diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f9fe27d3..6719a57c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lune"
-version = "0.8.6"
+version = "0.8.6-1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
@@ -1522,6 +1522,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lune-roblox",
  "lune-std",
  "lune-utils",
+ "lz4-compression",
  "mlua",
  "mlua-luau-scheduler",
  "once_cell",
@@ -1730,6 +1731,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "lz4-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lz4-compression"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "761104bf97f13a3caf47d822498a0760a10d00d220148bac2669f63fc3bb8270"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lz4-sys"
 version = "1.9.4"
diff --git a/crates/lune/Cargo.toml b/crates/lune/Cargo.toml
index 71e293c7..11482b94 100644
--- a/crates/lune/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/lune/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lune"
-version = "0.8.6"
+version = "0.8.6-1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/lune-org/lune"
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ mlua = { version = "0.9.7", features = ["luau"] }
 mlua-luau-scheduler = { version = "0.0.2", path = "../mlua-luau-scheduler" }
 
 postcard = { version = "1.0.8", default-features = false }
+lz4-compression = { version = "0.7.0" }
 anyhow = "1.0"
 console = "0.15"
 dialoguer = "0.11"
diff --git a/crates/lune/src/standalone/metadata.rs b/crates/lune/src/standalone/metadata.rs
index 9c6227b3..94f4c936 100644
--- a/crates/lune/src/standalone/metadata.rs
+++ b/crates/lune/src/standalone/metadata.rs
@@ -63,25 +63,19 @@ impl Metadata {
         scripts: Vec<LuauScript>,
     ) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         let mut patched_bin = fs::read(base_exe_path).await?;
+        let decompresesd_bin = postcard::to_extend(&Self { scripts }, Vec::new()).unwrap();
 
-        // Append metadata to the end
-        // NOTE: if the 512000 limit ever becomes an issue, use the heapless crate
-        let mut buffer = [0u8; 512000];
+        // Append compressed binary
+        let compressed_bin = lz4_compression::compress::compress(&decompresesd_bin);
+        let compressed_len = &compressed_bin.len();
+        patched_bin.extend(compressed_bin);
 
-        let bytes = postcard::to_slice(&Self { scripts }, &mut buffer).unwrap();
-        patched_bin.extend_from_slice(bytes);
-
-        // Append the length of metadata to the end
-        let mut buffer = [0u8; 2];
-        let length_as_bytes = postcard::to_slice(&bytes.len(), &mut buffer).unwrap();
-        patched_bin.extend_from_slice(length_as_bytes);
+        // Append length of compressed binary
+        let mut patched_bin = postcard::to_extend(compressed_len, patched_bin).unwrap();
 
         // Append the magic word to the end
         patched_bin.extend_from_slice(MAGIC);
 
-        // println!("{length_as_bytes:?}");
-        // println!("{}", bytes.len());
-
         Ok(patched_bin)
     }
 
@@ -90,17 +84,15 @@ impl Metadata {
     */
     pub fn from_bytes(bytes: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> Result<Self> {
         let bytes = bytes.as_ref();
-        // println!("{:?}", &bytes[bytes.len() - 8..bytes.len()]);
 
         let Ok(length) = postcard::from_bytes::<usize>(&bytes[bytes.len() - 2..bytes.len()]) else {
             bail!("Failed to get binary length")
         };
 
-        // println!("{length}");
-
         let bytes = &bytes[0..bytes.len() - 2];
-        let bytes = &bytes[bytes.len() - length..bytes.len()];
-        let metadata = postcard::from_bytes::<Metadata>(bytes);
+        let compressed_bin = &bytes[bytes.len() - length..bytes.len()];
+        let decompressed_bin = lz4_compression::decompress::decompress(compressed_bin).unwrap();
+        let metadata = postcard::from_bytes::<Metadata>(&decompressed_bin);
 
         if metadata.is_err() {
             bail!("Metadata is not attached: {}", metadata.err().unwrap())