diff --git a/Artifacts.toml b/Artifacts.toml
index 607457c..c823a4f 100644
--- a/Artifacts.toml
+++ b/Artifacts.toml
@@ -23,3 +23,11 @@ os = "macos"
     [[heta_app.download]]
     sha256 = "9454cd0b5a47f5692a5a5decdf47a0e03ef18892f4be5c55d28777bf499176a3"
     url = "https://github.com/hetalang/heta-compiler/releases/download/v0.8.7/heta-compiler-macos.tar.gz"
+[[heta_app]]
+arch = "aarch64"
+git-tree-sha1 = "a741cebf5cd6872b9da78a1713e5b835f9bc919b"
+os = "macos"
+
+    [[heta_app.download]]
+    sha256 = "9454cd0b5a47f5692a5a5decdf47a0e03ef18892f4be5c55d28777bf499176a3"
+    url = "https://github.com/hetalang/heta-compiler/releases/download/v0.8.7/heta-compiler-macos.tar.gz"
diff --git a/artifacts_scripts/build_artifacts.jl b/artifacts_scripts/build_artifacts.jl
index 7a303f8..7e0c95e 100644
--- a/artifacts_scripts/build_artifacts.jl
+++ b/artifacts_scripts/build_artifacts.jl
@@ -19,3 +19,13 @@ for os in ("linux", "windows", "macos")
       lazy = false,
   )
 end
+
+# add aarch64 for macos
+add_artifact!(
+  artifacts_toml,
+  "heta_app",
+  "https://github.com/hetalang/heta-compiler/releases/download/$HETA_COMPILER_RELEASE/heta-compiler-macos.tar.gz";
+  platform = Artifacts.Platform("aarch64", "macos"),
+  force = true,
+  lazy = false,
+)
diff --git a/src/HetaSimulator.jl b/src/HetaSimulator.jl
index 0293228..55f6060 100644
--- a/src/HetaSimulator.jl
+++ b/src/HetaSimulator.jl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module HetaSimulator
   function heta_compiler_load()
     artifact_info = artifact_meta("heta_app", joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "Artifacts.toml"))
   
-    artifact_info === nothing && return nothing # throw?
+    artifact_info === nothing && throw("Your arch/OS is not supported by heta-compiler. Please, report this issue to Heta development team.")
   
     return artifact_path(SHA1(artifact_info["git-tree-sha1"]))
   end