diff --git a/pkg/packagekit/wix/service.go b/pkg/packagekit/wix/service.go
index f6b42bc55..3335816d5 100644
--- a/pkg/packagekit/wix/service.go
+++ b/pkg/packagekit/wix/service.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func NewService(matchString string, opts ...ServiceOpt) *Service {
 
 	s := &Service{
 		matchString: matchString,
-		// one count for arm64 and ond for amd64
+		// one count for arm64, one for amd64
 		expectedCount:  2,
 		count:          0,
 		serviceInstall: si,
diff --git a/pkg/packagekit/wix/wix.go b/pkg/packagekit/wix/wix.go
index d72dc3ddd..d92aa890a 100644
--- a/pkg/packagekit/wix/wix.go
+++ b/pkg/packagekit/wix/wix.go
@@ -244,15 +244,19 @@ func (wo *wixTool) addServices(ctx context.Context) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if strings.Contains(line, "Directory") {
+		// the directory tag will like like "<Directory Id="xxxx"...>"
+		// so we just check for the first part of the string
+		if strings.Contains(line, "<Directory") {
 			if strings.Contains(line, string(amd64)) {
-				// were in a arch specific bin dir that we want to remove so when we hit closing tag, we'll skip it
+				// were in a arch specific bin dir that we want to remove, skip opening tag
+				// and set current arch specific bin dir so we'll skip closing tag as well
 				currentArchSpecificBinDir = amd64
 				continue
 			}
 
 			if strings.Contains(line, string(arm64)) {
-				// were in a arch specific bin dir that we want to remove so when we hit closing tag, we'll skip it
+				// were in a arch specific bin dir that we want to remove, skip opening tag
+				// and set current arch specific bin dir so we'll skip closing tag as well
 				currentArchSpecificBinDir = arm64
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/packaging/detectLauncherVersion.go b/pkg/packaging/detectLauncherVersion.go
index 3176acba4..169e83f5c 100644
--- a/pkg/packaging/detectLauncherVersion.go
+++ b/pkg/packaging/detectLauncherVersion.go
@@ -19,12 +19,7 @@ func (p *PackageOptions) detectLauncherVersion(ctx context.Context) error {
 	logger := log.With(ctxlog.FromContext(ctx), "library", "detectLauncherVersion")
 	level.Debug(logger).Log("msg", "Attempting launcher autodetection")
 
-	binDir := filepath.Join(p.packageRoot, p.binDir)
-	if p.target.Platform != Darwin {
-		binDir = filepath.Join(binDir, string(p.target.Arch))
-	}
-
-	launcherPath := p.launcherLocation(binDir)
+	launcherPath := p.launcherLocation(filepath.Join(p.packageRoot, p.binDir, string(p.target.Arch)))
 
 	stdout, err := p.execOut(ctx, launcherPath, "-version")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -56,8 +51,9 @@ func (p *PackageOptions) detectLauncherVersion(ctx context.Context) error {
 // fall back to the common location if it doesn't.
 func (p *PackageOptions) launcherLocation(binDir string) string {
 	if p.target.Platform == Darwin {
-		// We want /usr/local/Kolide.app, not /usr/local/bin/Kolide.app, so we use Dir to strip out `bin`
-		appBundleBinaryPath := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(binDir), "Kolide.app", "Contents", "MacOS", "launcher")
+		// We want /usr/local/Kolide.app, not /usr/local/bin/universal/Kolide.app, so we use Dir to strip out `bin`
+		// and universal
+		appBundleBinaryPath := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(filepath.Dir(binDir)), "Kolide.app", "Contents", "MacOS", "launcher")
 		if info, err := os.Stat(appBundleBinaryPath); err == nil && !info.IsDir() {
 			return appBundleBinaryPath
 		}