diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c77d80..0a76f56 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@aminya/minijson",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.2",
   "description": "Minify JSON files blazing fast! Supports Comments. Uses D, C, and AVX2 and SSE4_1 SIMD",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/aminya/minijson",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/node/lib.ts b/src/node/lib.ts
index 667fc50..c8553d6 100644
--- a/src/node/lib.ts
+++ b/src/node/lib.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { execFile } from "child_process"
+import { chmodSync } from "fs"
 import { readFile, writeFile } from "fs/promises"
 import { join } from "path"
 
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ const binName = `minijson${exeExtention}`
 
 const minijsonBin = join(__dirname, `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`, binName)
 
+// chmod as executable on non-windows
+if (process.platform !== "win32") {
+  chmodSync(minijsonBin, 0o755)
+}
+
 /**
  * Spawn minijson with the given arguments
  *