diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bac2dc0..48e8aed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules/
 .env.keys
+spec/tmp/*
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 76d210c..8a81a8e 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 VERSION="0.44.1"
 DIRECTORY="/usr/local/bin"
-RELEASES_URL="https://github.com/dotenvx/dotenvx/releases"
+REGISTRY_URL="https://registry.npmjs.org"
 INSTALL_SCRIPT_URL="https://dotenvx.sh/install.sh"
 
 #  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ filename() {
 }
 
 download_url() {
-  echo "$RELEASES_URL/download/v$VERSION/$(filename)"
+  echo "$REGISTRY_URL/@dotenvx/dotenvx-$(os_arch)/-/dotenvx-$(os_arch)-$VERSION.tgz"
 
   return 0
 }
@@ -318,12 +318,12 @@ install_dotenvx() {
   # 1. setup tmpdir
   local tmpdir=$(command mktemp -d)
 
-  # 2. download and unzip - inside pipe to support stricter installs like github actions
+  # TODO: handle dotenvx.exe when on a windows machine? binary is not package/dotenvx, it's package/dotenvx.exe
   pipe="$tmpdir/pipe"
   mkfifo "$pipe"
   curl $(progress_bar) --fail -L --proto '=https' "$(download_url)" > "$pipe" &
   sh -c "
-    tar xz --directory $(directory) < '$pipe'
+    tar xz --directory $(directory) --strip-components=1 -f '$pipe' 'package/dotenvx'
   " &
   wait
 
diff --git a/spec/install_spec.sh b/spec/install_spec.sh
index dca1360..efa9c00 100644
--- a/spec/install_spec.sh
+++ b/spec/install_spec.sh
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ Commands:
     It 'returns the combined values'
       When call download_url
       The status should equal 0
-      The output should equal "https://github.com/dotenvx/dotenvx/releases/download/v0.44.1/dotenvx-0.44.1-$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')-$(uname -m | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]').tar.gz"
+      The output should equal "https://registry.npmjs.org/@dotenvx/dotenvx-$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')-$(uname -m | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')/-/dotenvx-$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')-$(uname -m | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')-0.44.1.tgz"
     End
   End