diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index fb93368..8e1af46 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ Imports:
 Suggests: 
     rmarkdown,
     testthat (>= 3.0.0),
-    ifadv,
     pkgdown,
-    ggrepel
-Remotes: git::https://github.com/elpaco-escience/ifadv.git
+    ggrepel,
+    utils
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index a890499..9dae829 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export(add_lines)
 export(calculate_timing)
 export(geom_token)
 export(geom_turn)
+export(get_ifadv)
 export(init)
 export(plot_density)
 export(plot_quality)
diff --git a/R/auxs.R b/R/auxs.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f40d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/auxs.R
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#' Get IFADV data
+#'
+#' IFA Dialog Video corpus data
+#' Available in the public repository:
+#' https://github.com/elpaco-escience/ifadv
+#'
+#' This function requires an internet connection.
+#'
+#' @param source (default = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elpaco-escience/ifadv/csv/data/ifadv.csv")
+#'
+#' @return A data frame containing the IFADV dataset
+#' @export
+#'
+get_ifadv <- function(source="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elpaco-escience/ifadv/csv/data/ifadv.csv") {
+  return(utils::read.csv(source))
+}
diff --git a/man/get_ifadv.Rd b/man/get_ifadv.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7214e4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/get_ifadv.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/auxs.R
+\name{get_ifadv}
+\alias{get_ifadv}
+\title{Get IFADV data}
+\usage{
+get_ifadv(
+  source = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elpaco-escience/ifadv/csv/data/ifadv.csv"
+)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{source}{(default = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elpaco-escience/ifadv/csv/data/ifadv.csv")}
+}
+\value{
+A data frame containing the IFADV dataset
+}
+\description{
+IFA Dialog Video corpus data
+Available in the public repository:
+https://github.com/elpaco-escience/ifadv
+}
+\details{
+This function requires an internet connection
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/report.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/report.md
index eb6ceaa..0fa9e09 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/report.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/report.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # summary reports are accurate
 
     Code
-      report_stats(data)
+      report_stats(testdata)
     Output
       ### Corpus-level statistics 
       
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-plots.R b/tests/testthat/test-plots.R
index dd816f2..f918ac6 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-plots.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-plots.R
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # between new and reference image. They are clickable from the test menu.
 
 # Load the test data
-testdata <- ifadv::ifadv
+testdata <- get_ifadv()
 
 #' Auxiliary decorator
 #'
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-report.R b/tests/testthat/test-report.R
index b5ca7a7..e1e2dc0 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-report.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-report.R
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-## set up the test environment
-data <- ifadv::ifadv
+## Load the test data
+testdata <- get_ifadv()
 
 test_that("summary reports are accurate", {
   expect_snapshot(
     report_stats(
-      data
+      testdata
     )
   )
 })
diff --git a/vignettes/workflows.Rmd b/vignettes/workflows.Rmd
index 73bb2dc..5d5ccf6 100644
--- a/vignettes/workflows.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/workflows.Rmd
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ The snippet below initializes the talkr dataset using the ifadv data. For more i
 
 ```{r}
 
-data <- init(ifadv::ifadv) 
-
+data <- get_ifadv()
+data <- init(data)
 ```
 
 Essential to any `talkr` workflow is a minimal set of data fields. These are the following: