diff --git a/src/build.npm.sh b/src/build.npm.sh
index dabb95e..c1d82ec 100755
--- a/src/build.npm.sh
+++ b/src/build.npm.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 
 set -e
 
+NODE_VERSION=$1
+
 apt-get update
 apt-get -qq -y --no-install-recommends install curl jq ca-certificates git g++ gcc make clang wget xz-utils python-is-python3 sudo python3-minimal python3-distutils
 mkdir build_node
 cd build_node/ || exit
-wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.13.0/node-v16.13.0.tar.xz
-tar xf node-v16.13.0.tar.xz
-mv node-v16.13.0 node
+wget https://nodejs.org/dist/$NODE_VERSION/node-$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz
+tar xf node-$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz
+mv node-$NODE_VERSION node
 cd node || exit
 ./configure
 make -j4
diff --git a/src/build.sh b/src/build.sh
index 8cc0ff8..743246f 100755
--- a/src/build.sh
+++ b/src/build.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install git jq imagemagick curl build-essenti
 
 npm install yarn --global
 
-git clone https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium.git
-cd vscodium/ || exit
+cd "${1:-vscodium}" || exit
 
 sed '/create_appimage\.sh/d' -i build.sh
 
diff --git a/src/getsauce.sh b/src/getsauce.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dd334df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/getsauce.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "No arguments provided. Aborting..."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
+    echo "usage: ./getsauce.sh [-h] [mode <URL|repoName> [checkout]]
+
+Retrieves the source for you.
+
+Possible values for the arguments:
+
+mode      git, github-tar
+URL       url of the repo
+repoName  name of the repo with user/org included (e.g. username/repo or organization/repo)
+checkout  tag, branch or complete hash of a commit
+
+Dependencies: curl jq ca-certificates git
+"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+    echo "Arguments \"mode\" and \"URL/repoName\" not provided. Aborting..."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+GET_SRC_MODE=$1
+URL_REPONAME=$2
+[ ! -z ${3+x} ] && CHECKOUT=$3
+[ -z ${REPO_PATH+x} ] && REPO_PATH="project"
+SRC_DIR_PATH="./"
+TMP_DIR="tmp_extract"
+
+if [ $GET_SRC_MODE = "github-tar" ]; then
+    mkdir "${TMP_DIR}"
+    curl --silent --fail -L "https://api.github.com/repos/${URL_REPONAME}/tarball/${CHECKOUT}" -o - | tar xvz -f - -C "$SRC_DIR_PATH" || rm -rf "${TMP_DIR}" && exit 1
+    mv "${TMP_DIR}"/* "${REPO_PATH}/"
+elif [ $GET_SRC_MODE = "git" ]; then
+    TMP_POSITION="${PWD}"
+    git clone "${URL_REPONAME}" "${REPO_PATH}"
+    cd "${REPO_PATH}"
+    [ ! -z ${CHECKOUT+x} ] && git checkout "${CHECKOUT}"
+    cd "${TMP_POSITION}"
+else
+    echo "Not valid mode"
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/src/main.sh b/src/main.sh
index a66ef2a..8885068 100755
--- a/src/main.sh
+++ b/src/main.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,44 @@
 
 set -e
 
-echo "Building node..."
-./build.npm.sh
-#./install.npm.thirdparty.sh && sudo apt-get -qq -y --no-install-recommends install python-is-python3
+echo "Updating apt..."
+apt-get -qq update
+
+echo "Installing get tools..."
+apt-get -qq -y --no-install-recommends install curl jq ca-certificates git > /dev/null
+
+REPO_NAME="VSCodium/vscodium"
+REPO_URL="https://github.com/${REPO_NAME}.git"
+
+if [ -z ${1+x} ]; then
+    echo "No release selected, selecting the latest..."
+    CHECKOUT="$(curl --silent --fail --show-error "https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO_NAME}/releases/latest" | jq -r .tag_name)"
+    echo "Latest release: ${CHECKOUT}"
+else
+    CHECKOUT="${1}"
+    echo "Release selected: ${CHECKOUT}"
+fi
+
+echo "Getting the source..."
+REPO_PATH=vscodium ./getsauce.sh "git" \
+              "${REPO_URL}" \
+              "${CHECKOUT}"
+
+NODE_VERSION="$(cat project/.nvmrc)"
+
+echo "Checking if node is already installed..."
+if command -v node; then
+    echo "Node already installed."
+    node --version
+else
+    echo "Node not installed."
+    echo "Building node..."
+    ./build.npm.sh $NODE_VERSION
+    #./install.npm.thirdparty.sh && sudo apt-get -qq -y --no-install-recommends install python-is-python3
+fi
 
 echo "Building VSCodium..."
-./build.sh
+./build.sh "$REPO_PATH"
 
 echo "Package(s) deploy..."
 DIST_DIR="/srv/build/vscodium/vscode/.build/linux/deb/amd64/deb"