diff --git a/network/FireWorks/FireWorks.SlackBuild b/network/FireWorks/FireWorks.SlackBuild
index 1813b765f5..5fabd32419 100644
--- a/network/FireWorks/FireWorks.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/FireWorks/FireWorks.SlackBuild
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || tar xvf $CWD/v$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
diff --git a/network/FireWorks/FireWorks.info b/network/FireWorks/FireWorks.info
index ab635c2ffa..c66037c35d 100644
--- a/network/FireWorks/FireWorks.info
+++ b/network/FireWorks/FireWorks.info
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PRGNAM="FireWorks"
 VERSION="1.07"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/materialsproject/fireworks"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/F/FireWorks/FireWorks-1.07.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/materialsproject/fireworks/archive/v1.07.tar.gz"
 MD5SUM="fd5422b65dfc2a5e0000fa81a0aa06cd"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""