diff --git a/deploy/install.abra.autonomic.zone/installer b/deploy/install.abra.autonomic.zone/installer
index e95b4da..8b10983 100755
--- a/deploy/install.abra.autonomic.zone/installer
+++ b/deploy/install.abra.autonomic.zone/installer
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ABRA_VERSION="0.6.0"
 GIT_URL="https://git.autonomic.zone/coop-cloud/abra"
 ABRA_SRC="$GIT_URL/raw/tag/$ABRA_VERSION/abra"
+ABRA_DIR="${ABRA_DIR:+$ABRA_DIR}"
 
 function install_abra_release {
   mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
@@ -12,13 +13,13 @@ function install_abra_release {
 }
 
 function install_abra_dev {
-  mkdir -p "$HOME/.abra/"
-  if [[ ! -d "$HOME/.abra/src" ]]; then
-    git clone "$GIT_URL" "$HOME/.abra/src"
+  mkdir -p "$ABRA_DIR/"
+  if [[ ! -d "$ABRA_DIR/src" ]]; then
+    git clone "$GIT_URL" "$ABRA_DIR/src"
   fi
-  ( cd "$HOME/.abra/src" && git pull origin main && cd -)
+  (cd "$ABRA_DIR/src" && git pull origin main && cd - || exit)
   mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
-  ln -sf "$HOME/.abra/src/abra" "$HOME/.local/bin/abra"
+  ln -sf "$ABRA_DIR/src/abra" "$HOME/.local/bin/abra"
   echo "abra installed to $HOME/.local/bin/abra (development bleeding edge)"
 }