diff --git a/release/files_tici b/release/files_tici
index f3037a1d4e..cf5184a586 100644
--- a/release/files_tici
+++ b/release/files_tici
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-installer/continue_openpilot.sh
-
 phonelibs/mapbox-gl-native-qt/include/*
 
 selfdrive/timezoned.py
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
index e55b6b8a59..3747e944ab 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
@@ -76,9 +76,14 @@ if arch != 'aarch64' and GetOption('setup'):
     ("dashcam", "dashcam3"),
     ("dashcam_test", "dashcam3-staging"),
   ]
+
+  cont = {}
+  for brand in ("openpilot", "dashcam"):
+    cont[brand] = senv.Command(f"qt/setup/continue_{brand}.o", f"#installer/continue_{brand}.sh",
+                               "ld -r -b binary -o $TARGET $SOURCE")
   for name, branch in installers:
     brand = "dashcam" if "dashcam" in branch else "openpilot"
-    d = {'BRANCH': f"'\"{branch}\"'", 'CONTINUE_SRC_PATH': f"'\"installer/continue_{brand}.sh\"'"}
+    d = {'BRANCH': f"'\"{branch}\"'", 'BRAND': f"'\"{brand}\"'"}
     if "internal" in name:
       d['INTERNAL'] = "1"
 
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@ if arch != 'aarch64' and GetOption('setup'):
       r.raise_for_status()
       d['SSH_KEYS'] = f'\\"{r.text.strip()}\\"'
     obj = senv.Object(f"qt/setup/installer_{name}.o", ["qt/setup/installer.cc"], CPPDEFINES=d)
-    f = senv.Program(f"qt/setup/installer_{name}", obj, LIBS=qt_libs)
+    f = senv.Program(f"qt/setup/installer_{name}", [obj, cont[brand]], LIBS=qt_libs)
     # keep installers small
     assert f[0].get_size() < 300*1e3
 
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/setup/installer.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/setup/installer.cc
index 1464e52ea0..198b9319f6 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/setup/installer.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/setup/installer.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #define INSTALL_PATH "/data/openpilot"
 #define TMP_INSTALL_PATH "/data/tmppilot"
 
+extern const uint8_t str_continue[] asm("_binary_installer_continue_" BRAND "_sh_start");
+extern const uint8_t str_continue_end[] asm("_binary_installer_continue_" BRAND "_sh_end");
 
 bool time_valid() {
   time_t rawtime;
@@ -182,7 +184,14 @@ void Installer::cloneFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus) {
 #endif
 
   // write continue.sh
-  run("cp " INSTALL_PATH "/" CONTINUE_SRC_PATH " /data/continue.sh.new");
+  FILE *of = fopen("/data/continue.sh.new", "wb");
+  assert(of != NULL);
+
+  size_t num = str_continue_end - str_continue;
+  size_t num_written = fwrite(str_continue, 1, num, of);
+  assert(num == num_written);
+  fclose(of);
+
   run("chmod +x /data/continue.sh.new");
   run("mv /data/continue.sh.new " CONTINUE_PATH);