Large increase in CPU usage after being made into an executable from PyInstaller

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Hi all,

I've created a basic program using Kivy and noticed that after creating the executable from PyInstaller the CPU usage skyrockets from the 0.0% it normally has when run as a .py file to like 25-30% when run as an executable.

Here are the .py and .spec files that I'm using:

test_window.py :

from kivy.app import App

from kivy.uix.label import Label

class TestApp(App):

   def build(self):

       return Label(text="Hello")        

if __name__ == '__main__':  

           

   test = TestApp().run()

test_window.spec

from kivy.deps import sdl2, glew

# -*- mode: python -*-

block_cipher = None

a = Analysis(['c:\\Users\\Test\\Desktop\\kivy test\\test_window.py'],

            pathex=['C:\\Users\\Test\\Desktop\\kivy test\\compile_here'],

            binaries=[],

            datas=[],

            hiddenimports=[],

            hookspath=[],

            runtime_hooks=[],

            excludes=[],

            win_no_prefer_redirects=False,

            win_private_assemblies=False,

            cipher=block_cipher,

            noarchive=False)

pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,

            cipher=block_cipher)

exe = EXE(pyz,

         a.scripts,

         [],

         exclude_binaries=True,

         name='test_window',

         debug=False,

         bootloader_ignore_signals=False,

         strip=False,

         upx=True,

         console=True )

coll = COLLECT(exe, Tree('C:\\Users\\Test\\Desktop\\kivy test\\'),

              a.binaries,

              a.zipfiles,

              a.datas,

              *[Tree(p) for p in (sdl2.dep_bins + glew.dep_bins)],

              strip=False,

              upx=True,

              name='test_window')

Is there any way to lower this or get a better idea of what is causing it to go so slowly? I tried searching this forum as well for other tips but couldn't find anything relevant.