diff --git a/src/bins.rs b/src/bins.rs
index d08cf15a..7240707a 100644
--- a/src/bins.rs
+++ b/src/bins.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use cargo_toml::Product;
+use compact_str::CompactString;
 use log::debug;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 use crate::{atomic_install, atomic_symlink_file, BinstallError, PkgFmt, PkgMeta, Template};
 
 pub struct BinFile {
-    pub base_name: String,
+    pub base_name: CompactString,
     pub source: PathBuf,
     pub dest: PathBuf,
     pub link: PathBuf,
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ pub struct BinFile {
 
 impl BinFile {
     pub fn from_product(data: &Data, product: &Product) -> Result<Self, BinstallError> {
-        let base_name = product.name.clone().unwrap();
+        let base_name = CompactString::from(product.name.clone().unwrap());
 
         let binary_ext = if data.target.contains("windows") {
             ".exe"
diff --git a/src/binstall.rs b/src/binstall.rs
index d763611d..f28c0e5d 100644
--- a/src/binstall.rs
+++ b/src/binstall.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+use compact_str::CompactString;
+
 use crate::{metafiles, DesiredTargets, PkgOverride};
 
 mod resolve;
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ pub struct Options {
 
 /// MetaData required to update MetaFiles.
 pub struct MetaData {
-    pub bins: Vec<String>,
+    pub bins: Vec<CompactString>,
     pub cvs: metafiles::CrateVersionSource,
     pub version_req: String,
     pub target: String,
diff --git a/src/metafiles/v1.rs b/src/metafiles/v1.rs
index 713c167d..374188ba 100644
--- a/src/metafiles/v1.rs
+++ b/src/metafiles/v1.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
+use compact_str::CompactString;
 use miette::Diagnostic;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ use crate::{cargo_home, create_if_not_exist, FileLock};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct CratesToml {
-    v1: BTreeMap<String, Vec<String>>,
+    v1: BTreeMap<String, Vec<CompactString>>,
 }
 
 impl CratesToml {
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ impl CratesToml {
         Self::load_from_reader(file)
     }
 
-    pub fn insert(&mut self, cvs: &CrateVersionSource, bins: Vec<String>) {
+    pub fn insert(&mut self, cvs: &CrateVersionSource, bins: Vec<CompactString>) {
         self.v1.insert(cvs.to_string(), bins);
     }
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ impl CratesToml {
         iter: Iter,
     ) -> Result<(), CratesTomlParseError>
     where
-        Iter: IntoIterator<Item = (&'a CrateVersionSource, Vec<String>)>,
+        Iter: IntoIterator<Item = (&'a CrateVersionSource, Vec<CompactString>)>,
     {
         let mut file = FileLock::new_exclusive(create_if_not_exist(path.as_ref())?)?;
         let mut c1 = Self::load_from_reader(&mut *file)?;
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ impl CratesToml {
 
     pub fn append<'a, Iter>(iter: Iter) -> Result<(), CratesTomlParseError>
     where
-        Iter: IntoIterator<Item = (&'a CrateVersionSource, Vec<String>)>,
+        Iter: IntoIterator<Item = (&'a CrateVersionSource, Vec<CompactString>)>,
     {
         Self::append_to_path(Self::default_path()?, iter)
     }