diff --git a/rx/CMakeLists.txt b/rx/CMakeLists.txt
index cf3f48323..102c81373 100644
--- a/rx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} OBJECT
     src/debug.cpp
     src/die.cpp
     src/FileLock.cpp
+    src/filesystem.cpp
     src/hexdump.cpp
     src/Mappable.cpp
     src/mem.cpp
diff --git a/rx/include/rx/filesystem.hpp b/rx/include/rx/filesystem.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80f12ad01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rx/include/rx/filesystem.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace rx {
+// Get the full path to the current executable
+std::string getExecutablePath();
+
+// Find an executable by name in system PATH
+// Returns the full path if found, empty string otherwise
+std::string findExecutable(const std::string &name);
+} // namespace rx
diff --git a/rx/src/debug.cpp b/rx/src/debug.cpp
index eed39bf1b..7d408af64 100644
--- a/rx/src/debug.cpp
+++ b/rx/src/debug.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #include "debug.hpp"
 #include "Process.hpp"
+#include "filesystem.hpp"
 #include "print.hpp"
 #include <fstream>
-#include <list>
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #else
 
 #ifdef __linux__
-#include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <sys/ptrace.h>
 #endif
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -86,37 +85,36 @@ void rx::waitForDebugger() {
 }
 
 void rx::runDebugger() {
-#ifdef __linux__
-  int pid = ::getpid();
-  char path[PATH_MAX];
-  ::readlink("/proc/self/exe", path, sizeof(path));
-  if (fork()) {
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
-    waitForDebugger();
+  auto pid = getCurrentProcessId();
+  auto path = rx::getExecutablePath();
+
+  auto pidString = std::to_string(pid);
+
+  // Find gdb in PATH
+  auto gdbPath = rx::findExecutable("gdb");
+
+  if (gdbPath.empty()) {
     return;
   }
 
-  auto pidString = std::to_string(pid);
-  const char *gdbPath = "/usr/bin/gdb";
+  std::vector<std::string> args = {
+      path,
+      pidString,
+      "-iex",
+      "set pagination off",
+      "-ex",
+      "handle SIGSYS nostop noprint",
+      "-ex",
+      "handle SIGUSR1 nostop noprint"
+      // TODO: collect elfs
+      //   "-ex", "add-symbol-file <path to elf> 0x400000"
+  };
 
-  std::list<std::string> storage;
-  std::vector<const char *> argv;
-  argv.push_back(gdbPath);
-  argv.push_back(path);
-  argv.push_back(pidString.c_str());
-  argv.push_back("-iex");
-  argv.push_back("set pagination off");
-  argv.push_back("-ex");
-  argv.push_back("handle SIGSYS nostop noprint");
-  argv.push_back("-ex");
-  argv.push_back("handle SIGUSR1 nostop noprint");
-  // TODO: collect elfs
-  //   argv.push_back("-ex");
-  //   argv.push_back("add-symbol-file <path to elf> 0x400000");
-  argv.push_back(nullptr);
-
-  execv(gdbPath, (char **)argv.data());
-#endif
+  ProcessId debuggerPid = rx::spawn(gdbPath, args);
+  if (debuggerPid != static_cast<ProcessId>(-1)) {
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
+    waitForDebugger();
+  }
 }
 
 void rx::breakpoint() {
diff --git a/rx/src/filesystem.cpp b/rx/src/filesystem.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8073f8002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rx/src/filesystem.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+#include <rx/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <rx/types.hpp>
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <vector>
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#include <windows.h>
+#else
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <climits>
+
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
+#elif defined(__linux__)
+#include <unistd.h>
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#elif defined(__NetBSD__) | defined(__OpenBSD__)
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#elif defined(__sun)
+#include <cstdlib>
+#endif
+
+std::string rx::getExecutablePath() {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
+  DWORD len = ::GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr, path, MAX_PATH);
+  if (len == 0 || len == MAX_PATH) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  // Convert wide string to narrow string
+  int size =
+      ::WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, path, -1, nullptr, 0, nullptr, nullptr);
+  if (size <= 0) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  std::string result(size - 1, '\0');
+  ::WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, path, -1, result.data(), size, nullptr,
+                        nullptr);
+  return result;
+
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+  char path[PATH_MAX];
+  uint32_t size = sizeof(path);
+  if (_NSGetExecutablePath(path, &size) == 0) {
+    return path;
+  }
+
+  // Buffer too small, allocate larger
+  std::string result(size, '\0');
+  if (_NSGetExecutablePath(result.data(), &size) == 0) {
+    result.resize(size - 1); // Remove null terminator
+    return result;
+  }
+  return {};
+
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__ANDROID__)
+  char path[PATH_MAX];
+  ssize_t len = ::readlink("/proc/self/exe", path, sizeof(path) - 1);
+  if (len == -1) {
+    return {};
+  }
+  path[len] = '\0';
+  return path;
+
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
+  int mib[4] = {CTL_KERN, KERN_PROC, KERN_PROC_PATHNAME, -1};
+  char path[PATH_MAX];
+  size_t len = sizeof(path);
+  if (sysctl(mib, 4, path, &len, nullptr, 0) == 0) {
+    return path;
+  }
+  return {};
+
+#elif defined(__NetBSD__)
+  int mib[4] = {CTL_KERN, KERN_PROC_ARGS, -1, KERN_PROC_PATHNAME};
+  char path[PATH_MAX];
+  size_t len = sizeof(path);
+  if (sysctl(mib, 4, path, &len, nullptr, 0) == 0) {
+    return path;
+  }
+  return {};
+
+#elif defined(__OpenBSD__)
+  // OpenBSD doesn't provide a direct way to get executable path
+  // Return empty string as fallback
+  return {};
+
+#elif defined(__sun)
+  // Solaris
+  const char *path = getexecname();
+  if (path) {
+    if (path[0] == '/') {
+      return std::string(path);
+    }
+    // Relative path, need to prepend current directory
+    char cwd[PATH_MAX];
+    if (getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd))) {
+      return std::string(cwd) + "/" + path;
+    }
+  }
+  return {};
+
+#else
+#error "rx::filesystem::getExecutablePath not implemented for this platform"
+#endif
+}
+
+std::string rx::findExecutable(const std::string &name) {
+  if (name.empty()) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  // On Windows, search PATH with automatic .exe extension handling
+  std::vector<std::string> extensions;
+
+  // Check if name already has an extension
+  bool hasExtension = name.find('.') != std::string::npos;
+  if (hasExtension) {
+    extensions.push_back("");
+  } else {
+    // Try common executable extensions
+    const char *pathExt = std::getenv("PATHEXT");
+    if (pathExt) {
+      std::string pathExtStr = pathExt;
+      size_t start = 0;
+      while (start < pathExtStr.size()) {
+        size_t end = pathExtStr.find(';', start);
+        if (end == std::string::npos) {
+          end = pathExtStr.size();
+        }
+        std::string ext = pathExtStr.substr(start, end - start);
+        extensions.push_back(ext);
+        start = end + 1;
+      }
+    } else {
+      extensions = {".exe", ".bat", ".cmd", ".com"};
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Check if it's an absolute or relative path
+  if (name.find('\\') != std::string::npos ||
+      name.find('/') != std::string::npos ||
+      (name.size() >= 2 && name[1] == ':')) {
+    // It's a path, check if file exists
+    for (const auto &ext : extensions) {
+      std::string fullPath = name + ext;
+      DWORD attrs = ::GetFileAttributesA(fullPath.c_str());
+      if (attrs != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES &&
+          !(attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)) {
+        return fullPath;
+      }
+    }
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  // Search in PATH
+  const char *pathEnv = std::getenv("PATH");
+  if (!pathEnv) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  std::string_view pathStr = pathEnv;
+  size_t start = 0;
+  while (start < pathStr.size()) {
+    size_t end = pathStr.find(';', start);
+    if (end == std::string::npos) {
+      end = pathStr.size();
+    }
+
+    auto dir = std::string(pathStr.substr(start, end - start));
+    if (!dir.empty()) {
+      // Add separator if needed
+      if (dir.back() != '\\' && dir.back() != '/') {
+        dir += '\\';
+      }
+
+      for (const auto &ext : extensions) {
+        std::string fullPath = dir + name + ext;
+        DWORD attrs = ::GetFileAttributesA(fullPath.c_str());
+        if (attrs != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES &&
+            !(attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)) {
+          return fullPath;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    start = end + 1;
+  }
+
+  return {};
+
+#else
+  // Unix-like systems
+  // Check if it's already a path (contains /)
+  if (name.find('/') != std::string::npos) {
+    struct stat st;
+    if (stat(name.c_str(), &st) == 0 && S_ISREG(st.st_mode) &&
+        (st.st_mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))) {
+      return name;
+    }
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  // Search in PATH
+  const char *pathEnv = std::getenv("PATH");
+  if (!pathEnv) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  std::string pathStr = pathEnv;
+  size_t start = 0;
+  while (start < pathStr.size()) {
+    size_t end = pathStr.find(':', start);
+    if (end == std::string::npos) {
+      end = pathStr.size();
+    }
+
+    std::string dir = pathStr.substr(start, end - start);
+    if (!dir.empty()) {
+      // Add separator if needed
+      if (dir.back() != '/') {
+        dir += '/';
+      }
+
+      std::string fullPath = dir + name;
+      struct stat st;
+      if (stat(fullPath.c_str(), &st) == 0 && S_ISREG(st.st_mode) &&
+          (st.st_mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))) {
+        return fullPath;
+      }
+    }
+
+    start = end + 1;
+  }
+
+  return {};
+#endif
+}