diff --git a/bin/railway.js b/bin/railway.js
index f98ab7949..04165a813 100644
--- a/bin/railway.js
+++ b/bin/railway.js
@@ -12,5 +12,10 @@ try {
 		stdio: "inherit",
 	});
 } catch (e) {
-	exit(1);
+	if (e.signal) {
+		console.error(
+			`The railway binary crashed with ${e.signal}. Please report this at https://github.com/railwayapp/cli/issues`,
+		);
+	}
+	exit(typeof e.status === "number" ? e.status : 1);
 }
diff --git a/npm-install/postinstall.js b/npm-install/postinstall.js
index 2e6389a2e..9ad4b12dc 100644
--- a/npm-install/postinstall.js
+++ b/npm-install/postinstall.js
@@ -19,9 +19,20 @@ async function install() {
 
 	// Fetch Static Config
 	let { name: binName, path: binPath, url } = CONFIG;
-	let triple = triples.platformArchTriples[process.platform][process.arch][0];
-
-	url = url.replace(/{{triple}}/g, triple.raw);
+	// Linux: statically linked musl builds, same policy as install.sh (the gnu
+	// build crashes on some hosts, see #998; arm/arm64 only publish musl).
+	const linuxTargets = {
+		x64: "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl",
+		arm64: "aarch64-unknown-linux-musl",
+		ia32: "i686-unknown-linux-musl",
+		arm: "arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf",
+	};
+	const triple =
+		process.platform === "linux"
+			? linuxTargets[process.arch]
+			: triples.platformArchTriples[process.platform][process.arch][0].raw;
+
+	url = url.replace(/{{triple}}/g, triple);
 	url = url.replace(/{{version}}/g, version);
 	url = url.replace(/{{bin_name}}/g, binName);
 	console.log(url);