diff --git a/Application/OasisBot/OasisBot.csproj b/Application/OasisBot/OasisBot.csproj
index 7ffd4512..2e329f71 100644
--- a/Application/OasisBot/OasisBot.csproj
+++ b/Application/OasisBot/OasisBot.csproj
@@ -46,4 +46,21 @@
     </ItemGroup>
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(DependencyFiles)" DestinationFolder="..\..\Build\Data\%(RecursiveDir)" />
   </Target>
+  <Target
+    Name="DownloadNavigationLinkage"
+    AfterTargets="Build"
+    Condition="!Exists('..\..\Build\Data\navigation_linkage.json')"
+  >
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <LinkageGzPath>..\..\Build\Data\navigation_linkage.json.gz</LinkageGzPath>
+      <LinkageJsonPath>..\..\Build\Data\navigation_linkage.json</LinkageJsonPath>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <DownloadFile
+      SourceUrl="https://github.com/Silkroad-Developer-Community/Silkroad-NavLink/releases/latest/download/navigation_linkage.json.gz"
+      DestinationFolder="..\..\Build\Data"
+      DestinationFileName="navigation_linkage.json.gz"
+      SkipUnchangedFiles="true"
+    />
+    <Exec Command="powershell -Command &quot;Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression; $i=[System.IO.File]::OpenRead('$(LinkageGzPath)'); $o=[System.IO.File]::Create('$(LinkageJsonPath)'); $g=[System.IO.Compression.GZipStream]::new($i, [System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Decompress); $g.CopyTo($o); $g.Dispose(); $o.Dispose(); $i.Dispose(); Remove-Item '$(LinkageGzPath)' -Force&quot;" />
+  </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/Botbases/RSBot.Training/Bot/NavigationManager.cs b/Botbases/RSBot.Training/Bot/NavigationManager.cs
index bf6e4739..ba5ac777 100644
--- a/Botbases/RSBot.Training/Bot/NavigationManager.cs
+++ b/Botbases/RSBot.Training/Bot/NavigationManager.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace RSBot.Training.Bot;
 internal static class NavigationManager
 {
     private const string LinkageUrl =
-        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Silkroad-Developer-Community/Silkroad-NavLink/main/navigation_linkage.json";
+        "https://github.com/Silkroad-Developer-Community/Silkroad-NavLink/releases/latest/download/navigation_linkage.json.gz";
     private static readonly string LinkagePath = Path.Combine(Kernel.BasePath, "Data", "navigation_linkage.json");
     private static readonly object _linkageLock = new();
     private static NavigationLinkage _linkage;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public static bool LoadLinkageData()
         {
             if (!File.Exists(LinkagePath))
             {
-                Log.Warn($"Navigation linkage file not found at {LinkagePath}");
+                Log.Warn($"navigation linkage file not found at {LinkagePath}");
                 return false;
             }
 
@@ -117,7 +117,16 @@ public static async Task<bool> FetchRemoteLinkageData()
         {
             Log.Notify("Fetching navigation linkage data from GitHub...");
             using var client = new HttpClient();
-            var json = await client.GetStringAsync(LinkageUrl);
+            using var response = await client.GetAsync(LinkageUrl);
+            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+
+            using var responseStream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
+            using var decompressedStream = new System.IO.Compression.GZipStream(
+                responseStream,
+                System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Decompress
+            );
+            using var reader = new StreamReader(decompressedStream);
+            var json = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
 
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(json))
             {
diff --git a/scripts/build.ps1 b/scripts/build.ps1
index c5d3dcac..637fdc7f 100644
--- a/scripts/build.ps1
+++ b/scripts/build.ps1
@@ -37,28 +37,6 @@ if ($Clean) {
 }
 
 if ($buildExitCode -eq 0) {
-    # TODO: move linkage logic to msbuild for vs devs
-    Write-Output "Fetching navigation linkage data..."
-    $linkageUrl = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Silkroad-Developer-Community/Silkroad-NavLink/main/navigation_linkage.json"
-    $linkagePath = ".\Build\Data\navigation_linkage.json"
-    if (-not (Test-Path ".\Build\Data")) {
-        New-Item -ItemType Directory ".\Build\Data" -Force | Out-Null
-    }
-    $linkageTempPath = "$linkagePath.tmp"
-    try {
-        Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $linkageUrl -OutFile $linkageTempPath -UseBasicParsing -ErrorAction Stop
-        $jsonContent = Get-Content -Path $linkageTempPath -Raw
-        $null = $jsonContent | ConvertFrom-Json -ErrorAction Stop
-        Move-Item -Path $linkageTempPath -Destination $linkagePath -Force
-        Write-Output "Successfully updated navigation linkage data."
-    }
-    catch {
-        Write-Warning "Failed to update navigation linkage data: $($_.Exception.Message). Keeping existing file if it exists."
-        if (Test-Path $linkageTempPath) {
-            Remove-Item $linkageTempPath -Force
-        }
-    }
-
     if (!$DoNotStart) {
         Write-Output "Starting OasisBot..."
         & ".\Build\OasisBot.exe"