diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4de39bb2..d8a0b28cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log for neuron
 
+## 1.0.1.0
+
+- Fix broken `neuron search` in static binary (#429)
+ 
 ## 1.0.0.0
 
 - Updates
diff --git a/neuron/neuron.cabal b/neuron/neuron.cabal
index 13e2fd0b2..3c85b63fb 100644
--- a/neuron/neuron.cabal
+++ b/neuron/neuron.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version: 2.4
 name: neuron
 -- This version must be in sync with what's in Default.dhall
-version: 1.0.0.0
+version: 1.0.1.0
 license: AGPL-3.0-only
 copyright: 2020 Sridhar Ratnakumar
 maintainer: srid@srid.ca
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ common app-common
     foldl,
     filepath,
     dhall >= 1.30,
-    which,
     unix,
     megaparsec >= 8.0,
     dependent-sum >= 0.7,
@@ -146,7 +145,8 @@ common app-common
     with-utf8,
     shower,
     either,
-    uri-encode
+    uri-encode,
+    temporary
 
 -- Everything below will have to be stripped away, if whoever uses this repo
 -- will want to avoid non-core dependencies. Cabal doesn't seem to provide a way
diff --git a/neuron/src/app/Neuron/CLI/Search.hs b/neuron/src/app/Neuron/CLI/Search.hs
index ef82c83a2..802e2b1c4 100644
--- a/neuron/src/app/Neuron/CLI/Search.hs
+++ b/neuron/src/app/Neuron/CLI/Search.hs
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ module Neuron.CLI.Search
   )
 where
 
+import Data.FileEmbed (embedOneStringFileOf)
 import qualified Data.Text as Text
+import Data.Text.IO (hPutStr)
 import Development.Shake (Action)
 import Neuron.CLI.Rib
   ( SearchBy (SearchByContent, SearchByTitle),
@@ -20,11 +22,13 @@ import Neuron.CLI.Rib
 import Neuron.Config.Type (Config, getZettelFormats)
 import Neuron.Reader.Type (ZettelFormat (ZettelFormat_Org), zettelFormatToExtension)
 import Relude
-import System.Posix.Process
-import System.Which
+import System.IO (hClose)
+import System.IO.Temp (withSystemTempFile)
+import System.Posix.Files (setFileMode)
+import System.Posix.Process (executeFile)
 
-neuronSearchScript :: FilePath
-neuronSearchScript = $(staticWhich "neuron-search")
+searchScript :: Text
+searchScript = $(embedOneStringFileOf ["./src-bash/neuron-search", "./neuron/src-bash/neuron-search"])
 
 searchScriptArgs :: (NonEmpty ZettelFormat) -> SearchCommand -> [String]
 searchScriptArgs formats SearchCommand {..} =
@@ -43,8 +47,16 @@ interactiveSearch notesDir searchCmd config =
     zettelFormats <- getZettelFormats config
     if searchBy searchCmd == SearchByTitle && ZettelFormat_Org `elem` toList zettelFormats
       then fail "search is not supported for .org files"
-      else liftIO $ execScript neuronSearchScript $ notesDir : searchScriptArgs zettelFormats searchCmd
+      else liftIO $ do
+        asExecutableScript "neuron-search" searchScript $ \scriptFile -> do
+          execScript scriptFile $ notesDir : searchScriptArgs zettelFormats searchCmd
   where
+    asExecutableScript k s f =
+      withSystemTempFile k $ \fp hdl -> do
+        hPutStr hdl s
+        hClose hdl
+        setFileMode fp 0o700
+        f fp
     execScript scriptPath args =
       -- We must use the low-level execvp (via the unix package's `executeFile`)
       -- here, such that the new process replaces the current one. fzf won't work