diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index ebdca59..bdd1f72 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -16,18 +16,39 @@ for arg in $@ ; do
     esac
 done
 
+rev="QmSLsdX9BQ1f9sBeuMeLnrmFEWQiNJG9nRmgi4Pua2Ui3y"
+
+_next=""
 # check for build flags
 for arg in $@ ; do
     case $arg in
         "--disable-redis")
             tags="$tags -tags disable_redis"
             ;;
+        "--revision")
+            _next="rev"
+            ;;
+        "--revision=*")
+            rev=$(echo $arg | cut -d'=' -f2)
+            ;;
+        *)
+            if [ "x$_next" == "xrev" ] ; then
+                rev="$arg"
+            fi
     esac
 done
 
+if [ "x$rev" == "x" ] ; then
+    echo "revision not specified"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 cd $root
 export GOPATH=$root/go
 mkdir -p $GOPATH
-go get -v -u $tags github.com/majestrate/srndv2
-cp -a $GOPATH/bin/srndv2 $root
+echo "obtaining gx"
+go get -v github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go
+gx install --global
+go get -v gx/ipfs/$rev/srndv2
+cp $GOPATH/bin/srndv2 $root
 echo "Built"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 69a632d..384ba9a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@
   "author": "jeff",
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "gxDependencies": [
+    {
+      "author": "jeff",
+      "name": "srndv2",
+      "hash": "QmSLsdX9BQ1f9sBeuMeLnrmFEWQiNJG9nRmgi4Pua2Ui3y",
+      "version": "0.0.0"
+    }
   ],
   "language": "go",
   "issues_url": "https://github.com/majestrate/nntpchan",
   "gx_version": "0.4.0",
   "gx": {}
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srnd.go b/srnd.go
index e36dbac..e6fd691 100644
--- a/srnd.go
+++ b/srnd.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/majestrate/srndv2/src/srnd"
+	"gx/ipfs/QmSLsdX9BQ1f9sBeuMeLnrmFEWQiNJG9nRmgi4Pua2Ui3y/srndv2/src/srnd"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"