diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ee18e3b10..aea225b4c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ include = [
   "frontend/build/static/js/*",
   "frontend/build/static/media/*",
   "studio/app/optinist/core/nwb/nwb.yaml",
-  "studio/app/optinist/microscopes/libs.zip",
   "studio/app/common/core/snakemake/snakemake.yaml",
   "studio/app/*/wrappers/**/*.yaml",
   "studio/app/Snakefile",
diff --git a/studio/app/optinist/microscopes/ND2Reader.py b/studio/app/optinist/microscopes/ND2Reader.py
index 4b1929438..a5a1d1328 100644
--- a/studio/app/optinist/microscopes/ND2Reader.py
+++ b/studio/app/optinist/microscopes/ND2Reader.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from enum import Enum, IntEnum
 
 import numpy as np
+import requests
 
 from studio.app.dir_path import DIRPATH
 from studio.app.optinist.microscopes.MicroscopeDataReaderBase import (
@@ -64,6 +65,12 @@ class ND2Reader(MicroscopeDataReaderBase):
     def unpack_libs():
         """Unpack library files"""
         if not os.path.isdir(DIRPATH.MICROSCOPE_LIB_DIR):
+            if not os.path.exists(DIRPATH.MICROSCOPE_LIB_ZIP):
+                response = requests.get(
+                    "https://github.com/oist/optinist/raw/v1.2.1/studio/app/optinist/microscopes/libs.zip"  # noqa: E501
+                )
+                with open(DIRPATH.MICROSCOPE_LIB_ZIP, "wb") as f:
+                    f.write(response.content)
             shutil.unpack_archive(
                 DIRPATH.MICROSCOPE_LIB_ZIP, DIRPATH.MICROSCOPE_LIB_DIR
             )
diff --git a/studio/app/optinist/microscopes/OIRReader.py b/studio/app/optinist/microscopes/OIRReader.py
index 1b287f28b..36280c5ae 100644
--- a/studio/app/optinist/microscopes/OIRReader.py
+++ b/studio/app/optinist/microscopes/OIRReader.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import shutil
 
 import numpy as np
+import requests
 
 import studio.app.optinist.microscopes.modules.olympus.lib as lib
 from studio.app.dir_path import DIRPATH
@@ -58,6 +59,13 @@ class OIRReader(MicroscopeDataReaderBase):
     def unpack_libs():
         """Unpack library files"""
         if not os.path.isdir(DIRPATH.MICROSCOPE_LIB_DIR):
+            if not os.path.exists(DIRPATH.MICROSCOPE_LIB_ZIP):
+                response = requests.get(
+                    "https://github.com/oist/optinist/raw/v1.2.1/studio/app/optinist/microscopes/libs.zip"  # noqa: E501
+                )
+                with open(DIRPATH.MICROSCOPE_LIB_ZIP, "wb") as f:
+                    f.write(response.content)
+
             shutil.unpack_archive(
                 DIRPATH.MICROSCOPE_LIB_ZIP, DIRPATH.MICROSCOPE_LIB_DIR
             )