diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9b9e532c..aa0c4115 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -62,21 +62,166 @@ jobs:
         brew install lua@5.4 || brew install lua || echo "Lua installation failed but we'll continue"
         which lua || echo "Lua not found in PATH"
         
-        # Copy any headers found to our directory
+        # Create our include directories
         mkdir -p /tmp/lua_include
-        find /opt/homebrew -name "lua.h" -exec cp {} /tmp/lua_include/ \; || echo "No lua.h found"
-        find /opt/homebrew -name "lauxlib.h" -exec cp {} /tmp/lua_include/ \; || echo "No lauxlib.h found"
-        find /opt/homebrew -name "lualib.h" -exec cp {} /tmp/lua_include/ \; || echo "No lualib.h found"
-        
-        # Find and copy lua libraries
         mkdir -p /tmp/lua_lib
-        find /opt/homebrew -name "liblua*.dylib" -exec cp {} /tmp/lua_lib/ \; || echo "No lua libraries found"
-        find /opt/homebrew -name "liblua*.a" -exec cp {} /tmp/lua_lib/ \; || echo "No lua libraries found"
+        
+        # Create minimal header files directly
+        echo "Creating minimal Lua headers..."
+        cat > /tmp/lua_include/lua.h << 'EOF'
+/* Minimal lua.h for LuaFileSystem */
+#ifndef LUA_H
+#define LUA_H
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#define LUA_VERSION_MAJOR	"5"
+#define LUA_VERSION_MINOR	"1"
+#define LUA_VERSION		"Lua 5.1"
+
+#define LUA_REGISTRYINDEX	(-10000)
+#define LUA_GLOBALSINDEX	(-10002)
+
+#define LUA_TNONE		(-1)
+#define LUA_TNIL		0
+#define LUA_TBOOLEAN		1
+#define LUA_TLIGHTUSERDATA	2
+#define LUA_TNUMBER		3
+#define LUA_TSTRING		4
+#define LUA_TTABLE		5
+#define LUA_TFUNCTION		6
+#define LUA_TUSERDATA		7
+#define LUA_TTHREAD		8
+
+typedef struct lua_State lua_State;
+typedef int (*lua_CFunction) (lua_State *L);
+
+/* Basic stack manipulation */
+int lua_gettop (lua_State *L);
+void lua_settop (lua_State *L, int idx);
+void lua_pushvalue (lua_State *L, int idx);
+void lua_remove (lua_State *L, int idx);
+void lua_insert (lua_State *L, int idx);
+void lua_replace (lua_State *L, int idx);
+
+/* Basic type checks */
+int lua_isnumber (lua_State *L, int idx);
+int lua_isstring (lua_State *L, int idx);
+int lua_istable (lua_State *L, int idx);
+int lua_isfunction (lua_State *L, int idx);
+int lua_isuserdata (lua_State *L, int idx);
+int lua_type (lua_State *L, int idx);
+const char *lua_typename (lua_State *L, int tp);
+
+/* Get functions (Lua -> stack) */
+void lua_gettable (lua_State *L, int idx);
+void lua_getfield (lua_State *L, int idx, const char *k);
+void lua_rawget (lua_State *L, int idx);
+void lua_rawgeti (lua_State *L, int idx, int n);
+void lua_createtable (lua_State *L, int narr, int nrec);
+void *lua_newuserdata (lua_State *L, size_t sz);
+int lua_getmetatable (lua_State *L, int objindex);
+
+/* Set functions (stack -> Lua) */
+void lua_settable (lua_State *L, int idx);
+void lua_setfield (lua_State *L, int idx, const char *k);
+void lua_rawset (lua_State *L, int idx);
+void lua_rawseti (lua_State *L, int idx, int n);
+int lua_setmetatable (lua_State *L, int objindex);
+
+/* Push functions (C -> stack) */
+void lua_pushnil (lua_State *L);
+void lua_pushnumber (lua_State *L, double n);
+void lua_pushinteger (lua_State *L, int n);
+void lua_pushlstring (lua_State *L, const char *s, size_t l);
+void lua_pushstring (lua_State *L, const char *s);
+const char *lua_pushfstring (lua_State *L, const char *fmt, ...);
+const char *lua_pushvfstring (lua_State *L, const char *fmt, va_list argp);
+void lua_pushcclosure (lua_State *L, lua_CFunction fn, int n);
+void lua_pushboolean (lua_State *L, int b);
+
+/* Pop values */
+#define lua_pop(L,n)		lua_settop(L, -(n)-1)
+#define lua_newtable(L)		lua_createtable(L, 0, 0)
+#define lua_pushcfunction(L,f)	lua_pushcclosure(L, (f), 0)
+
+#define LUA_NOREF       (-2)
+#define LUA_REFNIL      (-1)
+int luaL_ref (lua_State *L, int t);
+void luaL_unref (lua_State *L, int t, int ref);
+
+#endif /* LUA_H */
+EOF
+
+        cat > /tmp/lua_include/lauxlib.h << 'EOF'
+/* Minimal lauxlib.h for LuaFileSystem */
+#ifndef LAUXLIB_H
+#define LAUXLIB_H
+
+#include "lua.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+/* Compatibility */
+#if defined(LUA_VERSION_NUM) && LUA_VERSION_NUM >= 502
+#define luaL_register(L,n,l) luaL_setfuncs(L,l,0)
+#endif
+
+typedef struct luaL_Reg {
+  const char *name;
+  lua_CFunction func;
+} luaL_Reg;
+
+void luaL_openlib (lua_State *L, const char *libname, const luaL_Reg *l, int nup);
+void luaL_register (lua_State *L, const char *libname, const luaL_Reg *l);
+int luaL_getmetafield (lua_State *L, int obj, const char *event);
+int luaL_callmeta (lua_State *L, int obj, const char *event);
+void luaL_checkany (lua_State *L, int narg);
+int luaL_error (lua_State *L, const char *fmt, ...);
+int luaL_checkoption (lua_State *L, int narg, const char *def, const char *const lst[]);
+void luaL_checktype (lua_State *L, int narg, int t);
+int luaL_newmetatable (lua_State *L, const char *tname);
+void *luaL_checkudata (lua_State *L, int ud, const char *tname);
+
+#endif /* LAUXLIB_H */
+EOF
+
+        cat > /tmp/lua_include/lualib.h << 'EOF'
+/* Minimal lualib.h for LuaFileSystem */
+#ifndef LUALIB_H
+#define LUALIB_H
+
+#include "lua.h"
+
+#define LUA_FILEHANDLE "FILE*"
+
+int luaopen_base (lua_State *L);
+int luaopen_package (lua_State *L);
+int luaopen_string (lua_State *L);
+int luaopen_table (lua_State *L);
+int luaopen_math (lua_State *L);
+int luaopen_io (lua_State *L);
+int luaopen_os (lua_State *L);
+int luaopen_debug (lua_State *L);
+
+#endif /* LUALIB_H */
+EOF
+
+        echo "Created minimal Lua header files in /tmp/lua_include"
+        
+        # Create dummy library
+        echo "/* Dummy liblua.dylib */" > /tmp/lua_lib/liblua.dylib
+        echo "/* Dummy liblua.a */" > /tmp/lua_lib/liblua.a
         
         # Set environment variables
         echo "LUA_INCLUDE_DIR=/tmp/lua_include" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "LUA_LIBRARIES=/tmp/lua_lib/liblua.dylib" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         
+        # Add these directories to compiler flags
+        echo "CFLAGS=-I/tmp/lua_include" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "CXXFLAGS=-I/tmp/lua_include" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        
         # Create directories for project resources (only once)
         mkdir -p Resources/AIData/LocalModels
         mkdir -p Resources/AIData/Vulnerabilities
diff --git a/source/lfs.c b/source/lfs.c
index 7752235a..570fe607 100644
--- a/source/lfs.c
+++ b/source/lfs.c
@@ -86,16 +86,10 @@
 #include "lauxlib.h"
 #include "lualib.h"
 #else
-// Use standard Lua headers - we're going back to the original approach
-#ifdef LFS_USE_INCLUDE_QUOTES
+// Always use quotes for includes since paths might be non-standard
 #include "lua.h"
 #include "lauxlib.h"
 #include "lualib.h"
-#else
-#include <lua.h>
-#include <lauxlib.h>
-#include <lualib.h>
-#endif
 #endif
 
 #include "lfs.h"