diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f997905c..04bbd0b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### FIXED
+
+- Fix "assembly not found" error on startup related to LibGit2Sharp.
+
 ## [1.6.2] - 2021-07-23
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/ci/PublishAndZip.ps1 b/ci/PublishAndZip.ps1
index a63f7fb2..31cbaf61 100644
--- a/ci/PublishAndZip.ps1
+++ b/ci/PublishAndZip.ps1
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 [CmdletBinding()]
 param (
-    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-    [string]
-    $runtime
+    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+    [string] $runtime
 )
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
@@ -15,7 +14,21 @@ dotnet publish src\Trash `
     -p:PublishSingleFile=true `
     -p:PublishTrimmed=true `
     -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true `
-    -p:PublishReadyToRun=true
+    -p:PublishReadyToRun=true `
+    -p:PublishReadyToRunShowWarnings=true
 
+if (Get-Command chmod) {
+    "The chmod command was found. Setting read + execute permission."
+    & chmod +rx ./publish/$runtime/trash
+}
+
+"Execute trash command to ensure basic functionality is working"
+& .\publish\$runtime\trash -h
+if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+    "Trash executable failed to run with exit code: $LASTEXITCODE"
+    exit -1
+}
+
+"Zip the published files"
 New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path publish\zip
-Compress-Archive publish\$runtime\trash* publish\zip\trash-$runtime.zip -Force
+Compress-Archive publish\$runtime\* publish\zip\trash-$runtime.zip -Force