diff --git a/download_zig.sh b/download_zig.sh
index 34ded3bfc3c51a4ece1aa870f41e8a3d7336c342..cfe4525d4e1dcb52e4550d99fb497e7b8556f58b 100755
--- a/download_zig.sh
+++ b/download_zig.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@ else
     wget https://ziglang.org/download/$version/$file
 fi
 
-mkdir /zig
-tar -xf $file -C /zig
-ln -s /zig/zig /usr/local/bin
+tar -xf $file
+ln -s /$dir/zig /usr/local/bin