diff --git a/02-topgrade.sh b/02-topgrade.sh
index d23db0a..576f472 100644
--- a/02-topgrade.sh
+++ b/02-topgrade.sh
@@ -18,12 +18,8 @@ topgrade_git_owner="r-darwish"
 topgrade_git_repo="topgrade"
 if [ ! -f "$topgrade_binary" ]; then
   echo "** topgrade binary missing, installing now"
-  newest_release=$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/$topgrade_git_owner/$topgrade_git_repo/releases/latest | jq -r ".tag_name")
-  echo $newest_release
   newest_release_url=$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/$topgrade_git_owner/$topgrade_git_repo/releases/latest | jq -r ".assets[].browser_download_url" | grep x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz)
-  echo $newest_release_url
-  wget "https://github.com/$topgrade_git_owner/$topgrade_git_repo/releases/download/v8.2.0/topgrade-v8.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" -O "$topgrade_tar"
-  # curl -s -L "https://github.com/$topgrade_git_user/$topgrade_git_repo/releases/latest" | egrep -o '/$topgrade_git_user/$topgrade_git_repo/releases/download/[0-9]*/[0-9]*-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz' | wget --base=http://github.com/ -i - -O "$topgrade_tar"
+  wget $newest_release_url -O "$topgrade_tar"
   tar -xvf $topgrade_tar -C $topgrade_install_directory
   rm $topgrade_tar
   chmod +x $topgrade_binary
@@ -32,9 +28,11 @@ else
 fi
 if [ ! -f "$topgrade_binary" ]; then
   echo "** topgrade binary not present at $topgrade_binary"
+else
+  current_version=$($topgrade_binary --version | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
+  newest_release=$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/$topgrade_git_owner/$topgrade_git_repo/releases/latest | jq -r ".tag_name" | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
 fi
 
-
 echo "checking for topgrade confs"
 custom_topgrade_confs_path="/etc/topgrade"
 custom_topgrade_confs_git="https://git.deathbybandaid.net/deathbybandaid/topgrade.git"
diff --git a/dependencies/sed.dep b/dependencies/sed.dep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a12022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies/sed.dep
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sed