diff --git a/bin/nexe b/bin/nexe
index 7547f3f..4af18e6 100755
--- a/bin/nexe
+++ b/bin/nexe
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ options('o', {
 }).
 options('r', {
 	alias: 'runtime',
-	default: '0.10.20',
+	default: 'latest',
 	description: 'The node.js runtime to use'
 }).
 options('t', {
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index fbfbc9e..51232a5 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ exports.compile = function(args, next) {
 
 function downloadNode(version, temp, next) {
 
-	var tmpPath = path.join(temp, "node-v" + version + ".tar.gz"),
+	var tmpPath = path.join(temp, "node-" + version + ".tar.gz"),
 	srcDr       = tmpPath.replace(/\.tar.gz$/, "");
 
 	try {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function downloadNode(version, temp, next) {
 			console.log("downloading node %s", version);
 
 			var output = fs.createWriteStream(tmpPath, { "flags": "w+" }),
-			req = request("http://nodejs.org/dist/v" + version + "/node-v" + version + ".tar.gz").pipe(output);
+			req = request("http://nodejs.org/dist/node-" + version + ".tar.gz").pipe(output);
 
 			output.on("close", this);
 		},