diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 57478c6..08e99da 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Configure directories
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ install_node(){
   # Download node from Heroku's S3 mirror of nodejs.org/dist
   echo "Downloading and installing node"
   node_url="http://s3pository.heroku.com/node/v$node_version/node-v$node_version-linux-x64.tar.gz"
-  curl $node_url -s -o - | tar xzf - -C $build_dir
+  curl -L $node_url -s -o - | tar xzf - -C $build_dir
 
 
   # Move node (and npm) into ./vendor and make them executable