diff --git a/phpmon/Common/Core/Paths.swift b/phpmon/Common/Core/Paths.swift
index 9176650..4c4dfe9 100644
--- a/phpmon/Common/Core/Paths.swift
+++ b/phpmon/Common/Core/Paths.swift
@@ -15,14 +15,18 @@ public class Paths {
     
     public static let shared = Paths()
     
-    internal var baseDir : Paths.HomebrewDir
+    internal var baseDir: Paths.HomebrewDir
     
-    private var userName : String
+    private var userName: String
     
     init() {
         baseDir = App.architecture != "x86_64" ? .opt : .usr
         userName = String(Shell.pipe("whoami").split(separator: "\n")[0])
     }
+    
+    public func detectBinaryPaths() {
+        detectComposerBinary()
+    }
 
     // - MARK: Binaries
     
@@ -42,6 +46,11 @@ public class Paths {
         return "\(binPath)/php-config"
     }
     
+    // - MARK: Detected Binaries
+    
+    /** The path to the Composer binary. Can be in multiple locations, so is detected instead. */
+    public static var composer: String? = nil
+    
     // - MARK: Paths
     
     public static var whoami: String {
@@ -64,6 +73,21 @@ public class Paths {
         return "\(shared.baseDir.rawValue)/etc"
     }
     
+    // MARK: - Flexible Binaries
+    // (these can be in multiple locations, so we scan common places because)
+    // (PHP Monitor will not use the user's own PATH)
+    
+    private func detectComposerBinary() {
+        if Filesystem.fileExists("/usr/local/bin/composer") {
+            Paths.composer = "/usr/local/bin/composer"
+        } else if Filesystem.fileExists("/opt/homebrew/bin/composer") {
+            Paths.composer = "/opt/homebrew/bin/composer"
+        } else {
+            Paths.composer = nil
+            Log.warn("Composer was not found.")
+        }
+    }
+    
     // MARK: - Enum
     
     public enum HomebrewDir: String {
diff --git a/phpmon/Domain/Integrations/Composer/ComposerWindow.swift b/phpmon/Domain/Integrations/Composer/ComposerWindow.swift
index c0db2fc..765a80d 100644
--- a/phpmon/Domain/Integrations/Composer/ComposerWindow.swift
+++ b/phpmon/Domain/Integrations/Composer/ComposerWindow.swift
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ class ComposerWindow {
         self.shouldNotify = notify
         self.completion = completion
         
-        if !Filesystem.fileExists("/usr/local/bin/composer") {
-            presentMissingSymlinkAlert()
+        Paths.shared.detectBinaryPaths()
+        if Paths.composer == nil {
+            presentMissingAlert()
             return
         }
         
@@ -41,11 +42,11 @@ class ComposerWindow {
         
         DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInitiated).async { [self] in
             let task = Shell.user.createTask(
-                for: "/usr/local/bin/composer global update", requiresPath: true
+                for: "\(Paths.composer!) global update", requiresPath: true
             )
             
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                self.window?.addToConsole("/usr/local/bin/composer global update\n")
+                self.window?.addToConsole("\(Paths.composer!) global update\n")
             }
             
             task.listen(
@@ -114,11 +115,12 @@ class ComposerWindow {
     
     // MARK: Alert
     
-    private func presentMissingSymlinkAlert() {
+    private func presentMissingAlert() {
         BetterAlert()
             .withInformation(
                 title: "alert.composer_missing.title".localized,
-                subtitle: "alert.composer_missing.info".localized
+                subtitle: "alert.composer_missing.subtitle".localized,
+                description: "alert.composer_missing.desc".localized
             )
             .withPrimary(text: "OK")
             .show()
diff --git a/phpmon/Domain/Menu/MainMenu+Startup.swift b/phpmon/Domain/Menu/MainMenu+Startup.swift
index 98e4684..5250552 100644
--- a/phpmon/Domain/Menu/MainMenu+Startup.swift
+++ b/phpmon/Domain/Menu/MainMenu+Startup.swift
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ extension MainMenu {
             Log.info("PHP Monitor has extracted the version number of Valet: \(Valet.shared.version!)")
         }
         
+        Paths.shared.detectBinaryPaths()
+        
         Valet.shared.loadConfiguration()
         Valet.shared.validateVersion()
         Valet.shared.startPreloadingSites()
diff --git a/phpmon/Localizable.strings b/phpmon/Localizable.strings
index c55a0d4..4242695 100644
--- a/phpmon/Localizable.strings
+++ b/phpmon/Localizable.strings
@@ -182,7 +182,13 @@
 
 // Composer Update
 "alert.composer_missing.title" = "Composer not found!";
-"alert.composer_missing.info" = "Make sure you have Composer available in `/usr/local/bin/composer`. If Composer is located somewhere else, please create a symlink, like so (make sure to use the correct path):\n\n`ln -s /path/to/composer /usr/local/bin`.";
+"alert.composer_missing.subtitle" = "PHP Monitor could not find Composer. Make sure that Composer is installed and try again.";
+"alert.composer_missing.desc" = "PHP Monitor assumes that Composer is located in either:
+
+• `/usr/local/bin/composer`
+• `/opt/homebrew/bin/composer`
+
+Make sure you have it installed in one of these locations, or make a symlink if you have Composer installed somewhere else.";
 
 "alert.composer_progress.title" = "Updating global dependencies...";
 "alert.composer_progress.info" = "You can see the progress in the terminal output below.";