diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index a627bea..5745687 100755
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -9,9 +9,15 @@
 export SUCCESS_CMD="$REPO --help"
 export BINLOCATION="/usr/local/bin"
 
+if [[ ! ${VERSION} ]]; then
+    version=$(curl -sI https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPO/releases/latest | grep -i "location:" | awk -F"/" '{ printf "%s", $NF }' | tr -d '\r')
+else
+    version=${VERSION}
+fi
+
+status_code=$(curl -sI -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPO/releases/${version})
 
-version=$(curl -sI https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPO/releases/${VERSION:=latest} | grep -i "location:" | awk -F"/" '{ printf "%s", $NF }' | tr -d '\r')
-if [ ! $version ]; then
+if [ "$status_code" -eq 404 ]; then
     echo "Failed while attempting to install $REPO. Please manually install:"
     echo ""
     echo "1. Open your web browser and go to https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPO/releases"