diff --git a/crates/hyfetch/build.rs b/crates/hyfetch/build.rs
index 32d41759..95f93251 100644
--- a/crates/hyfetch/build.rs
+++ b/crates/hyfetch/build.rs
@@ -25,18 +25,20 @@ impl AsciiDistro {
     }
 }
 
+fn anything_that_exist(paths: &[&Path]) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    paths.iter().copied().find(|p| p.exists()).map(Path::to_path_buf)
+}
+
 fn main() {
     // Path hack to make file paths work in both workspace and manifest directory
     let dir = PathBuf::from(env::var_os("CARGO_WORKSPACE_DIR").unwrap_or_else(|| env::var_os("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap()));
     let o = PathBuf::from(env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
 
-    // Ensure output directory exists
-    if !o.exists() {
-        fs::create_dir_all(&o).expect("Failed to create OUT_DIR");
-    }
-
     for file in &["neofetch", "hyfetch"] {
-        let src = dir.join(file);
+        let src = anything_that_exist(&[
+            &dir.join(file),
+            &dir.join("/../../").join(file),
+        ]).expect("couldn't find neofetch");
         let dst = o.join(file);
         println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", src.display());
 
@@ -45,19 +47,7 @@ fn main() {
             let opt = CopyOptions { overwrite: true, copy_inside: true, ..CopyOptions::default() };
             fs_extra::dir::copy(&src, &dst, &opt).expect("Failed to copy directory to OUT_DIR");
         }
-        else {
-            // Check src exists
-            if !src.exists() {
-                panic!("Source file {} does not exist", src.display());
-            }
-            // Check dst parent exists
-            if let Some(parent) = dst.parent() {
-                if !parent.exists() {
-                    fs::create_dir_all(parent).expect("Failed to create parent directory for OUT_DIR");
-                }
-            }
-            fs::copy(&src, &dst).expect("Failed to copy file to OUT_DIR");
-        }
+        else { fs::copy(&src, &dst).expect("Failed to copy file to OUT_DIR"); }
     }
 
     export_distros(&o.join("neofetch"), &o);