
+			const lockFile = await micropip.freeze();
+			await writeFile('static/pyodide/pyodide-lock.json', lockFile);
+		} catch (err) {
+			console.error('Failed to write lock file:', err);
+		}
+	} catch (err) {
+		console.error('Failed to load or install micropip:', err);
+	}
 }
 
 async function copyPyodide() {