diff --git a/.github/linux/appimage.sh b/.github/linux/appimage.sh
index e1c23cf..c34b296 100755
--- a/.github/linux/appimage.sh
+++ b/.github/linux/appimage.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
-curl -sSfLO "https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-static-x86_64.AppImage"
+# check current arch and map it to either x86_64 or arm_aarch64
+
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+if [ "$ARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then
+  ARCH="x86_64"
+elif [ "$ARCH" == "aarch64" ]; then
+  ARCH="arm_aarch64"
+else
+  echo "Unsupported architecture: $ARCH"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+
+
+curl -sSfLO "https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-static-$ARCH.AppImage"
 curl -sSfLO "https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-gtk/raw/master/linuxdeploy-plugin-gtk.sh"
 chmod a+x linuxdeploy*
  
@@ -8,10 +22,10 @@ cp -r assets/ AppDir/usr/bin/
 cp icons/512.png AppDir/Zelda64Recompiled.png
 cp .github/linux/Zelda64Recompiled.desktop AppDir/
 
-./linuxdeploy-static-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract
+"./linuxdeploy-static-$ARCH.AppImage" --appimage-extract
 mv squashfs-root/ deploy
-ARCH=x86_64 ./deploy/AppRun --appdir=AppDir/ -d AppDir/Zelda64Recompiled.desktop -i AppDir/Zelda64Recompiled.png -e AppDir/usr/bin/Zelda64Recompiled --plugin gtk
+./deploy/AppRun --appdir=AppDir/ -d AppDir/Zelda64Recompiled.desktop -i AppDir/Zelda64Recompiled.png -e AppDir/usr/bin/Zelda64Recompiled --plugin gtk
 sed -i 's/exec/#exec/g' AppDir/AppRun
 echo 'cd "$this_dir"/usr/bin/' >> AppDir/AppRun
 echo './Zelda64Recompiled' >> AppDir/AppRun
-ARCH=x86_64 ./deploy/usr/bin/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage --appdir=AppDir
+./deploy/usr/bin/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage --appdir=AppDir
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index bd339b0..9677a44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: echo ✓
   build-unix:
     needs: authorize
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: [ ubuntu-22.04, blaze/ubuntu-22.04 ]
     strategy:
       matrix:
         type: [ Debug, Release ]