diff --git a/fragments/functions.sh b/fragments/functions.sh
index ddbe70f..8e98870 100644
--- a/fragments/functions.sh
+++ b/fragments/functions.sh
@@ -156,11 +156,11 @@ downloadURLFromGit() { # $1 git user name, $2 git repo name
     fi
 
     if [ -n "$archiveName" ]; then
-    downloadURL=$(curl -L --silent --fail "https://api.github.com/repos/$gitusername/$gitreponame/releases/latest" \
-    | awk -F '"' "/browser_download_url/ && /$archiveName\"/ { print \$4; exit }")
+        #downloadURL=$(curl -L --silent --fail "https://api.github.com/repos/$gitusername/$gitreponame/releases/latest" | awk -F '"' "/browser_download_url/ && /$archiveName\"/ { print \$4; exit }")
+        downloadURL=https://github.com$(curl -sL "https://github.com/$gitusername/$gitreponame/releases/latest" | tr '"' "\n" | grep -o "\/$gitusername\/$gitreponame.*$archiveName.*")
     else
-    downloadURL=$(curl -L --silent --fail "https://api.github.com/repos/$gitusername/$gitreponame/releases/latest" \
-    | awk -F '"' "/browser_download_url/ && /$filetype\"/ { print \$4; exit }")
+        #downloadURL=$(curl -L --silent --fail "https://api.github.com/repos/$gitusername/$gitreponame/releases/latest" | awk -F '"' "/browser_download_url/ && /$filetype\"/ { print \$4; exit }")
+        downloadURL=https://github.com$(curl -sL "https://github.com/$gitusername/$gitreponame/releases/latest" | tr '"' "\n" | grep -o "\/$gitusername\/$gitreponame.*\.$filetype")
     fi
     if [ -z "$downloadURL" ]; then
         cleanupAndExit 9 "could not retrieve download URL for $gitusername/$gitreponame" ERROR
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ versionFromGit() {
     gitusername=${1?:"no git user name"}
     gitreponame=${2?:"no git repo name"}
 
-    appNewVersion=$(curl -L --silent --fail "https://api.github.com/repos/$gitusername/$gitreponame/releases/latest" | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4 | sed 's/[^0-9\.]//g')
+    #appNewVersion=$(curl -L --silent --fail "https://api.github.com/repos/$gitusername/$gitreponame/releases/latest" | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4 | sed 's/[^0-9\.]//g')
+    appNewVersion=$(curl -sLI "https://github.com/$gitusername/$gitreponame/releases/latest" | grep -i "^location" | tr "/" "\n" | tail -1 | sed 's/[^0-9\.]//g')
     if [ -z "$appNewVersion" ]; then
         printlog "could not retrieve version number for $gitusername/$gitreponame" WARN
         appNewVersion=""