diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b04f704a..71f5fdd9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ gorm
 go.sum
 .*
 *.db
+go-sqlcmd
+sqlcmd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 7df9088e..4b6ac1ea 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,22 @@ if [[ -z $GITHUB_ACTION ]]; then
   if [[ $(uname -a) == *" arm64" ]]; then
     MSSQL_IMAGE=mcr.microsoft.com/azure-sql-edge docker-compose up --detach --quiet-pull || true
     echo "starting"
-    go install github.com/microsoft/go-sqlcmd/cmd/sqlcmd@latest || true
+    if [[ $(which sqlcmd) == "" ]] && ! [ -x "./sqlcmd" ]; then
+      echo "sqlcmd not found; installing"
+      git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/go-sqlcmd || true
+      cd go-sqlcmd
+      go build -o ../sqlcmd ./cmd/modern
+      cd ..
+      sqlcmd() {
+        "./sqlcmd" "$@"
+      }
+    else
+      if [ -x "./sqlcmd" ] ; then
+        sqlcmd() {
+          "./sqlcmd" "$@"
+        }
+      fi
+    fi
     SQLCMDPASSWORD=LoremIpsum86 sqlcmd -U sa -S localhost:9930 -Q "IF DB_ID('gorm') IS NULL CREATE DATABASE gorm" > /dev/null || true
     SQLCMDPASSWORD=LoremIpsum86 sqlcmd -U sa -S localhost:9930 -Q "IF SUSER_ID (N'gorm') IS NULL CREATE LOGIN gorm WITH PASSWORD = 'LoremIpsum86';" > /dev/null || true
     SQLCMDPASSWORD=LoremIpsum86 sqlcmd -U sa -S localhost:9930 -Q "IF USER_ID (N'gorm') IS NULL CREATE USER gorm FROM LOGIN gorm; ALTER SERVER ROLE sysadmin ADD MEMBER [gorm];" > /dev/null || true