diff --git a/zenoh-java/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Target.kt b/zenoh-java/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Target.kt
index 4bb087e..0e58c21 100644
--- a/zenoh-java/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Target.kt
+++ b/zenoh-java/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Target.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 package io.zenoh
 
-enum class Target {
+internal enum class Target {
     WINDOWS_X86_64_MSVC,
     LINUX_X86_64,
     LINUX_AARCH64,
diff --git a/zenoh-java/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Zenoh.kt b/zenoh-java/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Zenoh.kt
index 11ae638..593e451 100644
--- a/zenoh-java/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Zenoh.kt
+++ b/zenoh-java/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Zenoh.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream
 internal actual object ZenohLoad {
     private const val ZENOH_LIB_NAME = "zenoh_jni"
 
-    init  {
+    init {
         // Try first to load the local native library for cases in which the module was built locally,
         // otherwise try to load from the JAR.
         if (tryLoadingLocalLibrary().isFailure) {
@@ -45,24 +45,33 @@ internal actual object ZenohLoad {
      */
     private fun determineTarget(): Result<Target> = runCatching {
         val osName = System.getProperty("os.name").lowercase()
-        val osArch = System.getProperty("os.arch")
+        val osArch = System.getProperty("os.arch").lowercase()
 
         val target = when {
             osName.contains("win") -> when {
-                osArch.contains("x86_64") || osArch.contains("amd64") -> Target.WINDOWS_X86_64_MSVC
-                else -> throw UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported architecture: $osArch")
+                osArch.contains("x86_64") || osArch.contains("amd64") || osArch.contains("x64") ->
+                    Target.WINDOWS_X86_64_MSVC
+                else -> throw UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported architecture on Windows: $osArch")
             }
 
-            osName.contains("mac") -> when {
-                osArch.contains("x86_64") || osArch.contains("amd64") -> Target.APPLE_X86_64
-                osArch.contains("aarch64") -> Target.APPLE_AARCH64
-                else -> throw UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported architecture: $osArch")
+            osName.contains("mac") || osName.contains("darwin") || osName.contains("os x") -> when {
+                osArch.contains("x86_64") || osArch.contains("amd64") || osArch.contains("x64") ->
+                    Target.APPLE_X86_64
+
+                osArch.contains("aarch64") || osArch.contains("arm64") ->
+                    Target.APPLE_AARCH64
+
+                else -> throw UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported architecture on macOS: $osArch")
             }
 
             osName.contains("nix") || osName.contains("nux") || osName.contains("aix") -> when {
-                osArch.contains("x86_64") || osArch.contains("amd64") -> Target.LINUX_X86_64
-                osArch.contains("aarch64") -> Target.LINUX_AARCH64
-                else -> throw UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported architecture: $osArch")
+                osArch.contains("x86_64") || osArch.contains("amd64") || osArch.contains("x64") ->
+                    Target.LINUX_X86_64
+
+                osArch.contains("aarch64") || osArch.contains("arm64") ->
+                    Target.LINUX_AARCH64
+
+                else -> throw UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported architecture on Linux/Unix: $osArch")
             }
 
             else -> throw UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported platform: $osName")
@@ -108,7 +117,9 @@ internal actual object ZenohLoad {
     }
 
     private fun loadLibraryAsInputStream(target: Target): Result<InputStream> = runCatching {
-        val libUrl = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("$target/$target.zip")!!
+        val targetName = "$target/$target.zip"
+        val libUrl = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(targetName)
+            ?: javaClass.classLoader.getResourceAsStream(targetName)!!
         val uncompressedLibFile = unzipLibrary(libUrl)
         return Result.success(FileInputStream(uncompressedLibFile.getOrThrow()))
     }
@@ -145,6 +156,9 @@ internal actual object ZenohLoad {
      */
     private fun tryLoadingLocalLibrary(): Result<Unit> = runCatching {
         val lib = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().findLibraryStream(ZENOH_LIB_NAME)
+            ?: javaClass.classLoader.findLibraryStream(
+                ZENOH_LIB_NAME
+            )
         if (lib != null) {
             loadZenohJNI(lib)
         } else {