diff --git a/src/swapper.rs b/src/swapper.rs
index aff33e1..cb5f21a 100644
--- a/src/swapper.rs
+++ b/src/swapper.rs
@@ -210,11 +210,10 @@ impl<'a> Swapper<'a> {
     };
 
     let pane_command = format!(
-        "tmux capture-pane -t {active_pane_id} -p{scroll_params} | tail -n {height} | {dir}/target/release/thumbs -f '%U:%H' -t {tmp} {args}; tmux swap-pane -t {active_pane_id}; {zoom_command} tmux wait-for -S {signal}",
+        "tmux capture-pane -t {active_pane_id} -p{scroll_params} | tail -n {height} | @@replace-me@@/thumbs -f '%U:%H' -t {tmp} {args}; tmux swap-pane -t {active_pane_id}; {zoom_command} tmux wait-for -S {signal}",
         active_pane_id = active_pane_id,
         scroll_params = scroll_params,
         height = self.active_pane_height.unwrap_or(i32::MAX),
-        dir = self.dir,
         tmp = TMP_FILE,
         args = args.join(" "),
         zoom_command = zoom_command,
diff --git a/tmux-thumbs.sh b/tmux-thumbs.sh
index 92d5625..c6300c7 100755
--- a/tmux-thumbs.sh
+++ b/tmux-thumbs.sh
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ add-param command        string
 add-param upcase-command string
 add-param osc52          boolean
 
-"${CURRENT_DIR}/target/release/tmux-thumbs" "${PARAMS[@]}" || true
+@@replace-me@@ "${PARAMS[@]}" || true
diff --git a/tmux-thumbs.tmux b/tmux-thumbs.tmux
index 4fc9355..87c5346 100755
--- a/tmux-thumbs.tmux
+++ b/tmux-thumbs.tmux
@@ -8,9 +8,3 @@ THUMBS_KEY="$(tmux show-option -gqv @thumbs-key)"
 THUMBS_KEY=${THUMBS_KEY:-$DEFAULT_THUMBS_KEY}
 
 tmux bind-key "${THUMBS_KEY}" run-shell -b "${CURRENT_DIR}/tmux-thumbs.sh"
-
-BINARY="${CURRENT_DIR}/target/release/thumbs"
-
-if [ ! -f "$BINARY" ]; then
-  tmux split-window "cd ${CURRENT_DIR} && cargo build --release --target-dir=target && echo 'Press any key to continue...' && read -k1"
-fi