diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
index d3b25374a7..36e26849d1 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
@@ -95,15 +95,17 @@ if GetOption('extras'):
 
     cont = raylib_env.Command("installer/continue_openpilot.o", "installer/continue_openpilot.sh",
                               "ld -r -b binary -o $TARGET $SOURCE")
+    inter = raylib_env.Command("installer/inter_ttf.o", "installer/inter-ascii.ttf",
+                               "ld -r -b binary -o $TARGET $SOURCE")
     for name, branch in installers:
       d = {'BRANCH': f"'\"{branch}\"'"}
       if "internal" in name:
         d['INTERNAL'] = "1"
 
       obj = raylib_env.Object(f"installer/installers/installer_{name}.o", ["installer/installer.cc"], CPPDEFINES=d)
-      f = raylib_env.Program(f"installer/installers/installer_{name}", [obj, cont], LIBS=raylib_libs)
+      f = raylib_env.Program(f"installer/installers/installer_{name}", [obj, cont, inter], LIBS=raylib_libs)
       # keep installers small
-      assert f[0].get_size() < 1200*1e3, f[0].get_size()
+      assert f[0].get_size() < 1220*1e3, f[0].get_size()
 
 # build watch3
 if arch in ['x86_64', 'aarch64', 'Darwin'] or GetOption('extras'):
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.cc b/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.cc
index bbda7ba4e6..f3399c7f4c 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.cc
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ const std::string CACHE_PATH = "/data/openpilot.cache";
 
 extern const uint8_t str_continue[] asm("_binary_selfdrive_ui_installer_continue_openpilot_sh_start");
 extern const uint8_t str_continue_end[] asm("_binary_selfdrive_ui_installer_continue_openpilot_sh_end");
+extern const uint8_t inter_ttf[] asm("_binary_selfdrive_ui_installer_inter_ascii_ttf_start");
+extern const uint8_t inter_ttf_end[] asm("_binary_selfdrive_ui_installer_inter_ascii_ttf_end");
 
-const char* FONT_PATH = "/usr/share/fonts/Inter-Regular.woff2";
 Font font;
 
 void run(const char* cmd) {
@@ -175,7 +176,8 @@ void cloneFinished(int exitCode) {
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   InitWindow(2160, 1080, "Installer");
-  font = LoadFontEx(FONT_PATH, 120, NULL, 0);
+  font = LoadFontFromMemory(".ttf", inter_ttf, inter_ttf_end - inter_ttf, 120, NULL, 0);
+  SetTextureFilter(font.texture, TEXTURE_FILTER_BILINEAR);
   renderProgress(0);
   int result = doInstall();
   cloneFinished(result);
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/installer/inter-ascii.ttf b/selfdrive/ui/installer/inter-ascii.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d480c515a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/installer/inter-ascii.ttf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:1ef26a4099ef867f3493389379d882381a2491cdbfa41a086be8899a2154dcb3
+size 26160