diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 489b9281..bba70913 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The public folder is generated from the frontend
 /assets/public
 /assets/setup
-
+.gobin
 .vscode
 # test text file
 backend/server/tests/exec/data/test.txt
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6a6550a1..7211aa32 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ frontend: phony frontend/node_modules
 	cd plugins/notifications; make builtin; make frontend
 	cd plugins/registry; make builtin; make frontend
 
-heedy: backend/main.go phony # gencode
-ifeq ($(shell which statik),)
-	go get github.com/rakyll/statik
-endif
-	statik -src=./assets -dest=./backend -p assets -f
+.gobin/statik:
+	GOBIN=${PWD}/.gobin go install github.com/rakyll/statik
+
+
+heedy: backend/main.go .gobin/statik phony # gencode
+	./.gobin/statik -src=./assets -dest=./backend -p assets -f
 	cd backend; $(GO) build --tags "sqlite_foreign_keys json1 sqlite_preupdate_hook" -o ../heedy -ldflags "-X \"github.com/heedy/heedy/backend/buildinfo.BuildTimestamp=`date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`\" -X github.com/heedy/heedy/backend/buildinfo.GitHash=`git rev-parse HEAD` -X github.com/heedy/heedy/backend/buildinfo.Version=$(VERSION)"
 	rm ./backend/assets/statik.go
 
diff --git a/api/python/requirements.txt b/api/python/requirements.txt
index b81d09a8..66d08d05 100644
--- a/api/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/python/requirements.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ pytest-timeout
 
 numpy
 aiohttp
-dateparser
\ No newline at end of file
+dateparser
+requests
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/python/setup.py b/api/python/setup.py
index 6ff72539..259cd25d 100644
--- a/api/python/setup.py
+++ b/api/python/setup.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         "numpy",
         "aiohttp",
-        "dateparser"
+        "dateparser",
+        "requests"
     ],
 )