diff --git a/bin/youtube-dl b/bin/youtube-dl
deleted file mode 100755
index 29a0f00..0000000
Binary files a/bin/youtube-dl and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eb26466..1dd5572 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@
     "bin-version-check-cli": "~2.0.0",
     "dargs": "~7.0.0",
     "execa": "~5.0.0",
-    "got": "~11.8.1",
+    "get-stream": "~6.0.0",
+    "got": "~11.8.2",
     "is-unix": "~1.0.0",
     "mkdirp": "~1.0.4",
+    "p-event": "~4.2.0",
     "p-reflect": "~2.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/scripts/postinstall.js b/scripts/postinstall.js
index 996ad65..51384ab 100644
--- a/scripts/postinstall.js
+++ b/scripts/postinstall.js
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { promisify } = require('util')
-const stream = require('stream')
+const getStream = require('get-stream')
+const fs = require('fs/promises')
+const pEvent = require('p-event')
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
+
 const got = require('got')
-const fs = require('fs')
 
-const pipeline = promisify(stream.pipeline)
+const BINARY_CONTENT_TYPES = [
+  'binary/octet-stream',
+  'application/octet-stream',
+  'application/x-binary'
+]
 
 const {
   YOUTUBE_DL_PATH,
@@ -15,27 +20,23 @@ const {
   YOUTUBE_DL_FILENAME
 } = require('../src/constants')
 
-const getBinaryUrl = async endpoint => {
-  const [{ assets }] = await got(endpoint, {
-    responseType: 'json',
-    resolveBodyOnly: true
-  })
+const getBinary = async url => {
+  const stream = got.stream(url)
+  const response = await pEvent(stream, 'response')
+  const contentType = response.headers['content-type']
+
+  if (BINARY_CONTENT_TYPES.includes(contentType)) {
+    return getStream(stream, { encoding: 'buffer' })
+  }
 
+  const [{ assets }] = JSON.parse(await getStream(stream))
   const { browser_download_url: downloadUrl } = assets.find(
     ({ name }) => name === YOUTUBE_DL_FILENAME
   )
-  return downloadUrl
-}
 
-const main = async url => {
-  await mkdirp(YOUTUBE_DL_DIR)
-  return pipeline(
-    got.stream(url),
-    fs.createWriteStream(YOUTUBE_DL_PATH, { mode: 493 })
-  )
+  return got(downloadUrl).buffer()
 }
 
-getBinaryUrl(YOUTUBE_DL_HOST)
-  .then(main)
-  .then(message => message && console.log(message))
+Promise.all([getBinary(YOUTUBE_DL_HOST), mkdirp(YOUTUBE_DL_DIR)])
+  .then(([buffer]) => fs.writeFile(YOUTUBE_DL_PATH, buffer, { mode: 493 }))
   .catch(err => console.error(err.message || err))
diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index 462b112..d8622d3 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const PLATFORM_WIN = 'windows'
 const PLATFORM_UNIX = 'unix'
 
 const YOUTUBE_DL_HOST =
-  process.env.YOUTUBE_DL_YOUTUBE_DL_HOST ||
+  process.env.YOUTUBE_DL_HOST ||
   'https://api.github.com/repos/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases?per_page=1'
 
 const YOUTUBE_DL_DIR =