diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index b3f1511..c2b6b30 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 !.eslintrc.json
 !.mocharc.json
-!.prettierrc.json
\ No newline at end of file
+!.prettierrc.json
+!.release-please-manifest.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b832e7e..d42dbf8 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
   ".": "2.0.0-beta.0"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index de38de8..b573d9b 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 'use strict';
-const zstd = require('bindings')('zstd');
 const { promisify } = require('util');
 const { isUint8Array } = require('util/types');
 
+function load() {
+  try {
+    return require('../build/Release/zstd.node');
+  } catch {
+    return require('../build/Debug/zstd.node');
+  }
+}
+
+const zstd = load();
+
 const _compress = promisify(zstd.compress);
 const _decompress = promisify(zstd.decompress);
 // Error objects created via napi don't have JS stacks; wrap them so .stack is present
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 55d1c31..28a2fd5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "bindings": "^1.5.0",
         "node-addon-api": "^4.3.0",
         "prebuild-install": "^7.1.2"
       },
@@ -1086,14 +1085,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/bindings": {
-      "version": "1.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings/-/bindings-1.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-p2q/t/mhvuOj/UeLlV6566GD/guowlr0hHxClI0W9m7MWYkL1F0hLo+0Aexs9HSPCtR1SXQ0TD3MMKrXZajbiQ==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "file-uri-to-path": "1.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/bl": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bl/-/bl-3.0.1.tgz",
@@ -2285,11 +2276,6 @@
         "node": ">=16.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/file-uri-to-path": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/file-uri-to-path/-/file-uri-to-path-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-0Zt+s3L7Vf1biwWZ29aARiVYLx7iMGnEUl9x33fbB/j3jR81u/O2LbqK+Bm1CDSNDKVtJ/YjwY7TUd5SkeLQLw=="
-    },
     "node_modules/fill-range": {
       "version": "7.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fill-range/-/fill-range-7.1.1.tgz",
@@ -6578,14 +6564,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-Ceh+7ox5qe7LJuLHoY0feh3pHuUDHAcRUeyL2VYghZwfpkNIy/+8Ocg0a3UuSoYzavmylwuLWQOf3hl0jjMMIw==",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "bindings": {
-      "version": "1.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings/-/bindings-1.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-p2q/t/mhvuOj/UeLlV6566GD/guowlr0hHxClI0W9m7MWYkL1F0hLo+0Aexs9HSPCtR1SXQ0TD3MMKrXZajbiQ==",
-      "requires": {
-        "file-uri-to-path": "1.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "bl": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bl/-/bl-3.0.1.tgz",
@@ -7463,11 +7441,6 @@
         "flat-cache": "^4.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "file-uri-to-path": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/file-uri-to-path/-/file-uri-to-path-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-0Zt+s3L7Vf1biwWZ29aARiVYLx7iMGnEUl9x33fbB/j3jR81u/O2LbqK+Bm1CDSNDKVtJ/YjwY7TUd5SkeLQLw=="
-    },
     "fill-range": {
       "version": "7.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fill-range/-/fill-range-7.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 92dfb38..e6b2312 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     "addon/*"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "bindings": "^1.5.0",
     "node-addon-api": "^4.3.0",
     "prebuild-install": "^7.1.2"
   },