diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ebe1af53f..2c46fdd2c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "ts-jest": "^29.0.5"
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "setup": "node ./scripts/setup.js",
     "dev": "concurrently --kill-others \"npm run dev:web\" \"npm run dev:electron\"",
     "dev:web": "npm run dev --workspace=packages/bruno-app",
     "build:web": "npm run build --workspace=packages/bruno-app",
@@ -51,6 +52,6 @@
     "prepare": "husky install"
   },
   "overrides": {
-    "rollup":"3.29.5"
+    "rollup": "3.29.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/ResponsePane/QueryResult/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/ResponsePane/QueryResult/index.js
index e9acd1f5c..b6b8d751d 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/ResponsePane/QueryResult/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/ResponsePane/QueryResult/index.js
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ const formatResponse = (data, mode, filter) => {
   }
 
   if (data === null) {
-    return data;
+    return 'null';
   }
 
   if (mode.includes('json')) {
     let isValidJSON = false;
 
     try {
-      isValidJSON = typeof JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(data)) === 'object';
+      isValidJSON = typeof JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(data)) === 'object'
     } catch (error) {
       console.log('Error parsing JSON: ', error.message);
     }
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/global-environments.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/global-environments.js
index 77f469125..def88f2b6 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/global-environments.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/global-environments.js
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export const globalEnvironmentsUpdateEvent = ({ globalEnvironmentVariables }) =>
     // update existing values
     variables = variables?.map?.(variable => ({
       ...variable,
-      value: stringifyIfNot(globalEnvironmentVariables?.[variable?.name])
+      value: globalEnvironmentVariables?.[variable?.name]
     }));
 
     // add new env values
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ export const globalEnvironmentsUpdateEvent = ({ globalEnvironmentVariables }) =>
         variables.push({
           uid: uuid(),
           name: key,
-          value: stringifyIfNot(value),
+          value,
           type: 'text',
           secret: false,
           enabled: true
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js
index 3a691e53f..d770c60a3 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/collections/index.js
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ export const getGlobalEnvironmentVariables = ({ globalEnvironments, activeGlobal
   const environment = globalEnvironments?.find(env => env?.uid === activeGlobalEnvironmentUid);
   if (environment) {
     each(environment.variables, (variable) => {
-      if (variable.name && variable.value && variable.enabled) {
+      if (variable.name && variable.enabled) {
         variables[variable.name] = variable.value;
       }
     });
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/curl-to-json.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/curl-to-json.js
index 48c33bb0a..c1398ab14 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/curl-to-json.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/curl-to-json.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function getDataString(request) {
       console.error('Failed to parse JSON data:', error);
       return { data: request.data.toString() };
     }
-  } else if (contentType && contentType.includes('application/xml')) {
+  } else if (contentType && (contentType.includes('application/xml') || contentType.includes('text/plain'))) {
     return { data: request.data };
   }
 
@@ -174,14 +174,14 @@ const curlToJson = (curlCommand) => {
   }
 
   if (request.auth) {
-    if(request.auth.mode === 'basic'){
+    if (request.auth.mode === 'basic') {
       requestJson.auth = {
         mode: 'basic',
         basic: {
           username: repr(request.auth.basic?.username),
           password: repr(request.auth.basic?.password)
         }
-      }
+      };
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js
index c99048419..88c4c7872 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ export const transformItemsInCollection = (collection) => {
         // from 5 feb 2024, multipartFormData needs to have a type
         // this was introduced when we added support for file uploads
         // below logic is to make older collection exports backward compatible
-        let multipartFormData = _.get(item, 'request.body.multipartForm');
+        let multipartFormData = get(item, 'request.body.multipartForm');
         if (multipartFormData) {
-          _.each(multipartFormData, (form) => {
+          each(multipartFormData, (form) => {
             if (!form.type) {
               form.type = 'text';
             }
diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/prepare-request.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/prepare-request.js
index 21cf17bd1..0ed866760 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/prepare-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/prepare-request.js
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ const prepareRequest = (item = {}, collection = {}) => {
   if (request.body.mode === 'multipartForm') {
     axiosRequest.headers['content-type'] = 'multipart/form-data';
     const enabledParams = filter(request.body.multipartForm, (p) => p.enabled);
-    const collectionPath = process.cwd();
-    axiosRequest.data = createFormData(enabledParams, collectionPath);
+    axiosRequest.data = enabledParams;
   }
 
   if (request.body.mode === 'graphql') {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js
index d1ff7c3f9..898324892 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js
@@ -349,10 +349,10 @@ const registerRendererEventHandlers = (mainWindow, watcher, lastOpenedCollection
   // rename item
   ipcMain.handle('renderer:rename-item', async (event, oldPath, newPath, newName) => {
     const tempDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `temp-folder-${Date.now()}`);
-    const parentDir = path.dirname(oldPath);
-    const isWindowsOSAndNotWSLAndItemHasSubDirectories = isWindowsOS() && !isWSLPath(oldPath) && hasSubDirectories(oldPath);
-    let parentDirUnwatched = false;
-    let parentDirRewatched = false;
+    // const parentDir = path.dirname(oldPath);
+    const isWindowsOSAndNotWSLAndItemHasSubDirectories = isDirectory(oldPath) && isWindowsOS() && !isWSLPath(oldPath) && hasSubDirectories(oldPath);
+    // let parentDirUnwatched = false;
+    // let parentDirRewatched = false;
 
     try {
       // Normalize paths if they are WSL paths
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ const registerRendererEventHandlers = (mainWindow, watcher, lastOpenedCollection
           moveRequestUid(bruFile, newBruFilePath);
         }
 
-        watcher.unlinkItemPathInWatcher(parentDir);
-        parentDirUnwatched = true;
+        // watcher.unlinkItemPathInWatcher(parentDir);
+        // parentDirUnwatched = true;
 
         /**
          * If it is windows OS
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ const registerRendererEventHandlers = (mainWindow, watcher, lastOpenedCollection
         } else {
           await fs.renameSync(oldPath, newPath);
         }
-        watcher.addItemPathInWatcher(parentDir);
-        parentDirRewatched = true;
+        // watcher.addItemPathInWatcher(parentDir);
+        // parentDirRewatched = true;
 
         return newPath;
       }
@@ -424,9 +424,9 @@ const registerRendererEventHandlers = (mainWindow, watcher, lastOpenedCollection
     } catch (error) {
       // in case an error occurs during the rename file operations after unlinking the parent dir
       // and the rewatch fails, we need to add it back to watcher
-      if (parentDirUnwatched && !parentDirRewatched) {
-        watcher.addItemPathInWatcher(parentDir);
-      }
+      // if (parentDirUnwatched && !parentDirRewatched) {
+      //   watcher.addItemPathInWatcher(parentDir);
+      // }
 
       // in case the rename file operations fails, and we see that the temp dir exists
       // and the old path does not exist, we need to restore the data from the temp dir to the old path
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
index 9e37c8289..84f49d07b 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
@@ -365,11 +365,15 @@ const parseDataFromResponse = (response, disableParsingResponseJson = false) =>
   try {
     // Filter out ZWNBSP character
     // https://gist.github.com/antic183/619f42b559b78028d1fe9e7ae8a1352d
+
+    // If the response is a string and starts and ends with double quotes, it's a stringified JSON and should not be parsed
     data = data.replace(/^\uFEFF/, '');
-    if (!disableParsingResponseJson) {
+    if ( !disableParsingResponseJson && ! (typeof data === 'string' && data.startsWith("\"") && data.endsWith("\""))) {
       data = JSON.parse(data);
     }
-  } catch { }
+  } catch { 
+    console.log('Failed to parse response data as JSON');
+   }
 
   return { data, dataBuffer };
 };
diff --git a/packages/bruno-tests/collection/echo/echo multipart.bru b/packages/bruno-tests/collection/echo/echo multipart.bru
index 1edb2ca8a..09176d74f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-tests/collection/echo/echo multipart.bru	
+++ b/packages/bruno-tests/collection/echo/echo multipart.bru	
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ post {
 }
 
 body:multipart-form {
+  foo: {"bar":"baz"} @contentType(application/json--test)
   form-data-key: {{form-data-key}}
   form-data-stringified-object: {{form-data-stringified-object}}
   file: @file(bruno.png)
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ body:multipart-form {
 assert {
   res.body: contains form-data-value
   res.body: contains {"foo":123}
+  res.body: contains Content-Type: application/json--test
 }
 
 script:pre-request {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-tests/collection/multipart/mixed-content-types.bru b/packages/bruno-tests/collection/multipart/mixed-content-types.bru
deleted file mode 100644
index 29ed04ba1..000000000
--- a/packages/bruno-tests/collection/multipart/mixed-content-types.bru
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-meta {
-  name: mixed-content-types
-  type: http
-  seq: 1
-}
-
-post {
-  url: {{host}}/api/multipart/mixed-content-types
-  body: multipartForm
-  auth: none
-}
-
-body:multipart-form {
-  param1: test
-  param2: {"test":"i am json"} @contentType(application/json)
-  param3: @file(multipart/small.png)
-}
-
-assert {
-  res.status: eq 200
-  res.body.find(p=>p.name === 'param1').contentType: isUndefined
-  res.body.find(p=>p.name === 'param2').contentType: eq application/json
-  res.body.find(p=>p.name === 'param3').contentType: eq image/png
-}
diff --git a/scripts/setup.js b/scripts/setup.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47d679098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/setup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const icons = {
+  clean: '🧹',
+  delete: '🗑️',
+  install: '📦',
+  build: '🔨',
+  success: '✅',
+  error: '❌',
+  working: '⚡'
+};
+
+const execCommand = (command, description) => {
+  try {
+    console.log(`\n${icons.working} ${description}...`);
+    execSync(command, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+    console.log(`${icons.success} ${description} completed`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`${icons.error} ${description} failed`);
+    throw error;
+  }
+};
+
+const glob = function (startPath, pattern) {
+  let results = [];
+
+  // Ensure start path exists
+  if (!fs.existsSync(startPath)) {
+    return results;
+  }
+
+  const files = fs.readdirSync(startPath);
+  for (const file of files) {
+    const filename = path.join(startPath, file);
+    const stat = fs.lstatSync(filename);
+
+    // If directory, recurse into it
+    if (stat.isDirectory()) {
+      // Skip node_modules recursion to avoid unnecessary deep scanning
+      if (file === 'node_modules') {
+        if (file === pattern) {
+          results.push(filename);
+        }
+        continue;
+      }
+      results = results.concat(glob(filename, pattern));
+    }
+    
+    // If file matches pattern, add to results
+    if (file === pattern) {
+      results.push(filename);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return results;
+};
+
+async function setup() {
+  try {
+    // Clean up node_modules (if exists)
+    console.log(`\n${icons.clean} Cleaning up node_modules directories...`);
+    const nodeModulesPaths = glob('.', 'node_modules');
+    for (const dir of nodeModulesPaths) {
+      console.log(`${icons.delete} Removing ${dir}`);
+      fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+
+    // Install dependencies
+    execCommand('npm i --legacy-peer-deps', 'Installing dependencies');
+
+    // Build packages
+    execCommand('npm run build:graphql-docs', 'Building graphql-docs');
+    execCommand('npm run build:bruno-query', 'Building bruno-query');
+    execCommand('npm run build:bruno-common', 'Building bruno-common');
+
+    // Bundle JS sandbox libraries
+    execCommand(
+      'npm run sandbox:bundle-libraries --workspace=packages/bruno-js',
+      'Bundling JS sandbox libraries'
+    );
+
+    console.log(`\n${icons.success} Setup completed successfully!\n`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`\n${icons.error} Setup failed:`);
+    console.error(error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+setup().catch(error => {
+  console.error(error);
+  process.exit(1);
+});