diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 416753e..5da09e6 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -10,17 +10,21 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
         common.link_libc = true;
     }
 
+    const strip = if (optimize == std.builtin.OptimizeMode.ReleaseSafe) true else null;
+
     const zigvm = b.addExecutable(.{
         .name = "zigvm",
         .root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig"),
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
+        .strip = strip,
     });
     const zig = b.addExecutable(.{
         .name = "zig",
         .root_source_file = b.path("src/zig//main.zig"),
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
+        .strip = strip,
     });
 
     zigvm.root_module.addImport("common", common);
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 5138c1e..6f8a94d 100644
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -15,23 +15,16 @@ OS=$(uname -s | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
 ARCH=$(uname -m | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
 
 curl -L https://github.com/AMythicDev/zigvm/releases/download/v0.1.0/zigvm-0.1.0-${ARCH}-${OS}.zip > /tmp/zigvm.zip
-unzip /tmp/zigvm.zip
-
-mv zigvm-0.1.0-${ARCH}-${OS}/zigvm $ZIGVM_ROOT_DIR/bin/
-mv zigvm-0.1.0-${ARCH}-${OS}/zig $ZIGVM_ROOT_DIR/bin/
-
-chmod 755 $ZIGVM_ROOT_DIR/bin/zigvm 
-chmod 755 $ZIGVM_ROOT_DIR/bin/zig
+unzip /tmp/zigvm.zip -d $ZIGVM_ROOT_DIR/bin/ 
 
 echo "Installing zig stable"
 $ZIGVM_ROOT_DIR/bin/zigvm install stable
 echo "Setting default version to stable"
 $ZIGVM_ROOT_DIR/bin/zigvm override default stable
 
-
 DEFAULT_SHELL=$(getent passwd arijit | awk -F: '{ print($NF) } ' | awk -F/ '{ print ($NF) }')
 
-case DEFAULT_SHELL in
+case $DEFAULT_SHELL in
   "bash")
     echo 'export PATH=$PATH:'$ZIGVM_ROOT_DIR/bin >> $HOME/.bashrc
     ;;
@@ -44,9 +37,9 @@ case DEFAULT_SHELL in
   *)
     echo "Cannot write to shell rc file. Unknown shell" 1>&2;
     echo "You need to manually add {$ZIGVM_ROOT_DIR}/bin to ensure zigvm can be called from anywhere."
+    ;;
 esac
 
 echo 'export PATH=$PATH:'$ZIGVM_ROOT_DIR/bin/ >> $HOME/.profile
 
-echo "\033[0;33;1mzigvm installed successfully"
-echo "Please restart your terminal for changes to take effect."
+echo -e "\033[0;33;1mzigvm installed successfully\nPlease restart your terminal for changes to take effect.\033[0m"
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 58a0974..bd09849 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ fn install_release(alloc: Allocator, client: *Client, releases: json.Value, rel:
     var try_tarball_file = cp.download_dir.openFile(tarball_dw_filename, .{});
 
     if (try_tarball_file == File.OpenError.FileNotFound) {
-        var tarball = try cp.download_dir.createFile(tarball_dw_filename, .{});
-        defer tarball.close();
+        var tarball = try cp.download_dir.createFile(tarball_dw_filename, .{ .read = true });
 
         var tarball_writer = std.io.bufferedWriter(tarball.writer());
         try download_tarball(
@@ -97,13 +96,15 @@ fn install_release(alloc: Allocator, client: *Client, releases: json.Value, rel:
             &tarball_writer,
             tarball_size,
         );
-        try_tarball_file = cp.download_dir.createFile(tarball_dw_filename, .{});
+        try_tarball_file = tarball;
+        try tarball.seekTo(0);
     } else {
         std.log.info("Found already existing tarball, using that", .{});
     }
 
     const tarball_file = try try_tarball_file;
     defer tarball_file.close();
+
     var tarball_reader = std.io.bufferedReader(tarball_file.reader());
     const hash_matched = try utils.check_hash(target.object.get("shasum").?.string[0..64], tarball_reader.reader());
 
diff --git a/z.py b/z.py
index cdfac9f..7ac92ee 100755
--- a/z.py
+++ b/z.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ def make_release():
         print(f"Building for {target}")
         target_dir = "zigvm-" + VERSION + "-" + target
         subprocess.run(["zig", "build", "install", "--prefix", "releases/",
-                       "--prefix-exe-dir", target_dir, "--release=safe"])
+                       "--prefix-exe-dir", target_dir, "--release=safe",
+                        f"-Dtarget={target}"])
         shutil.make_archive("releases/" + target_dir,
                             "zip", "releases/" + target_dir)