diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index cce26267..9df5357c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -153,10 +153,8 @@ jobs:
           name: tools
       - name: Decompress OSX
         run: |
-          ls -la ./build
-          ls -la ./build/publish
           unzip ./squirrel-osx-x64.zip -d ./build/publish
-          ls -la ./build/publish
+          mv ./build/publish/7zz ./build/publish/bin/
       - name: Create NuGet Package
         run: |
           export NUGET_VERSION=$(nbgv get-version -f json | python3 -c "import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['NuGetPackageVersion'])")
diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index b89ab556..44353849 100644
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ dotnet publish -v minimal -c Release -r win-x86 --self-contained=true "$PSScript
 
 # Copy over all files we need
 Write-Output "Copying files to all the right places"
-Copy-Item -Path "$PSScriptRoot\vendor\7zip\*" -Destination "$BinOut" -Recurse
 Copy-Item -Path "$PSScriptRoot\vendor\wix\*" -Destination "$BinOut" -Recurse
 Copy-Item "$In\Win32\Setup.exe" -Destination "$BinOut"
 Copy-Item "$In\Win32\StubExecutable.exe" -Destination "$BinOut"
 Copy-Item "$PSScriptRoot\vendor\rcedit.exe" -Destination "$BinOut"
 Copy-Item "$PSScriptRoot\vendor\signtool.exe" -Destination "$BinOut"
 Copy-Item "$PSScriptRoot\vendor\singlefilehost.exe" -Destination "$BinOut"
+Copy-Item -Path "$PSScriptRoot\vendor\7za.exe" -Destination "$BinOut"
 
 # Clean up files we do not need to create a nuget package
 Write-Output "Cleaning up intermediate files"
diff --git a/gon.config.json b/gon.config.json
index f7657e6b..f4f267c0 100644
--- a/gon.config.json
+++ b/gon.config.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "source": [
     "./osx-build/SquirrelMac",
-    "./osx-build/UpdateMac"
+    "./osx-build/UpdateMac",
+    "./vendor/7zz"
   ],
   "bundle_id": "com.caesay.squirrel",
   "sign": {
diff --git a/src/Squirrel.CommandLine/HelperFile.cs b/src/Squirrel.CommandLine/HelperFile.cs
index 9fc90ec1..d2857a29 100644
--- a/src/Squirrel.CommandLine/HelperFile.cs
+++ b/src/Squirrel.CommandLine/HelperFile.cs
@@ -44,11 +44,15 @@ namespace Squirrel.CommandLine
         {
             var findCommand = SquirrelRuntimeInfo.IsWindows ? "where" : "which";
 
+            // first search the usual places
             foreach (var n in names) {
                 var helper = FindHelperFile(n, throwWhenNotFound: false);
                 if (helper != null)
                     return helper;
-
+            }
+            
+            // then see if there is something on the path
+            foreach (var n in names) {
                 var result = ProcessUtil.InvokeProcess(findCommand, new[] { n }, null, CancellationToken.None);
                 if (result.ExitCode == 0) {
                     return n;
diff --git a/vendor/7za.exe b/vendor/7za.exe
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9544a638
Binary files /dev/null and b/vendor/7za.exe differ
diff --git a/vendor/7zip/7z.dll b/vendor/7zip/7z.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index b32d7bf7..00000000
Binary files a/vendor/7zip/7z.dll and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/vendor/7zip/7z.exe b/vendor/7zip/7z.exe
deleted file mode 100644
index 37b8514e..00000000
Binary files a/vendor/7zip/7z.exe and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/vendor/7zz b/vendor/7zz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f28ba30
Binary files /dev/null and b/vendor/7zz differ
diff --git a/vendor/NuGet.exe b/vendor/NuGet.exe
deleted file mode 100644
index 4543b4f7..00000000
Binary files a/vendor/NuGet.exe and /dev/null differ