Desktop Installation fails to launch JVM for Firebase.initialize

[mylockerbiz]

my code works in the IDE but fails in the installation
val context = Application() // must be non-null
val firebaseApp = Firebase.initialize(
context = context,
options = options
)

in the installed exe, this fails on the context. I added try/catch code to try Application() and null as the context.
the debug trace shows this
2026-06-28 at 09:08:39.273477900 OWJ_Locker starts App()
2026-06-28 at 09:08:40.861083600 OWJ_Locker main onApplicationStart before
2026-06-28 at 09:08:41.011296700 OWJ_Locker main onApplicationStart after
2026-06-28 at 09:08:41.020287800 OWJ_Locker starts - initialization completed
2026-06-28 at 09:08:41.052422300 Firebase init - Step 1: Starting
2026-06-28 at 09:08:41.059725400 Firebase init - Step 2: Platform initialized
2026-06-28 at 09:08:41.065322300 Firebase init - Step 3: Options created: owjpwd-554f1
2026-06-28 at 09:08:41.071462600 Firebase init - Step 4: Calling Firebase.initialize...
2026-06-28 at 09:08:41.078349800 Firebase init - Step 5: - starting with Application()
2026-06-28 at 09:08:47.129975100 owjLoginButton Sign in with the kmauthclicked start
2026-06-28 at 09:08:47.140974400 owjLoginButton start signin loginClicked clicked end
2026-06-28 at 09:08:47.153493600 start signin loginClicked
2026-06-28 at 09:08:52.393439400 owjLoginButton result: Success(KMAuthUser())
2026-06-28 at 09:08:52.407440700 owjLoginButton result Exception during sign in: FirebaseApp with name [DEFAULT] doesn't exist.

I suspect that the msi jlink process is removing critical packages