diff --git a/MCPClient/Sources/stdioTransport/DataChannel+StdioProcess.swift b/MCPClient/Sources/stdioTransport/DataChannel+StdioProcess.swift
index e3d83b2..8ed97fd 100644
--- a/MCPClient/Sources/stdioTransport/DataChannel+StdioProcess.swift
+++ b/MCPClient/Sources/stdioTransport/DataChannel+StdioProcess.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 import Foundation
 import JSONRPC
 import MCPInterface
@@ -76,13 +75,15 @@ extension Transport {
     let process = Process()
     // In MacOS, zsh is the default since macOS Catalina 10.15.7. We can safely assume it is available.
     process.launchPath = "/bin/zsh"
+
     if let executable = path(for: executable, env: env) {
+      // If executable is found directly, use user-provided env or current process env
+      process.environment = env ?? ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment
       let command = "\(executable) \(args.joined(separator: " "))"
       process.arguments = ["-c"] + [command]
-      process.environment = env ?? ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment
     } else {
-      // If we cannot locate the executable, try loading the default environment for zsh, as the current process might not have the correct PATH.
-      process.environment = try loadZshEnvironment()
+      // If we cannot locate the executable, try loading the default environment for zsh
+      process.environment = try loadZshEnvironment(userEnv: env)
       let command = "\(executable) \(args.joined(separator: " "))"
       process.arguments = ["-c"] + [command]
     }
@@ -208,19 +209,41 @@ extension Transport {
     return executablePath
   }
 
-  private static func loadZshEnvironment() throws -> [String: String] {
-    let process = Process()
-    process.launchPath = "/bin/zsh"
-    // Those are loaded for interactive login shell by zsh:
-    // https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-do-zsh-configuration-files-work/
-    process.arguments = ["-c", "source ~/.zshenv; source ~/.zprofile; source ~/.zshrc; source ~/.zshrc; printenv"]
-    let env = try getProcessStdout(process: process)
+  private static func loadZshEnvironment(userEnv: [String: String]? = nil) throws -> [String: String] {
+    // Load shell environment as base
+    let shellProcess = Process()
+    shellProcess.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "/bin/zsh")
 
-    if let path = env?.split(separator: "\n").filter({ $0.starts(with: "PATH=") }).last {
-      return ["PATH": String(path.dropFirst("PATH=".count))]
+    // Set process environment - either use userEnv if it exists and isn't empty, or use system environment
+    if let env = userEnv, !env.isEmpty {
+      shellProcess.environment = env
     } else {
+      shellProcess.environment = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment
+    }
+
+    shellProcess.arguments = ["-ilc", "printenv"]
+
+    let outputPipe = Pipe()
+    shellProcess.standardOutput = outputPipe
+    shellProcess.standardError = Pipe()
+
+    try shellProcess.run()
+    shellProcess.waitUntilExit()
+
+    let data = outputPipe.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile()
+    guard let outputString = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) else {
+      logger.error("Failed to read environment from shell.")
       return ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment
     }
+
+    // Parse shell environment
+    return outputString
+      .split(separator: "\n")
+      .reduce(into: [String: String]()) { result, line in
+        let components = line.split(separator: "=", maxSplits: 1)
+        guard components.count == 2 else { return }
+        result[String(components[0])] = String(components[1])
+      }
   }
 
   private static func getProcessStdout(process: Process) throws -> String? {
diff --git a/MCPClientChatDemo/MCPClientChat/MCPClientChat.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/MCPClientChatDemo/MCPClientChat/MCPClientChat.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 99d7087..9af0426 100644
--- a/MCPClientChatDemo/MCPClientChat/MCPClientChat.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/MCPClientChatDemo/MCPClientChat/MCPClientChat.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 	objects = {
 
 /* Begin PBXBuildFile section */
+		7B73E9F52D814ABE00BF0CD1 /* MCPClient in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; productRef = 7B73E9F42D814ABE00BF0CD1 /* MCPClient */; };
 		7BDD62DB2D764B3D00E18088 /* SwiftAnthropic in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; productRef = 7BDD62DA2D764B3D00E18088 /* SwiftAnthropic */; };
-		7BDD62ED2D764B7C00E18088 /* MCPClient in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; productRef = 7BDD62EC2D764B7C00E18088 /* MCPClient */; };
 		7BDD644F2D7811BA00E18088 /* SwiftOpenAI in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; productRef = 7BDD644E2D7811BA00E18088 /* SwiftOpenAI */; };
 /* End PBXBuildFile section */
 
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
 			isa = PBXFrameworksBuildPhase;
 			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
 			files = (
-				7BDD62ED2D764B7C00E18088 /* MCPClient in Frameworks */,
 				7BDD644F2D7811BA00E18088 /* SwiftOpenAI in Frameworks */,
 				7BDD62DB2D764B3D00E18088 /* SwiftAnthropic in Frameworks */,
+				7B73E9F52D814ABE00BF0CD1 /* MCPClient in Frameworks */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 		};
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@
 			name = MCPClientChat;
 			packageProductDependencies = (
 				7BDD62DA2D764B3D00E18088 /* SwiftAnthropic */,
-				7BDD62EC2D764B7C00E18088 /* MCPClient */,
 				7BDD644E2D7811BA00E18088 /* SwiftOpenAI */,
+				7B73E9F42D814ABE00BF0CD1 /* MCPClient */,
 			);
 			productName = MCPClientChat;
 			productReference = 7BDD62A92D764A4A00E18088 /* MCPClientChat.app */;
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@
 			minimizedProjectReferenceProxies = 1;
 			packageReferences = (
 				7BDD62D72D764ADA00E18088 /* XCRemoteSwiftPackageReference "SwiftAnthropic" */,
-				7BDD62D82D764B1800E18088 /* XCLocalSwiftPackageReference "../../../mcp-swift-sdk" */,
 				7BDD644D2D7811B300E18088 /* XCRemoteSwiftPackageReference "SwiftOpenAI" */,
+				7B73E9F32D814ABE00BF0CD1 /* XCLocalSwiftPackageReference "../../../mcp-swift-sdk" */,
 			);
 			preferredProjectObjectVersion = 77;
 			productRefGroup = 7BDD62AA2D764A4A00E18088 /* Products */;
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
 /* End XCConfigurationList section */
 
 /* Begin XCLocalSwiftPackageReference section */
-		7BDD62D82D764B1800E18088 /* XCLocalSwiftPackageReference "../../../mcp-swift-sdk" */ = {
+		7B73E9F32D814ABE00BF0CD1 /* XCLocalSwiftPackageReference "../../../mcp-swift-sdk" */ = {
 			isa = XCLocalSwiftPackageReference;
 			relativePath = "../../../mcp-swift-sdk";
 		};
@@ -602,16 +602,15 @@
 /* End XCRemoteSwiftPackageReference section */
 
 /* Begin XCSwiftPackageProductDependency section */
+		7B73E9F42D814ABE00BF0CD1 /* MCPClient */ = {
+			isa = XCSwiftPackageProductDependency;
+			productName = MCPClient;
+		};
 		7BDD62DA2D764B3D00E18088 /* SwiftAnthropic */ = {
 			isa = XCSwiftPackageProductDependency;
 			package = 7BDD62D72D764ADA00E18088 /* XCRemoteSwiftPackageReference "SwiftAnthropic" */;
 			productName = SwiftAnthropic;
 		};
-		7BDD62EC2D764B7C00E18088 /* MCPClient */ = {
-			isa = XCSwiftPackageProductDependency;
-			package = 7BDD62D82D764B1800E18088 /* XCLocalSwiftPackageReference "../../../mcp-swift-sdk" */;
-			productName = MCPClient;
-		};
 		7BDD644E2D7811BA00E18088 /* SwiftOpenAI */ = {
 			isa = XCSwiftPackageProductDependency;
 			package = 7BDD644D2D7811B300E18088 /* XCRemoteSwiftPackageReference "SwiftOpenAI" */;
diff --git a/MCPClientChatDemo/MCPClientChat/MCPClientChat.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved b/MCPClientChatDemo/MCPClientChat/MCPClientChat.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
index ffdaaf7..bd90525 100644
--- a/MCPClientChatDemo/MCPClientChat/MCPClientChat.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
+++ b/MCPClientChatDemo/MCPClientChat/MCPClientChat.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 {
-  "originHash" : "ea89bc09a647584f246cc2ccc1334b5e579f0d3a53f72aa83011d8c436a3060f",
+  "originHash" : "cce6852fb88fdb9dea165eaa0f67690c423dc6b8f55b0b5fc6ee4cb95709df9b",
   "pins" : [
     {
       "identity" : "jsonrpc",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
-      "location" : "https://github.com/ChimeHQ/JSONRPC",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/gsabran/JSONRPC",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "ef61a695bafa0e07080dadac65a0c59b37880548"
+        "revision" : "56c936de4e4385287dc18f260557dbdf443a55bd",
+        "version" : "0.9.1"
       }
     },
     {