diff --git a/tmux-thumbs-install.sh b/tmux-thumbs-install.sh
index 2bd4cde..14e625c 100755
--- a/tmux-thumbs-install.sh
+++ b/tmux-thumbs-install.sh
@@ -22,34 +22,53 @@ cat << EOF
 It looks like this is the first time you are executing tmux-thumbs
 because the binary is not present.
 
-We are going to proceed with the installation. Remember that Rust is
-a prerequisite to being able to build tmux-thumbs.
+We are going to proceed with the installation. If you have Rust preinstalled, we will try to
+compile the binary from source. Otherwise, a prebuild binary for your platform will be used.
 
 Do you want to continue?
 
 Press any key to continue...
 EOF
 
-read -s -n 1
+read -rs -n 1
 
 if ! [ -x "$(command -v cargo)" ]; then
-  echo 'Rust is not installed! ❌' >&2
-  echo 'Press any key to install it' >&2
+  platform="$(uname -s) $(uname -m)"
 
-  read -s -n 1
+  echo "Rust is not installed! Trying to install ${platform} binary..."
 
-  # This installation es provided by the official https://rustup.rs documentation
-  curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
+  sources=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/fcsonline/tmux-thumbs/releases/latest" | grep browser_download_url)
+
+  case $platform in
+    "Darwin x86_64")
+      url=$(echo "${sources}" | grep -o 'https://.*darwin.zip' | uniq)
+      curl -L "${url}" | bsdtar -xf - thumbs tmux-thumbs
+
+      ;;
+    "Linux x86_64")
+      url=$(echo "${sources}" | grep -o 'https://.*linux-musl.tar.gz' | uniq)
+      curl -L "${url}" | tar -zxf - thumbs tmux-thumbs
+
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Unknown platform: $platform"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  chmod +x thumbs tmux-thumbs
+  mkdir -p target/release
+  mv thumbs target/release
+  mv tmux-thumbs target/release
+else
+  echo 'Compiling tmux-thumbs, be patient:'
+  cargo build --release --target-dir=target
 fi
 
-echo 'Compiling tmux-thumbs, be patient:'
-
-cargo build --release --target-dir=target
-
 cat << EOF
 Installation complete! 💯
 
 Press any key to close this pane...
 EOF
 
-read -s -n 1
+read -rs -n 1
diff --git a/tmux-thumbs.sh b/tmux-thumbs.sh
index 83255d3..81f98b2 100755
--- a/tmux-thumbs.sh
+++ b/tmux-thumbs.sh
@@ -3,16 +3,12 @@ set -Eeu -o pipefail
 
 # Setup env variables to be compatible with compiled and bundled installations
 CURRENT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+RELEASE_DIR="${CURRENT_DIR}/target/release"
 
-if [ -d ${CURRENT_DIR}/.git ]; then
-  RELEASE_DIR="${CURRENT_DIR}/target/release"
-else
-  RELEASE_DIR=${CURRENT_DIR}
-fi
+THUMBS_BINARY="${RELEASE_DIR}/thumbs"
+TMUX_THUMBS_BINARY="${RELEASE_DIR}/tmux-thumbs"
 
-BINARY="${RELEASE_DIR}/thumbs"
-
-if [ ! -f "$BINARY" ]; then
+if [ ! -f "$THUMBS_BINARY" ]; then
   tmux split-window "cd ${CURRENT_DIR} && bash ./tmux-thumbs-install.sh"
   exit
 fi
@@ -50,4 +46,4 @@ add-param upcase-command string
 add-param multi-command  string
 add-param osc52          boolean
 
-"${RELEASE_DIR}/tmux-thumbs" "${PARAMS[@]}" || true
+"${TMUX_THUMBS_BINARY}" "${PARAMS[@]}" || true