diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 84ebdea..67b1a20 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         "zig.zigPath": {
           "type": "string",
           "default": null,
-          "description": "Set a custom path to the Zig binary."
+          "description": "Set a custom path to the Zig binary. Empty string will lookup zig in PATH."
         },
         "zig.zigVersion": {
           "type": "string",
diff --git a/src/zigBuild.ts b/src/zigBuild.ts
index 7e99928..5394bf5 100644
--- a/src/zigBuild.ts
+++ b/src/zigBuild.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { buildDiagnosticCollection, logChannel } from './extension';
 import * as cp from 'child_process';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { getZigPath } from './zigUtil';
 
 export function zigBuild(): void {
     const editor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export function zigBuild(): void {
     });
 
     const cwd = vscode.workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(editor.document.uri).uri.fsPath;
-    const buildPath = config.get<string>("zigPath");
+    const buildPath = getZigPath();
 
     logChannel.appendLine(`Starting building the current workspace at ${cwd}`);
 
diff --git a/src/zigCompilerProvider.ts b/src/zigCompilerProvider.ts
index 1d1b525..8ee7af0 100644
--- a/src/zigCompilerProvider.ts
+++ b/src/zigCompilerProvider.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as cp from "child_process";
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
 // This will be treeshaked to only the debounce function
 import { throttle } from "lodash-es";
+import { getZigPath } from "./zigUtil";
 
 export default class ZigCompilerProvider implements vscode.CodeActionProvider {
   private buildDiagnostics: vscode.DiagnosticCollection;
@@ -58,16 +59,15 @@ export default class ZigCompilerProvider implements vscode.CodeActionProvider {
   }
 
   private _doASTGenErrorCheck(change: vscode.TextDocumentChangeEvent) {
-    let config = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("zig");
     const textDocument = change.document;
     if (textDocument.languageId !== "zig") {
       return;
     }
-    const zig_path = config.get("zigPath");
+    const zigPath = getZigPath();
     const cwd = vscode.workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(textDocument.uri).uri
       .fsPath;
 
-    let childProcess = cp.spawn(zig_path as string, ["ast-check"], { cwd });
+    let childProcess = cp.spawn(zigPath, ["ast-check"], { cwd });
 
     if (!childProcess.pid) {
       return;
diff --git a/src/zigFormat.ts b/src/zigFormat.ts
index 271dfb9..8c66b42 100644
--- a/src/zigFormat.ts
+++ b/src/zigFormat.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { TextEdit, OutputChannel } from 'vscode';
-import { execCmd } from './zigUtil';
+import { execCmd, getZigPath } from './zigUtil';
 
 export class ZigFormatProvider implements vscode.DocumentFormattingEditProvider {
     private _channel: OutputChannel;
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ export class ZigRangeFormatProvider implements vscode.DocumentRangeFormattingEdi
 }
 
 function zigFormat(document: vscode.TextDocument) {
-    const config = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("zig");
-    const zigPath = config.get<string>("zigPath");
+    const zigPath = getZigPath();
 
     const options = {
         cmdArguments: ['fmt', '--stdin'],
diff --git a/src/zigSetup.ts b/src/zigSetup.ts
index 69cf3a8..e1cb566 100644
--- a/src/zigSetup.ts
+++ b/src/zigSetup.ts
@@ -172,13 +172,10 @@ export async function setupZig(context: ExtensionContext) {
     });
 
     const configuration = workspace.getConfiguration("zig", null);
-    if (!configuration.get<string | null>("zigPath", null)) {
-        const zigInPath = which.sync("zig", { nothrow: true });
-        const options = ["Install", "Specify path"];
-        if (zigInPath) options.push("Use Zig in PATH");
+    if (configuration.get<string | null>("zigPath", null) === null) {
         const response = await window.showInformationMessage(
             "Zig path hasn't been set, do you want to specify the path or install Zig?",
-            ...options
+            "Install", "Specify path", "Use Zig in PATH"
         );
 
         if (response === "Install") {
@@ -200,7 +197,7 @@ export async function setupZig(context: ExtensionContext) {
                 await configuration.update("zigPath", uris[0].fsPath, true);
             }
         } else if (response == "Use Zig in PATH") {
-            await configuration.update("zigPath", zigInPath, true);
+            await configuration.update("zigPath", "", true);
         } else throw "zigPath not specified";
     }
 
diff --git a/src/zigUtil.ts b/src/zigUtil.ts
index ba63a72..46d7758 100644
--- a/src/zigUtil.ts
+++ b/src/zigUtil.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as cp from 'child_process';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { window, workspace } from 'vscode';
+import which from 'which';
 
 export const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ export function execCmd
     let cmdArguments = options ? options.cmdArguments : [];
 
     childProcess =
-      cp.execFile(cmd, cmdArguments, { cwd: detectProjectRoot(fileName || workspace.rootPath + '/fakeFileName'), maxBuffer: 10 * 1024 * 1024}, handleExit);
+      cp.execFile(cmd, cmdArguments, { cwd: detectProjectRoot(fileName || workspace.rootPath + '/fakeFileName'), maxBuffer: 10 * 1024 * 1024 }, handleExit);
 
 
     childProcess.stdout.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
@@ -143,3 +144,16 @@ export function detectProjectRoot(fileName: string): string {
   }
   return undefined;
 }
+
+export function getZigPath(): string {
+  const configuration = workspace.getConfiguration("zig");
+  let zigPath = configuration.get<string | null>("zigPath", null);
+  if (!zigPath) {
+    zigPath = which.sync("zig", { nothrow: true });
+    if (!zigPath) {
+      window.showErrorMessage("zig not found in PATH");
+      throw "zig not found in PATH";
+    }
+  }
+  return zigPath;
+}
diff --git a/src/zls.ts b/src/zls.ts
index 824b1db..2bf03b8 100644
--- a/src/zls.ts
+++ b/src/zls.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from "vscode-languageclient/node";
 import which from "which";
 import { shouldCheckUpdate } from "./extension";
+import { getZigPath } from "./zigUtil";
 
 export let outputChannel: vscode.OutputChannel;
 export let client: LanguageClient | null = null;
@@ -127,10 +128,12 @@ export async function startClient(context: ExtensionContext) {
             workspace: {
                 async configuration(params, token, next) {
                     let indexOfAstCheck = null;
+                    let indexOfZigPath = null;
 
                     for (const [index, param] of Object.entries(params.items)) {
                         if (param.section === "zls.zig_exe_path") {
                             param.section = `zig.zigPath`;
+                            indexOfZigPath = index;
                         } else if (param.section === "zls.enable_ast_check_diagnostics") {
                             indexOfAstCheck = index;
                         } else {
@@ -143,6 +146,13 @@ export async function startClient(context: ExtensionContext) {
                     if (indexOfAstCheck !== null) {
                         result[indexOfAstCheck] = workspace.getConfiguration("zig").get<string>("astCheckProvider", "zls") === "zls";
                     }
+                    if (indexOfZigPath !== null) {
+                        try {
+                            result[indexOfZigPath] = getZigPath();
+                        } catch {
+                            result[indexOfZigPath] = "zig";
+                        }
+                    }
 
                     return result;
                 }
@@ -174,11 +184,13 @@ export async function stopClient(): Promise<void> {
 
 export async function promptAfterFailure(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<string | null> {
     const configuration = workspace.getConfiguration("zig.zls");
-    const response = await window.showWarningMessage("Couldn't find Zig Language Server (ZLS) executable", "Install ZLS", "Specify Path");
+    const response = await window.showWarningMessage("Couldn't find Zig Language Server (ZLS) executable",
+        "Install", "Specify path", "Use ZLS in PATH", "Disable"
+    );
 
-    if (response === "Install ZLS") {
+    if (response === "Install") {
         return await installExecutable(context);
-    } else if (response === "Specify Path") {
+    } else if (response === "Specify path") {
         const uris = await window.showOpenDialog({
             canSelectFiles: true,
             canSelectFolders: false,
@@ -190,6 +202,10 @@ export async function promptAfterFailure(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<str
             await configuration.update("path", uris[0].fsPath, true);
             return uris[0].fsPath;
         }
+    } else if (response === "Use ZLS in PATH") {
+        await configuration.update("path", "", true);
+    } else {
+        await configuration.update("enabled", false, true);
     }
 
     return null;
@@ -382,13 +398,28 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
 
     const configuration = workspace.getConfiguration("zig.zls", null);
     if (!configuration.get<string | null>("path", null)) {
-        const response = await window.showInformationMessage("We recommend enabling ZLS (the Zig Language Server) for a better editing experience. Would you like to enable it? You can always change this later by modifying `zig.zls.enabled` in your settings.", "Enable", "Disable");
+        const response = await window.showInformationMessage(
+            "We recommend enabling ZLS (the Zig Language Server) for a better editing experience. Would you like to install it? You can always change this later by modifying `zig.zls.enabled` in your settings.",
+            "Install", "Specify path", "Use ZLS in PATH", "Disable"
+        );
 
-        if (response === "Enable") {
+        if (response === "Install") {
+            await configuration.update("enabled", true, true);
             await installExecutable(context);
-        } else if (response === "Disable") {
-            await configuration.update("enabled", false, true);
-            return;
+        } else if (response === "Specify path") {
+            await configuration.update("enabled", true, true);
+            const uris = await window.showOpenDialog({
+                canSelectFiles: true,
+                canSelectFolders: false,
+                canSelectMany: false,
+                title: "Select Zig Language Server (ZLS) executable",
+            });
+
+            if (uris) {
+                await configuration.update("path", uris[0].fsPath, true);
+            }
+        } else {
+            await configuration.update("enabled", response === "Use ZLS in PATH", true);
         }
     }