diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36056447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+[target.armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf]
+linker = "arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index d7b84d88..b9e29240 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -233,7 +233,15 @@ jobs:
             ~/.cargo/git
             target
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.target }}-${{ steps.get-rustc-version.outputs.version }}-${{ hashFiles('Cargo.lock') }}
-      - name: Install cross
-        run: cargo install cross || true
+
+      - name: Install the cross compiler targets
+        run: rustup target add ${{ matrix.target }}
+      
+      - name: Install cross compiler toolchain
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf
+      
       - name: Build
-        run: cross build --target ${{ matrix.target }} --no-default-features
+        run: cargo build --verbose --target ${{ matrix.target }} --no-default-features
+      
+      - name: Check binary
+        run: file target/${{ matrix.target }}/debug/librespot
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eebf401d..8b5fdeb6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 target
-.cargo
 spotify_appkey.key
 .vagrant/
 .project