diff --git a/aegir.make b/aegir.make
index f923a0b609dd43cd914593447282a8fc9928e4c9..5a4d2c6e6ae36a7c6cb3c48428c3977687fba4b9 100644
--- a/aegir.make
+++ b/aegir.make
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ api = 2
 projects[drupal][type] = "core"
 
 projects[hostmaster][type] = "profile"
-projects[hostmaster][download][type] = "git"
-projects[hostmaster][download][url] = "git://git.aegirproject.org/hostmaster.git"
-projects[hostmaster][download][branch] = "master"
+projects[hostmaster][download][type]  = "get"
+projects[hostmaster][download][url] = "http://files.aegirproject.org/hostmaster-0.4-alpha15.tgz"
+projects[hostmaster][download][directory_name] = "hostmaster"
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.txt b/docs/INSTALL.txt
index bf5995c1cf28acfed2fbe82dbead6fee9bea811c..4d10822b3ff08b0b8b6ae94098e98be91993903e 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.txt
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ aegir user can access in order to execute it.  This file is available in
 Provision or can be downloaded through the web with this command::
 
 Shell commands::
- wget -O install.sh 'http://git.aegirproject.org/?p=provision.git;a=blob_plain;f=install.sh.txt;hb=HEAD'
+ wget -O install.sh 'http://git.aegirproject.org/?p=provision.git;a=blob_plain;f=install.sh.txt;hb=provision-0.4-alpha15'
 
 By default, the install script will install the "correct" version of Aegir
 (ie. if it was downloaded through git, it will install the version from the
diff --git a/docs/UPGRADE.txt b/docs/UPGRADE.txt
index dd42fb919d905d717ba1b469c96a2156f664ca3b..7323faaf00c8483ca4847c106192c202aae8795f 100644
--- a/docs/UPGRADE.txt
+++ b/docs/UPGRADE.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Make sure you download it to somewhere that the aegir user can access in order
 to execute it.
 
 Shell commands::
- wget -O upgrade.sh.txt 'http://git.aegirproject.org/?p=provision.git;a=blob_plain;f=upgrade.sh.txt;hb=HEAD'
+ wget -O upgrade.sh.txt 'http://git.aegirproject.org/?p=provision.git;a=blob_plain;f=upgrade.sh.txt;hb=provision-0.4-alpha15'
  su -s /bin/sh aegir -c "sh upgrade.sh.txt aegir.example.com"
 
 Remember to replace aegir.example.com with the domain of your Aegir installation.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ you are reading this document.
 
 Shell commands::
 
-  export AEGIR_VERSION=HEAD
+  export AEGIR_VERSION=0.4-alpha15
   export AEGIR_DIR=/var/aegir
   export DRUPAL_DIR=$AEGIR_DIR/hostmaster-$AEGIR_VERSION
   export DRUSH_VERSION=6.x-3.3
diff --git a/install.sh.txt b/install.sh.txt
index 75dfd584f0b7c463a031e05c1354307379ed2898..4ecc4e115781b837b7f92bab66883ff06bce7be1 100644
--- a/install.sh.txt
+++ b/install.sh.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # 3. delegate the rest of the install to hostmaster-install
 ########################################################################
 # basic variables, change before release
-AEGIR_VERSION="HEAD"
+AEGIR_VERSION="0.4-alpha15"
 DRUSH_VERSION=6.x-3.3
 
 # when adding a variable here, add it to the display below
diff --git a/upgrade.sh.txt b/upgrade.sh.txt
index 256738fe9a9a111a3121b6e26897a13cc6413d8c..67b39be2327d4277005875d6db53ac24c79d87d3 100644
--- a/upgrade.sh.txt
+++ b/upgrade.sh.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 ########################################################################
 
 # basic variables, change before running
-AEGIR_VERSION=HEAD
+AEGIR_VERSION="0.4-alpha15"
 AEGIR_DOMAIN=aegir.example.com
 
 AEGIR_DIR=/var/aegir