diff --git a/src/cli/create_command.zig b/src/cli/create_command.zig
index bd3fa3be3f..22bc494ae7 100644
--- a/src/cli/create_command.zig
+++ b/src/cli/create_command.zig
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ pub const CreateCommand = struct {
                 progress.refresh();
 
                 var pluckers: [1]Archive.Plucker = if (!create_options.skip_package_json)
-                    [1]Archive.Plucker{try Archive.Plucker.init("package.json", 2048, ctx.allocator)}
+                    [1]Archive.Plucker{try Archive.Plucker.init(comptime strings.literal(bun.OSPathChar, "package.json"), 2048, ctx.allocator)}
                 else
                     [1]Archive.Plucker{undefined};
 
diff --git a/src/deps/zig b/src/deps/zig
index 7fe33d94ea..593a407f12 160000
--- a/src/deps/zig
+++ b/src/deps/zig
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7fe33d94eaeb1af7705e9c5f43a3b243aa895436
+Subproject commit 593a407f121a2870e9c645da33c11db5e4331920
diff --git a/src/libarchive/libarchive.zig b/src/libarchive/libarchive.zig
index c6ddb0c738..a1c565c44c 100644
--- a/src/libarchive/libarchive.zig
+++ b/src/libarchive/libarchive.zig
@@ -376,10 +376,10 @@ pub const Archive = struct {
         filename_hash: u64 = 0,
         found: bool = false,
         fd: FileDescriptorType = .zero,
-        pub fn init(filepath: string, estimated_size: usize, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Plucker {
+        pub fn init(filepath: bun.OSPathSlice, estimated_size: usize, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Plucker {
             return Plucker{
                 .contents = try MutableString.init(allocator, estimated_size),
-                .filename_hash = bun.hash(filepath),
+                .filename_hash = bun.hash(std.mem.sliceAsBytes(filepath)),
                 .fd = .zero,
                 .found = false,
             };
diff --git a/test/cli/install/bun-create.test.ts b/test/cli/install/bun-create.test.ts
index 49162855f8..a8515c1d5d 100644
--- a/test/cli/install/bun-create.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli/install/bun-create.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { spawn, spawnSync } from "bun";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, expect, it, describe } from "bun:test";
 import { bunExe, bunEnv as env } from "harness";
-import { mkdtemp, realpath, rm, mkdir, stat } from "fs/promises";
+import { mkdtemp, realpath, rm, mkdir, stat, exists } from "fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "os";
 import { join } from "path";
 
@@ -100,3 +100,23 @@ it("should create template from local folder", async () => {
   const dirStat = await stat(`${x_dir}/${testTemplate}`);
   expect(dirStat.isDirectory()).toBe(true);
 });
+
+for (const repo of ["https://github.com/dylan-conway/create-test", "github.com/dylan-conway/create-test"]) {
+  it(`should create and install github template from ${repo}`, async () => {
+    const { stderr, stdout, exited } = spawn({
+      cmd: [bunExe(), "create", repo],
+      cwd: x_dir,
+      stdout: "pipe",
+      stderr: "pipe",
+      env,
+    });
+
+    const err = await Bun.readableStreamToText(stderr);
+    expect(err).not.toContain("error:");
+    const out = await Bun.readableStreamToText(stdout);
+    expect(out).toContain("Success! dylan-conway/create-test loaded into create-test");
+    expect(await exists(join(x_dir, "create-test", "node_modules", "jquery"))).toBe(true);
+
+    expect(await exited).toBe(0);
+  });
+}