diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index 3cd4d2e..f22d673 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ existing tag.
 The convenient way is to use the `installer.sh` script that is
 provided from this repository. It will download the correct binary
 from the release page and put it in `/usr/local/bin` on your system.
-It requires `curl` and `sudo` to copy the binary to `/usr/local/bin`.
+It requires `curl`, `jq` and finally `sudo` to copy the binary to
+`/usr/local/bin`.
 
 ```
 curl -sfSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-cli/main/install.sh | bash
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index c0217ce..f2cbb38 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -68,28 +68,12 @@ print_help() {
     debug "       Install the given version instead of latest"
 }
 
-find_latest_release_name() {
-    if [ -n "$version" ]; then
-        echo "$version"
-    else
-        # get latest release
-        local latest_response=$(curl -sSL "$api_url_prefix/latest")
-        if [[ -z "$latest_response" ]] || [[ "$latest_response" =~ .*404.* ]]; then
-            debug_v "No latest release. Use nightly."
-            echo "nightly"
-        else
-            debug_v "Latest release response: $latest_response"
-            if [ -z "$jq" ]; then
-                echo $latest_response | tr ',' '\n' | grep "tag_name" | cut -d':' -f2 | tr -d '[:space:]'
-            else
-                echo $latest_response | jq -r '.tag_name'
-            fi
-        fi
-    fi
-}
+find_latest_release() {
+    # get latest release
+    local latest_response=$(curl -sSL "$api_url_prefix/latest")
+    local version=$(echo $latest_response | jq -r '.tag_name')
+    local version_num="${version:1}"
 
-find_binary_name() {
-    local v=$(echo $version | tr -d 'v')
     local suffix=""
     case "$os" in
         Linux)
@@ -121,15 +105,13 @@ find_binary_name() {
         suffix="${suffix}-musl"
     fi
 
-    if [ "$v" == "nightly" ]; then
-        debug_v "Obtain correct version for nightly"
-        v=$(curl -sSL --fail "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-cli/main/Cargo.toml" | grep "^version" | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d '[:space:]' | tr -d '"')
-        suffix="${suffix}-$v"
-    else
-        suffix="${suffix}-$v"
+    local name_prefix="rnk_${suffix}-${version_num}"
+    local url=$(echo $latest_response | jq -r ".assets[]|select(.name | startswith(\"$name_prefix\"))|.browser_download_url")
+    if [ -z "$url" ]; then
+        echo "No download url could be found for $name_prefix."
+        exit 1
     fi
-
-    echo "rnk_${suffix}"
+    echo $version_num $url
 }
 
 while getopts "ht:cv" arg; do
@@ -151,13 +133,6 @@ while getopts "ht:cv" arg; do
     esac
 done
 
-## check for jq otherwise use grep
-if ! type -P rjq >/dev/null; then
-    debug_v "jq is not installed, use grep instead"
-else
-    jq="jq"
-fi
-
 # The aarch64 executables won't work on Android
 if [ "$dist" == "Android" ]; then
     debug "Sorry, Android is not yet supported."
@@ -166,6 +141,8 @@ fi
 
 ## check for curl
 assert_exec "curl"
+## check for jq
+assert_exec jq
 ## check for cut, grep (should be available)
 assert_exec "cut"
 assert_exec "grep"
@@ -176,7 +153,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ $check_latest -eq 1 ]; then
     debug_v "Check for latest version only"
-    find_latest_release_name
+    find_latest_release
     exit 0
 else
     # Check for nixos
@@ -189,17 +166,15 @@ else
         ## check for sudo first
         assert_exec "sudo"
 
-        version=$(find_latest_release_name)
-        binary=$(find_binary_name)
-        url="$dl_url_prefix/download/$version/$binary"
-        debug "Getting renku-cli $version..."
+        read version url < <(find_latest_release)
+        debug "Getting renku-cli $version ..."
         debug_v "from: $url"
         curl -# -sSL --fail -o "$tdir/rnk" "$url"
         chmod 755 "$tdir/rnk"
 
         debug "Installing to $target"
         sudo mkdir -p "$target"
-        sudo cp "$tdir/rnk" "$target/$binary_name"
+        sudo cp "$tdir/rnk" "$target/rnk"
         debug "Done."
     fi
 fi