diff --git a/get_geth.sh b/get_geth.sh
index 9414068..a3afba3 100755
--- a/get_geth.sh
+++ b/get_geth.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # WARNING: the following script has a high concentration of YOLOs
 
-# Note: $HOMEDIR is defined in main.js, check it out
-
 set -e
 
+# Note: $HOMEDIR is defined in main.js, check it out
+HOMEDIR=${HOMEDIR:-"."}
+
+# Unfortunately GitHub ratelimits the following requests when running on travis. That's the reason why I had to hardcode the values of VERSION and COMMIT for now.
+# VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases/latest | python -c "import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['tag_name'])")
+# COMMIT=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/commits/${VERSION} | python -c "import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['sha'])")
+VERSION="1.8.27"
+COMMIT="4bcc0a37"
 PLATFORM=$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
-
-VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases/latest | python -c "import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['tag_name'])")
-COMMIT=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/go-ethereum/commits/${VERSION} | python -c "import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['sha'])")
-NAME="geth-${PLATFORM}-amd64-${VERSION:1}-${COMMIT:0:8}"
+NAME="geth-${PLATFORM}-amd64-${VERSION}-${COMMIT}"
 DOWNLOAD_URL="https://gethstore.blob.core.windows.net/builds/${NAME}.tar.gz"
 TMP_FILE=$(mktemp)
+
+echo "Downloading ${DOWNLOAD_URL}"
 curl --fail ${DOWNLOAD_URL} | tar -Oxzf - ${NAME}/geth > ${TMP_FILE}
 mv ${TMP_FILE} ${HOMEDIR}/geth
 chmod +x ${HOMEDIR}/geth