diff --git a/.github/workflows/kcpp-build-release-macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/kcpp-build-release-macos.yaml
index fa20518e6..e95a0e719 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kcpp-build-release-macos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kcpp-build-release-macos.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ jobs:
           mv build_artifacts/koboldcpp_default.so .
           chmod +x './create_ver_file.sh'
           . create_ver_file.sh
-          pyinstaller --noconfirm --onefile --collect-all customtkinter --collect-all jinja2 --collect-all psutil --add-data './koboldcpp_default.so:.' --add-data './koboldcpp_failsafe.so:.' --add-data './ggml-metal-merged.metal:.' --add-data './kcpp_adapters:./kcpp_adapters' --add-data './koboldcpp.py:.' --add-data './json_to_gbnf.py:.' --add-data './LICENSE.md:.' --add-data './MIT_LICENSE_GGML_SDCPP_LLAMACPP_ONLY.md:.' --add-data './embd_res:./embd_res' --version-file './version.txt' --clean --console koboldcpp.py -n "koboldcpp-mac-arm64"
+          mkdir -p kernels
+          cp ggml/src/ggml-metal/kernels/*.metal ggml/src/ggml-metal/kernels/*.h kernels/
+          cp ggml/src/ggml-common.h ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-impl.h kernels/
+          pyinstaller --noconfirm --onefile --collect-all customtkinter --collect-all jinja2 --collect-all psutil --add-data './koboldcpp_default.so:.' --add-data './koboldcpp_failsafe.so:.' --add-data './kernels:./kernels' --add-data './kcpp_adapters:./kcpp_adapters' --add-data './koboldcpp.py:.' --add-data './json_to_gbnf.py:.' --add-data './LICENSE.md:.' --add-data './MIT_LICENSE_GGML_SDCPP_LLAMACPP_ONLY.md:.' --add-data './embd_res:./embd_res' --version-file './version.txt' --clean --console koboldcpp.py -n "koboldcpp-mac-arm64"
 
       - name: Test
         id: test
diff --git a/koboldcpp.py b/koboldcpp.py
index c9d4f0a72..b76dc1a34 100644
--- a/koboldcpp.py
+++ b/koboldcpp.py
@@ -962,6 +962,11 @@ def init_library():
     dir_path = getdirpath()
     abs_path = getabspath()
 
+    if os.name == 'posix' and "GGML_METAL_PATH_RESOURCES" not in os.environ:
+        metal_resource_path = os.path.join(dir_path, "kernels")
+        if os.path.isdir(metal_resource_path):
+            os.environ["GGML_METAL_PATH_RESOURCES"] = dir_path
+
     #add all potential paths
     if os.name=='nt':
         os.add_dll_directory(dir_path)