diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8689d11..741d9c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 ##### sorted by Precedence
 
 - zig.ver: A file that contains the zig version, nothing more.
+- build.zig.zon: More specifically the minimum_zig_version option
 - (zigd directory)/config
 
 ### In the config there is also an order
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ default=0.13.0
 
 ### Fun fact, if you are in `/home/john/work/some_project/some_deeper_project`, it will still return 0.5.0, because zigd searches for paths recursively! :O 
 
+## Build
+
+### `zig build`
+
 ## An Example Usage
 
 ```
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b31e289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.{
+    .name = "zigd",
+    .version = "0.0.2",
+    .minimum_zig_version = "0.13.0",
+    .paths = .{
+        "build.zig",
+        "build.zig.zon",
+        "src",
+        "LICENSE",
+        "README.md",
+    },
+}
diff --git a/src/utils.zig b/src/utils.zig
index 8b8ec09..71e37a3 100644
--- a/src/utils.zig
+++ b/src/utils.zig
@@ -58,6 +58,20 @@ pub inline fn createDirectoryIgnoreExist(path: []const u8) !void {
     };
 }
 
+pub inline fn existsReadFileCwd(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, cwd_path: []const u8) !?[]u8 {
+    return std.fs.cwd().readFileAlloc(allocator, cwd_path, std.math.maxInt(usize)) catch |e| switch (e) {
+        std.fs.File.OpenError.FileNotFound => null,
+        else => e,
+    };
+}
+
+pub inline fn existsReadFileCwdSentinel(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, cwd_path: [:0]const u8) !?[:0]u8 {
+    return std.fs.cwd().readFileAllocOptions(allocator, cwd_path, std.math.maxInt(usize), null, 1, 0) catch |e| switch (e) {
+        std.fs.File.OpenError.FileNotFound => null,
+        else => e,
+    };
+}
+
 pub inline fn createDirectoryIfNotExist(path: []const u8) !void {
     try std.fs.cwd().makePath(path);
 }
diff --git a/src/zigd.version b/src/zigd.version
index 8a9ecc2..7bcd0e3 100644
--- a/src/zigd.version
+++ b/src/zigd.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.1
\ No newline at end of file
+0.0.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/zigdcli.zig b/src/zigdcli.zig
index bf2b8b8..f5c405d 100644
--- a/src/zigdcli.zig
+++ b/src/zigdcli.zig
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ fn install(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, args: []const []const u8) !void {
     }
 
     var zig_version = try zigdcore.ZigVersion.parse(allocator, args[2], &user_arg, false);
-    defer zig_version.deinitIfMasterOrZigver(allocator);
+    defer zig_version.deinitIfMasterOrZigverOrZonver(allocator);
 
     try std.io.getStdOut().writer().print("Installing zig version {s}\n", .{zig_version});
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ fn exists(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, args: []const []const u8) !void {
     defer allocator.free(zigd_path);
 
     var zig_version = try zigdcore.ZigVersion.parse(allocator, args[2], &user_arg, false);
-    defer zig_version.deinitIfMasterOrZigver(allocator);
+    defer zig_version.deinitIfMasterOrZigverOrZonver(allocator);
 
     const version_path = try std.fs.path.join(allocator, &.{ zigd_path, "versions", args[2] });
     defer allocator.free(version_path);
diff --git a/src/zigdcore.zig b/src/zigdcore.zig
index 822e61c..d31e04e 100644
--- a/src/zigdcore.zig
+++ b/src/zigdcore.zig
@@ -49,19 +49,19 @@ pub fn install_zig(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, download_url: []const u8, insta
         const w_path_duped = try allocator.dupe(u8, w_path.name);
         defer allocator.free(w_path_duped);
 
-        if ((try tempstrg.next()) != null)    
+        if ((try tempstrg.next()) != null)
             return error.InstallationWasSabotaged;
 
         try temporary_storage.rename(w_path_duped, final_destination);
         temporary_storage.close();
         try std.fs.cwd().deleteDir(temp_name);
-    } else {    
+    } else {
         var final_dest_dir = try std.fs.openDirAbsolute(final_destination, .{});
         defer final_dest_dir.close();
 
         var xz_decompressor = try std.compress.xz.decompress(allocator, req.reader());
         defer xz_decompressor.deinit();
-    
+
         try std.tar.pipeToFileSystem(final_dest_dir, xz_decompressor.reader(), .{ .strip_components = 1 });
     }
     return;
@@ -121,9 +121,10 @@ pub const ZigVersion = struct {
 
     pub const Source = union(enum) {
         UserArg, // Zigd Cli exclusive
-        Zigver,
-        WorkspaceVer,
-        DefaultVer,
+        Zigver, // zig.ver file
+        Zonver, // build.zig.zon, minimum_zig_version field
+        WorkspaceVer, // config, path
+        DefaultVer, // config, default
         Master: *Source,
     };
 
@@ -164,9 +165,9 @@ pub const ZigVersion = struct {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn deinitIfMasterOrZigver(self: @This(), allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
+    pub fn deinitIfMasterOrZigverOrZonver(self: @This(), allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
         switch (self.source) {
-            .Master, .Zigver => allocator.free(self.as_string),
+            .Master, .Zigver, .Zonver => allocator.free(self.as_string),
             else => {},
         }
     }
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ pub fn getZigdPath(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
                 break :v try std.fs.path.join(allocator, &.{ userprofile, ".zigd" });
             }
         }
-        
+
         if (env_map.get("HOME")) |home| {
             break :v try std.fs.path.join(allocator, &.{ home, ".zigd" });
         }
diff --git a/src/zigdemu.zig b/src/zigdemu.zig
index bb33ceb..dddc8d6 100644
--- a/src/zigdemu.zig
+++ b/src/zigdemu.zig
@@ -22,39 +22,48 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer config.deinit();
 
     var zig_version: zigdcore.ZigVersion = v: {
-        const zig_ver = std.fs.cwd().readFileAlloc(allocator, "zig.ver", 1 << 21) catch |e| switch (e) {
-            std.fs.File.OpenError.FileNotFound => {
-                const absolute_cwd = try std.fs.cwd().realpathAlloc(allocator, ".");
-                defer allocator.free(absolute_cwd);
-
-                if (config.recursive_search_for_workspace_version(absolute_cwd)) |workspace_version| {
-                    break :v zigdcore.ZigVersion{
-                        .as_string = workspace_version,
-                        .source = .WorkspaceVer,
-                    };
-                }
-
-                if (config.default) |default_version| {
-                    break :v zigdcore.ZigVersion{
-                        .as_string = default_version,
-                        .source = .DefaultVer,
-                    };
-                }
-
-                std.log.err("No default, workspace, or zig.ver version was found.", .{});
-                return;
-            },
-            else => return e,
-        };
+        if (try utils.existsReadFileCwd(allocator, "zig.ver")) |zig_ver| {
+            // Can't error so no need for errdefer in this scope
+            break :v zigdcore.ZigVersion{
+                .as_string = zig_ver,
+                .source = .Zigver,
+            };
+        }
 
-        break :v zigdcore.ZigVersion{
-            .as_string = zig_ver,
-            .source = .Zigver,
-        };
+        if (try utils.existsReadFileCwdSentinel(allocator, "build.zig.zon")) |build_zig_zon| {
+            defer allocator.free(build_zig_zon);
+
+            if (try zon_minimum_version(allocator, build_zig_zon)) |zonver| {
+                break :v zigdcore.ZigVersion{
+                    .as_string = zonver,
+                    .source = .Zonver,
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
+        const absolute_cwd = try std.fs.cwd().realpathAlloc(allocator, ".");
+        defer allocator.free(absolute_cwd);
+
+        if (config.recursive_search_for_workspace_version(absolute_cwd)) |workspace_version| {
+            break :v zigdcore.ZigVersion{
+                .as_string = workspace_version,
+                .source = .WorkspaceVer,
+            };
+        }
+
+        if (config.default) |default_version| {
+            break :v zigdcore.ZigVersion{
+                .as_string = default_version,
+                .source = .DefaultVer,
+            };
+        }
+
+        std.log.err("No default, workspace, or zig.ver version was found.", .{});
+        return;
     };
 
     zig_version = try zigdcore.ZigVersion.parse(allocator, zig_version.as_string, &zig_version.source, true);
-    defer zig_version.deinitIfMasterOrZigver(allocator);
+    defer zig_version.deinitIfMasterOrZigverOrZonver(allocator);
 
     const zig_binary_path = try std.fs.path.join(allocator, &.{ zigd_path, "versions", zig_version.as_string, "zig" ++ utils.binary_ext });
     defer allocator.free(zig_binary_path);
@@ -176,3 +185,56 @@ const Config = struct {
         self.allocator.free(self.contents);
     }
 };
+
+// Caller frees the returned memory
+fn zon_minimum_version(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, zon_contents: [:0]u8) !?[]const u8 {
+    var ast = try std.zig.Ast.parse(allocator, zon_contents, .zon);
+    defer ast.deinit(allocator);
+
+    var ast_buf: [2]std.zig.Ast.Node.Index = undefined;
+    const root = ast.fullStructInit(&ast_buf, ast.nodes.items(.data)[0].lhs) orelse return error.ZonParseError;
+
+    for (root.ast.fields) |field_idx| {
+        const field_name = try parseFieldName(allocator, ast, field_idx);
+        defer allocator.free(field_name);
+
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, field_name, "minimum_zig_version")) {
+            return try parseString(allocator, ast, field_idx);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
+
+// Caller frees memory
+fn parseString(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, ast: std.zig.Ast, idx: std.zig.Ast.Node.Index) ![]const u8 {
+    const node_tags = ast.nodes.items(.tag);
+    const main_tokens = ast.nodes.items(.main_token);
+    if (node_tags[idx] != .string_literal) {
+        return error.ExpectedStringLiteral;
+    }
+    const str_lit_token = main_tokens[idx];
+    const token_bytes = ast.tokenSlice(str_lit_token);
+    return try parseStrLit(allocator, token_bytes, 0);
+}
+
+// Caller frees memory
+inline fn parseStrLit(
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    bytes: []const u8,
+    offset: u32,
+) ![]u8 {
+    return try std.zig.string_literal.parseAlloc(allocator, bytes[offset..]);
+}
+
+fn parseFieldName(
+    alloc: std.mem.Allocator,
+    ast: std.zig.Ast,
+    idx: std.zig.Ast.Node.Index,
+) ![]const u8 {
+    const name = ast.tokenSlice(ast.firstToken(idx) - 2);
+    return if (name[0] == '@') // Escaping something, like @"hello bois"
+        try std.zig.string_literal.parseAlloc(alloc, name[1..])
+    else
+        try alloc.dupe(u8, name);
+}