diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0e46956..813c209 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PREFIX ?= /usr
 
-install: nix-bundle.sh nix-run.sh appdir.nix appimagetool.nix appimage.nix AppRun.c appimage-top.nix default.nix appdir.sh nix2appimage.sh nix-user-chroot/
+install: nix-bundle.sh nix-run.sh appdir.nix appimagetool.nix appimage.nix AppRun.c appimage-top.nix default.nix appdir.sh nix2appimage.sh nix-user-chroot/ top.nix
 	mkdir -p ${PREFIX}/share/nix-bundle/
 	cp -r $^ ${PREFIX}/share/nix-bundle/
diff --git a/appimage.nix b/appimage.nix
index 49bfe6c..693f982 100644
--- a/appimage.nix
+++ b/appimage.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "appimage";
   buildInputs = [ appimagetool ];
   buildCommand = ''
-    ARCH=x86_64 appimagetool ${dir}/*.AppDir
+    cp -r ${dir}/* .
+    chmod +w *.AppDir
+    ARCH=x86_64 appimagetool *.AppDir
     mkdir $out
     cp *.AppImage $out
   '';
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 4d628c6..3b90c89 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{nixpkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
+{nixpkgs ? import ./top.nix}:
 
 with nixpkgs;
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ rec {
     stdenv.mkDerivation {
       name = "arx";
       buildCommand = ''
-        ${haskellPackages.arx}/bin/arx tmpx ${archive} -o $out // ${startup}
+        ${nixpkgs.haskellPackages.arx}/bin/arx tmpx -rm! ${archive} -o $out // ${startup}
         chmod +x $out
       '';
     };
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ rec {
     postFixup = ''
       exe=$out/bin/nix-user-chroot
       patchelf \
-        --set-interpreter .$(patchelf --print-interpreter $exe) \
+        --set-interpreter .${musl}/lib/libc.so \
         --set-rpath $(patchelf --print-rpath $exe | sed 's|/nix/store/|./nix/store/|g') \
         $exe
     '';
@@ -74,12 +74,6 @@ rec {
       targets = [ "${script}" ] ++ extraTargets;
     };
 
-  nix-bootstrap-nix = {target, run, extraTargets ? []}:
-    nix-bootstrap-path {
-      inherit target run;
-      extraTargets = [ gnutar bzip2 xz gzip coreutils bash ];
-    };
-
   # special case adding path to the environment before launch
   nix-bootstrap-path = let
     nix-user-chroot'' = targets: nix-user-chroot.overrideDerivation (o: {
diff --git a/nix-bundle.sh b/nix-bundle.sh
index 8bece2a..2207195 100755
--- a/nix-bundle.sh
+++ b/nix-bundle.sh
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ elif ! [ -z "$extraTargets" ]; then
     bootstrap=nix-bootstrap-path
 fi
 
-expr="with import <nixpkgs> {}; with import $nix_file {}; $bootstrap { target = $target; extraTargets = [ $extraTargets ]; run = \"$exec\"; }"
+expr="with import ./top.nix; with import $nix_file {}; $bootstrap { target = ($target); extraTargets = [ $extraTargets ]; run = \"$exec\"; }"
 
+echo "$expr"
 out=$(nix-store --no-gc-warning -r $(nix-instantiate --no-gc-warning -E "$expr"))
 
 if [ -z "$out" ]; then
diff --git a/nix.nix b/nix.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..475b702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+with import ./top.nix;
+with import ./default.nix {};
+
+nix-bootstrap-path {
+  run = "/bin/nix";
+  target = (nix.overrideAttrs (o: {
+        buildInputs = [ curl openssl sqlite libseccomp libsodium ];
+        doCheck = false;
+        doInstallCheck = false;
+        preConfigure = (o.preConfigure or "") + ''
+          NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE+=" -g0"
+          configureFlagsArray+=(--with-sandbox-shell=${bash}/bin/bash)
+        '';
+        propagatedBuildInputs = [gnutar bzip2 xz gzip coreutils bash boehmgc];
+  }));
+  extraTargets = [coreutils bzip2 xz gzip gnutar bash];
+}
diff --git a/top.nix b/top.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a1d0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/top.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+import <nixpkgs> { localSystem = { config = "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"; }; }