diff --git a/installer/installer b/installer/installer
index 7770ed0..8a9d43f 100755
--- a/installer/installer
+++ b/installer/installer
@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 ABRA_VERSION="0.5.0"
-ABRA_SRC="https://git.autonomic.zone/coop-cloud/abra/raw/tag/$ABRA_VERSION/abra"
+GIT_URL="https://git.autonomic.zone/coop-cloud/abra"
+ABRA_SRC="$GIT_URL/raw/tag/$ABRA_VERSION/abra"
 
-function install_abra {
+function install_abra_release {
   mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
   curl "$ABRA_SRC" > "$HOME/.local/bin/abra"
   chmod +x "$HOME/.local/bin/abra"
   echo "abra installed to $HOME/.local/bin/abra"
 }
 
-function run_installation {
-  install_abra
+function install_abra_dev {
+  mkdir -p "$HOME/.abra/"
+  git clone "$GIT_URL" "$HOME/.abra/src"
+  mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
+  ln -s "$HOME/.abra/src/abra" "$HOME/.local/bin/abra"
 }
 
-run_installation
+function run_installation {
+  if [ "$1" = "--dev" ]; then
+    install_abra_dev
+  else
+    install_abra_release
+  fi
+}
+
+run_installation "$@"
 exit 0