diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 9418aec..bc605d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PYTHONUNBUFFERED: 1
         run: |
-          sudo chown -R 0:0 src jlmkr.py ./test/test-jlmkr
+          python3 -m zipapp src/jlmkr -p "/usr/bin/env python3" -o jlmkr
+          sudo chown 0:0 jlmkr ./test/test-jlmkr
           sudo bash ./test/test-jlmkr
           sudo ./test/test.sh
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c6dbf4..0e3c632 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ dist/
 # jail-specific
 /.lxc/
 /jails/
+jlmkr
 
 # Mac-specific
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/jlmkr.py b/jlmkr.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 3554b0d..0000000
--- a/jlmkr.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2024 Jip-Hop and the Jailmakers <https://github.com/Jip-Hop/jailmaker>
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    import subprocess
-    import sys
-    import os
-
-    # Get the path of the currently running script
-    current_path = os.path.realpath(__file__)
-
-    # Define the relative path you want to resolve
-    relative_path = "src/jlmkr"
-
-    # Resolve the relative path
-    script_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(current_path), relative_path)
-    
-    # Get the arguments passed to the current script
-    args = sys.argv[1:]
-
-    # Pass all arguments to the other script using subprocess
-    subprocess.run(["python3", script_path] + args, check=True)
-    
diff --git a/test/test-jlmkr b/test/test-jlmkr
index bc87295..f4c4bb8 100755
--- a/test/test-jlmkr
+++ b/test/test-jlmkr
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ if [[ -z "$JLMKR_PATH" && -n "$SCALE_POOL_ROOT" ]]; then
 elif [[ -z "$JLMKR_PATH" ]]; then
     JLMKR_PATH=${PWD:-.}
 fi
-if [[ ! -r "$JLMKR_PATH/jlmkr.py" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -r "$JLMKR_PATH/jlmkr" ]]; then
     >&2 printf "%s\n" \
-	"couldn't find jlmkr.py. Are you running from the jailmaker directory?" \
+	"couldn't find jlmkr. Are you running from the jailmaker directory?" \
 	"If not, setup either JLMKR_PATH or SCALE_POOL_ROOT" \
 	""
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ WAIT_FOR_JAIL=${WAIT_FOR_JAIL:-4s}
 
 #### Functions
 jlmkr () {
-    /usr/bin/env python3 "$JLMKR_PATH/jlmkr.py" "${@:---help}"
+    "$JLMKR_PATH/jlmkr" "${@:---help}"
 }
 
 iterate () {
diff --git a/test/test.sh b/test/test.sh
index 04a2aef..c9b3ec9 100755
--- a/test/test.sh
+++ b/test/test.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: test jlmkr.py from inside another working directory, with a relative path to a config file to test if it uses the config file (and doesn't look for it relative to the jlmkr.py file itself)
 
-./jlmkr.py create --start --config=./templates/docker/config test
-./jlmkr.py exec test docker run hello-world
+./jlmkr create --start --config=./templates/docker/config test
+./jlmkr exec test docker run hello-world