diff --git a/.ci/macos/notarize.sh b/.ci/macos/notarize.sh
index b3347a83..0b1e07e1 100755
--- a/.ci/macos/notarize.sh
+++ b/.ci/macos/notarize.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if [ "${CI_PIPELINE_TRIGGERED}" ]; then
   echo "cirrus build id: ${TRIGGER_BUILD_ID}"
   cat "${TRIGGER_PAYLOAD}"
   # download the build artifacts from cirrus api
-  wget "https://api.cirrus-ci.com/v1/artifact/build/${TRIGGER_BUILD_ID}/binaries.zip"
+  curl "https://api.cirrus-ci.com/v1/artifact/build/${TRIGGER_BUILD_ID}/binaries.zip" -o binaries.zip
   # cirrus ci artifacts task name is 'binaries' so that's the zip name.
   unzip binaries.zip
   # we zip 'build/nheko.app' in cirrus ci, cirrus itself puts it in a 'build' directory
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ if [ "${CI_PIPELINE_TRIGGERED}" ]; then
   rm -r build/build
 fi
 
+if [ -d "build/nheko.app" ]; then
+  echo "nheko.app is missing, you did something wrong!"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 ( cd build || exit
   # macdeployqt does not copy symlinks over.
   # this specifically addresses icu4c issues but nothing else.