diff --git a/installers/common.sh b/installers/common.sh
index 4cc13c2..dee2294 100755
--- a/installers/common.sh
+++ b/installers/common.sh
@@ -74,15 +74,15 @@ function download_latest_files() {
     fi
 
     install_log "Downloading latest MSM configuration file"
-    sudo wget https://raw.github.com/marcuswhybrow/minecraft-server-manager/latest/msm.conf \
+    sudo wget ${UPDATE_URL}/msm.conf \
         -O "$dl_dir/msm.conf.orig" || install_error "Couldn't download configuration file"
 
     install_log "Downloading latest MSM cron file"
-    sudo wget https://raw.github.com/marcuswhybrow/minecraft-server-manager/latest/cron/msm \
+    sudo wget ${UPDATE_URL}/cron/msm \
         -O "$dl_dir/msm.cron.orig" || install_error "Couldn't download cron file"
 
     install_log "Downloading latest MSM version"
-    sudo wget https://raw.github.com/marcuswhybrow/minecraft-server-manager/latest/init/msm \
+    sudo wget ${UPDATE_URL}/init/msm \
         -O "$dl_dir/msm.init.orig" || install_error "Couldn't download init file"
 }
 
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ function patch_latest_files() {
     # patch config file
     install_log "Patching MSM configuration file"
     sudo sed 's#USERNAME="minecraft"#USERNAME="'$msm_user'"#g' "$dl_dir/msm.conf.orig" | \
-        sed "s#/opt/msm#$msm_dir#g" >"$dl_dir/msm.conf"
+        sed "s#/opt/msm#$msm_dir#g" | \
+        sed "s#UPDATE_URL=.*\$#UPDATE_URL=\"$UPDATE_URL\"#" >"$dl_dir/msm.conf"
 
     # patch cron file
     install_log "Patching MSM cron file"
diff --git a/installers/debian.sh b/installers/debian.sh
index d589e85..aa2cb0d 100755
--- a/installers/debian.sh
+++ b/installers/debian.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-wget -q https://raw.github.com/marcuswhybrow/minecraft-server-manager/master/installers/common.sh -O /tmp/msmcommon.sh
+UPDATE_URL="https://raw.github.com/marcuswhybrow/minecraft-server-manager/master"
+wget -q ${UPDATE_URL}/installers/common.sh -O /tmp/msmcommon.sh
 source /tmp/msmcommon.sh && rm -f /tmp/msmcommon.sh
 
 function update_system_packages() {
@@ -32,4 +33,4 @@ function enable_init() {
     fi
 }
 
-install_msm
\ No newline at end of file
+install_msm
diff --git a/installers/redhat.sh b/installers/redhat.sh
index 3a4be87..17a73ba 100755
--- a/installers/redhat.sh
+++ b/installers/redhat.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-wget -q https://raw.github.com/marcuswhybrow/minecraft-server-manager/master/installers/common.sh -O /tmp/msmcommon.sh
+UPDATE_URL="https://raw.github.com/marcuswhybrow/minecraft-server-manager/master"
+wget -q ${UPDATE_URL}/installers/common.sh -O /tmp/msmcommon.sh
 source /tmp/msmcommon.sh && rm -f /tmp/msmcommon.sh
 
 function update_system_packages() {
diff --git a/msm.conf b/msm.conf
index 621630b..4ca9f0c 100644
--- a/msm.conf
+++ b/msm.conf
@@ -166,3 +166,7 @@ DEFAULT_MESSAGE_COMPLETE_BACKUP_STARTED="Backing up entire server."
 # The default message to send to players when a server finishes backing up the
 # entire server directory:
 DEFAULT_MESSAGE_COMPLETE_BACKUP_FINISHED="Backup complete."
+
+# Default github url to pull updates from. Do not change this unless you want
+# to use another github fork of msm.
+UPDATE_URL="https://raw.github.com/marcuswhybrow/minecraft-server-manager/master"