diff --git a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/modals/CreateAccountModal.tsx b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/modals/CreateAccountModal.tsx
index a753458409c..a655e2b8e6a 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/modals/CreateAccountModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/modals/CreateAccountModal.tsx
@@ -51,11 +51,7 @@ export function CreateAccountModal({ upgradingAccountId }: CreateAccountProps) {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (upgradingAccountId == null) {
-      authorizeBank(dispatch);
-    } else {
-      authorizeBank(dispatch);
-    }
+    authorizeBank(dispatch);
   };
 
   const onConnectSimpleFin = async () => {
diff --git a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/modals/SelectLinkedAccountsModal.jsx b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/modals/SelectLinkedAccountsModal.jsx
index 545c47caefb..6df1b3e7eb8 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/modals/SelectLinkedAccountsModal.jsx
+++ b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/modals/SelectLinkedAccountsModal.jsx
@@ -78,16 +78,18 @@ export function SelectLinkedAccountsModal({
           return;
         }
 
+        const upgradingId =
+          chosenLocalAccountId !== addOnBudgetAccountOption.id &&
+          chosenLocalAccountId !== addOffBudgetAccountOption.id
+            ? chosenLocalAccountId
+            : undefined;
+
         // Finally link the matched account
         if (syncSource === 'simpleFin') {
           dispatch(
             linkAccountSimpleFin({
               externalAccount,
-              upgradingId:
-                chosenLocalAccountId !== addOnBudgetAccountOption.id &&
-                chosenLocalAccountId !== addOffBudgetAccountOption.id
-                  ? chosenLocalAccountId
-                  : undefined,
+              upgradingId,
               offBudget,
             }),
           );
@@ -96,11 +98,7 @@ export function SelectLinkedAccountsModal({
             linkAccount({
               requisitionId,
               account: externalAccount,
-              upgradingId:
-                chosenLocalAccountId !== addOnBudgetAccountOption.id &&
-                chosenLocalAccountId !== addOffBudgetAccountOption.id
-                  ? chosenLocalAccountId
-                  : undefined,
+              upgradingId,
               offBudget,
             }),
           );
diff --git a/packages/loot-core/bin/build-api b/packages/loot-core/bin/build-api
index 577e6342332..1d2a25a5062 100755
--- a/packages/loot-core/bin/build-api
+++ b/packages/loot-core/bin/build-api
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ yarn tsc -p tsconfig.api.json --outDir ../api/@types/loot-core/
 # Copy existing handwritten .d.ts files, as tsc doesn't move them for us
 dest="../../api/@types/loot-core"
 cd src
-find . -type f -name "*.d.ts" | while read -r f
+/usr/bin/find . -type f -name "*.d.ts" | while read -r f
 do
     d=$(dirname "${f}")
     d="${dest}/${d}"
diff --git a/packages/loot-core/bin/build-browser b/packages/loot-core/bin/build-browser
index 56caa4d9a77..6314a289aba 100755
--- a/packages/loot-core/bin/build-browser
+++ b/packages/loot-core/bin/build-browser
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mkdir -p "$DATA_DIR"
 "$ROOT"/copy-migrations "$DATA_DIR"
 
 cd "$DATA_DIR"
-find * -type f | sort > ../data-file-index.txt
+/usr/bin/find * -type f | sort > ../data-file-index.txt
 cd "$ROOT"
 
 OUTPUT_HASH="[contenthash]"
diff --git a/packages/loot-core/src/server/accounts/app.ts b/packages/loot-core/src/server/accounts/app.ts
index c9a8ca3c377..ee451fcc532 100644
--- a/packages/loot-core/src/server/accounts/app.ts
+++ b/packages/loot-core/src/server/accounts/app.ts
@@ -423,7 +423,9 @@ async function checkSecret(name: string) {
 
   try {
     return await get(serverConfig.BASE_SERVER + '/secret/' + name, {
-      'X-ACTUAL-TOKEN': userToken,
+      headers: {
+        'X-ACTUAL-TOKEN': userToken,
+      },
     });
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(error);
diff --git a/packages/loot-core/src/server/post.ts b/packages/loot-core/src/server/post.ts
index 90533596be7..02c75338175 100644
--- a/packages/loot-core/src/server/post.ts
+++ b/packages/loot-core/src/server/post.ts
@@ -5,31 +5,35 @@ import { PostError } from './errors';
 import * as Platform from './platform';
 
 function throwIfNot200(res: Response, text: string) {
-  if (res.status !== 200) {
-    if (res.status === 500) {
-      throw new PostError(res.status === 500 ? 'internal' : text);
-    }
-
-    const contentType = res.headers.get('Content-Type');
-    if (contentType.toLowerCase().indexOf('application/json') !== -1) {
-      const json = JSON.parse(text);
-      throw new PostError(json.reason);
-    }
-
-    // Actual Sync Server may be exposed via a tunnel (e.g. ngrok). Tunnel errors should be treated as network errors.
-    const tunnelErrorHeaders = ['ngrok-error-code'];
-    const tunnelError = tunnelErrorHeaders.some(header =>
-      res.headers.has(header),
-    );
+  //there are a few places where we return 204 (success, but no content)
+  //these should probably also not throw (along with other 2xx codes)
+  if (Math.floor(res.status / 100) === 2) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (res.status === 500) {
+    throw new PostError('internal');
+  }
 
-    if (tunnelError) {
-      // Tunnel errors are present when the tunnel is active and the server is not reachable e.g. server is offline
-      // When we experience a tunnel error we treat it as a network failure
-      throw new PostError('network-failure');
-    }
+  const contentType = res.headers.get('Content-Type') ?? '';
+  if (contentType.toLowerCase().indexOf('application/json') !== -1) {
+    const json = JSON.parse(text);
+    throw new PostError(json.reason);
+  }
+
+  // Actual Sync Server may be exposed via a tunnel (e.g. ngrok). Tunnel errors should be treated as network errors.
+  const tunnelErrorHeaders = ['ngrok-error-code'];
+  const tunnelError = tunnelErrorHeaders.some(header =>
+    res.headers.has(header),
+  );
 
-    throw new PostError(text);
+  if (tunnelError) {
+    // Tunnel errors are present when the tunnel is active and the server is not reachable e.g. server is offline
+    // When we experience a tunnel error we treat it as a network failure
+    throw new PostError('network-failure');
   }
+
+  throw new PostError(text);
 }
 
 export async function post(
diff --git a/upcoming-release-notes/4455.md b/upcoming-release-notes/4455.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b168c180532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming-release-notes/4455.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Maintenance
+authors: [rugulous]
+---
+
+Allow building on Windows, checking for secrets, and tidy up a few duplications along the way!