diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e0a7365..45751ee 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -42,11 +42,4 @@ test {
     jvmArgs = ["--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED"]
 }
 
-processResources {
-    doLast {
-        delete fileTree("$buildDir/resources/main/native").matching {
-            exclude "${osName}/**"
-        }
-    }
-}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bitcoin/Secp256k1Context.java b/src/main/java/org/bitcoin/Secp256k1Context.java
index c5276d9..e5b45d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bitcoin/Secp256k1Context.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bitcoin/Secp256k1Context.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.sparrowwallet.drongo.NativeUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class Secp256k1Context {
@@ -33,23 +34,47 @@ public class Secp256k1Context {
     }
 
     private static boolean loadLibrary() {
+        String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
+        String osArch = System.getProperty("os.arch");
+        String libName;
+        if(osName.startsWith("Windows")) {
+            libName = "libsecp256k1-0.dll";
+        } else if(osName.startsWith("Mac")) {
+            libName = "libsecp256k1.dylib";
+        } else {
+            libName = "libsecp256k1.so";
+        }
+
+        // Try loading from the application image lib/ directory
+        String javaHome = System.getProperty("java.home");
+        if(javaHome != null) {
+            File libFile = new File(javaHome, "lib" + java.io.File.separator + libName);
+            if(libFile.exists()) {
+                try {
+                    System.load(libFile.getAbsolutePath());
+                    return true;
+                } catch(UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
+                    log.debug("Could not load libsecp256k1 from java.home, falling back to JAR extraction", e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Fallback: extract from JAR
         try {
-            String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
-            String osArch = System.getProperty("os.arch");
             if(osName.startsWith("Mac") && osArch.equals("aarch64")) {
-                NativeUtils.loadLibraryFromJar("/native/osx/aarch64/libsecp256k1.dylib");
+                NativeUtils.loadLibraryFromJar("/native/osx/aarch64/" + libName);
             } else if(osName.startsWith("Mac")) {
-                NativeUtils.loadLibraryFromJar("/native/osx/x64/libsecp256k1.dylib");
+                NativeUtils.loadLibraryFromJar("/native/osx/x64/" + libName);
             } else if(osName.startsWith("Windows")) {
-                NativeUtils.loadLibraryFromJar("/native/windows/x64/libsecp256k1-0.dll");
+                NativeUtils.loadLibraryFromJar("/native/windows/x64/" + libName);
             } else if(osArch.equals("aarch64")) {
-                NativeUtils.loadLibraryFromJar("/native/linux/aarch64/libsecp256k1.so");
+                NativeUtils.loadLibraryFromJar("/native/linux/aarch64/" + libName);
             } else {
-                NativeUtils.loadLibraryFromJar("/native/linux/x64/libsecp256k1.so");
+                NativeUtils.loadLibraryFromJar("/native/linux/x64/" + libName);
             }
 
             return true;
-        } catch(IOException e) {
+        } catch(UnsatisfiedLinkError | IOException e) {
             log.error("Error loading libsecp256k1 library", e);
         }