diff --git a/setup_test.sh b/setup_test.sh
index edb44f3..f0c4e9a 100644
--- a/setup_test.sh
+++ b/setup_test.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ trap cleanup EXIT
 
 
 cd ${TMPDATADIR}
-curl -LkSs https://api.github.com/repos/mirnylab/distiller-test-data/tarball | tar -zxf - 
+#curl -LkSs https://api.github.com/repos/mirnylab/distiller-test-data/tarball | tar -zxf - 
+wget -qO- https://api.github.com/repos/mirnylab/distiller-test-data/tarball | tar xvz
 # cd to the first (and the only) folder that was extracted from the tarball
 cd $(ls -d */|head -n 1)
 mv -n ./genome ${PROJECT_DIR}