diff --git a/build.zig.version b/build.zig.version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e815b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig.version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.15.1
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 890faf7..1c7b692 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 .{
     .name = .thespian,
     .version = "0.0.1",
-    .minimum_zig_version = "0.15.2",
     .fingerprint = 0xe9ff00fd8e4e01a3,
 
     .dependencies = .{
         .cbor = .{
-            .url = "git+https://github.com/neurocyte/cbor?ref=master#b6fc137250b7d3f70459652ee78c7b6cd9ad2826",
-            .hash = "cbor-1.0.0-RcQE_HwwAQAiNkKC9ezLxHUMkWgHeVa3QyTfv4hi3VZR",
+            .url = "git+https://github.com/neurocyte/cbor?ref=master#7d2eeb68c8a2fb3f4d6baad6cc04c521b92974c0",
+            .hash = "cbor-1.0.0-RcQE_AswAQAPlqBCZXYQf9DZXn-0Ubt8Mk03ZcJWcsAG",
         },
         .asio = .{
             .url = "git+https://github.com/neurocyte/asio#0f1cbf24e5fb6fabe7078a20b76452f42e24a0df",
diff --git a/cdb b/cdb
deleted file mode 100755
index 8cceff5..0000000
--- a/cdb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-rm -rf .zig-cache
-rm -rf .cache/cdb
-mkdir -p .cache/cdb
-
-zig build
-
-(
-    echo \[
-    cat .cache/cdb/*
-    echo {}\]
-) | perl -0777 -pe 's/,\n\{\}//igs' | jq . | grep -v 'no-default-config' >compile_commands.json
-exit 0
diff --git a/zig b/zig
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0e45eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zig
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+
+BASEDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+ZIGDIR=$BASEDIR/.cache/zig
+VERSION=$(<build.zig.version)
+
+OS=$(uname)
+
+if [ "$OS" == "Linux" ]; then
+    OS=linux
+elif [ "$OS" == "Darwin" ]; then
+    OS=macos
+elif [ "$OS" == "FreeBSD" ]; then
+    OS=freebsd
+    if [ "$ARCH" == "amd64" ]; then
+        ARCH=x86_64
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ "$ARCH" == "arm64" ]; then
+    ARCH=aarch64
+fi
+
+ZIGVER="zig-$ARCH-$OS-$VERSION"
+ZIG=$ZIGDIR/$ZIGVER/zig
+
+if [ "$1" == "update" ]; then
+    curl -L --silent https://ziglang.org/download/index.json | jq -r '.master | .version' >build.zig.version
+    NEWVERSION=$(<build.zig.version)
+
+    if [ "$VERSION" != "$NEWVERSION" ]; then
+        echo "zig version updated from $VERSION to $NEWVERSION"
+        echo "rebuilding to update cdb..."
+        $0 cdb
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    echo "zig version $VERSION is up-to-date"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+get_zig() {
+    (
+        mkdir -p "$ZIGDIR"
+        cd "$ZIGDIR"
+        TARBALL="https://ziglang.org/download/$VERSION/$ZIGVER.tar.xz"
+        if echo "$VERSION" | grep '\-dev\.' >&/dev/null; then
+            TARBALL="https://ziglang.org/builds/$ZIGVER.tar.xz"
+        fi
+        if [ ! -d "$ZIGVER" ]; then
+            curl "$TARBALL" | tar -xJ
+        fi
+    )
+}
+get_zig
+
+if [ "$1" == "cdb" ]; then
+    rm -rf .zig-cache
+    rm -rf .cache/cdb
+
+    $ZIG build
+
+    (
+        echo \[
+        cat .cache/cdb/*
+        echo {}\]
+    ) | perl -0777 -pe 's/,\n\{\}//igs' | jq . | grep -v 'no-default-config' >compile_commands.json
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+exec $ZIG "$@"