diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index a940e3e4..ef49b54a 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 RC='\033[0m'
 RED='\033[0;31m'
 
-linutil="https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/linutil/raw/main/linutil"
+linutil="https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/linutil/releases/latest/download/linutil"
 
 check() {
     local exit_code=$1
diff --git a/startdev.sh b/startdev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5750b2ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/startdev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+RC='\033[0m'
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+
+# Function to fetch the latest release tag from the GitHub API
+get_latest_release() {
+  local latest_release
+  latest_release=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/ChrisTitusTech/linutil/releases | jq -r 'map(select(.prerelease == true)) | .tag_name')
+  if [ -z "$latest_release" ]; then
+    echo "Error fetching release data" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+  echo "$latest_release"
+}
+
+# Function to redirect to the latest pre-release version
+redirect_to_latest_pre_release() {
+  local latest_release
+  latest_release=$(get_latest_release)
+  if [ -n "$latest_release" ]; then
+    url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChrisTitusTech/linutil/$latest_release/linutil"
+  else
+    echo 'Unable to determine latest pre-release version.' >&2
+    echo "Using latest Full Release"
+    url="https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/linutil/releases/latest/download/linutil"
+  fi
+  echo "Using URL: $url"  # Log the URL being used
+}
+
+check() {
+    local exit_code=$1
+    local message=$2
+
+    if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "${RED}ERROR: $message${RC}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+redirect_to_latest_pre_release
+
+TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
+check $? "Creating the temporary file"
+
+echo "Downloading linutil from $url"  # Log the download attempt
+curl -fsL $url -o $TMPFILE
+check $? "Downloading linutil"
+
+chmod +x $TMPFILE
+check $? "Making linutil executable"
+
+"$TMPFILE"
+check $? "Executing linutil"
+
+rm -f $TMPFILE
+check $? "Deleting the temporary file"
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