diff --git a/CMake/genscript.cmake b/CMake/genscript.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..10089a4fd77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMake/genscript.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+file(READ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/extract_assets.py filedata)
+string(REGEX REPLACE "zapd_exe = .*exec_cmd =" "zapd_exe = \"${program}\"\n    exec_cmd =" filedata "${filedata}")
+file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/extract_assets_cmake2.py" "${filedata}")
+file(CHMOD "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/extract_assets_cmake2.py" PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_WRITE GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
+
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d6b44d786cb..9e345497c37 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,17 +129,11 @@ if("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Linux")
 INSTALL(PROGRAMS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/linux/appimage/soh.sh" DESTINATION . COMPONENT appimage)
 endif()
 
-file(READ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/OTRExporter/extract_assets.py filedata)
-string(REGEX REPLACE "../ZAPDTR/ZAPD.out" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/ZAPD/ZAPD.out" filedata "${filedata}")
-string(REGEX REPLACE "x64" "..\\\\\\\\x64" filedata "${filedata}")
-string(REGEX REPLACE "Release" "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" filedata "${filedata}")
-file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/OTRExporter/extract_assets_cmake2.py" "${filedata}")
-file(CHMOD "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/OTRExporter/extract_assets_cmake2.py" PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_WRITE GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
-
 find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter)
 
 add_custom_target(
     ExtractAssets
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -Dprogram=$<TARGET_FILE:ZAPD> -P ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/genscript.cmake
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rm -f oot.otr
     COMMAND ${Python_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/OTRExporter/extract_assets_cmake2.py
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy oot.otr ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
@@ -147,7 +141,7 @@ add_custom_target(
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/OTRExporter
     COMMENT "Running asset extraction..."
     DEPENDS ZAPD
-
+    BYPRODUCTS oot.otr ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/oot.otr ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/OTRExporter/extract_assets_cmake2.py
 )
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")