diff --git a/projects/tart.run/package.yml b/projects/tart.run/package.yml
index 217fbb02..51c296af 100644
--- a/projects/tart.run/package.yml
+++ b/projects/tart.run/package.yml
@@ -1,34 +1,31 @@
 distributable:
-  url: https://github.com/cirruslabs/tart/archive/refs/tags/{{version}}.tar.gz
-  strip-components: 1
+  # vendoring for newer versions
+  # url: https://github.com/cirruslabs/tart/archive/refs/tags/{{version}}.tar.gz
+  url: https://github.com/cirruslabs/tart/releases/download/{{version}}/tart.tar.gz
+
+warnings:
+  - vendored
 
 versions:
-  github: cirruslabs/tart
-  # NOTE: 1.x uses non-open source license
-  # https://tart.run/blog/2023/02/11/changing-tart-license/
-  ignore: /^[1-9]/
+  github: cirruslabs/tart/releases
 
 platforms:
   - darwin/aarch64
 
-build:
-  dependencies:
-    rust-lang.org: ^1.54
-    rust-lang.org/cargo: ^0
-    # apple.com/xcode: >=14.1
-    # swift.org: 5
-  script:
-    - run: |
-        curl -L $SOFTNET | tar -zxf - --strip-components=1
-        cargo install --locked --path . --root {{prefix}}
-      working-directory: softnet
-    - swift build --disable-sandbox -c release
-    - codesign -f -s - --entitlement Resources/tart.entitlements .build/release/tart
-    - run: cp "$SRCROOT"/.build/release/tart .
-      working-directory: ${{prefix}}/bin
-  env:
-    SOFTNET: https://github.com/cirruslabs/softnet/archive/refs/tags/0.6.2.tar.gz
+#FIXME proper system for re-using pre-built binaries
+# we must require the vendor to provide signatures against a published public
+# key. If they don’t then really we should build ourselves or warn the user
+# about the fact.
+# The thing is, we trust the sources implicitly currently because signing is
+# so rare. The only way wide spread signing will occur is via our protocol.
 
+# This only works on macOS, arm64, monterey and above. It requires xcode 14.1 to build
+
+build:
+  script:
+    - mkdir -p "{{prefix}}/bin"
+    - cp -a tart.app "{{prefix}}"
+    - cp props/tart-shim "{{prefix}}"/bin/tart
 
 provides:
   - bin/tart
@@ -37,8 +34,8 @@ test:
   script:
     - ': >empty.ispw'
     - OUT=$(tart create
-        --from-ipsw empty.ipsw
-        test 2>&1 || true)
+      --from-ipsw empty.ipsw
+      test 2>&1 || true)
     - 'test "$OUT" = "Error: The restore image failed to load. Unable to create sandbox extensions."'
   env:
-    TART_HOME: $PWD
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+    TART_HOME: $PWD
diff --git a/projects/tart.run/tart-shim b/projects/tart.run/tart-shim
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bdbbc60e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/tart.run/tart-shim
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+tart="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"/tart.app/Contents/MacOS/tart
+
+exec "$tart" "$@"
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