diff --git a/development/lighttable/lighttable.SlackBuild b/development/lighttable/lighttable.SlackBuild
index 121b1148ed..71cc59d256 100644
--- a/development/lighttable/lighttable.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/lighttable/lighttable.SlackBuild
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-
 # Slackware build script for Light Table
 
 # Ryan P.C. McQuen | Everett, WA | ryan.q@linux.com
@@ -20,12 +19,12 @@
 
 # You may have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 # with this program (most likely, a file named COPYING).  If not, see
-# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
 PRGNAM=lighttable
 SRCNAM=LightTable
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.7.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.8.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -42,27 +41,14 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-TARBALL_x86=$SRCNAM"Linux.tar.gz"
-TARBALL_x86_64=$SRCNAM"Linux64.tar.gz"
-TARBALL_ROOT=$SRCNAM
-
-# Set LIBDIRSUFFIX and TARBALL.
-if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
-  TARBALL="$TARBALL_x86_64"
-else
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-  TARBALL="$TARBALL_x86"
-fi
-
-set -eu
+set -e
 
 rm -rf $PKG
-mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+mkdir -pv $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
-rm -rf "$TARBALL_ROOT"
-tar -xvf "$CWD/$TARBALL"
-cd "$TARBALL_ROOT"
+rm -rf ${SRCNAM}-${VERSION}
+tar xvf $CWD/${VERSION}.tar.gz || tar xvf $CWD/${SRCNAM}-${VERSION}.tar.gz
+cd ${SRCNAM}-${VERSION}
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
@@ -70,17 +56,33 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/opt/$SRCNAM
-cp -a * $PKG/opt/$SRCNAM
+## as aburd as this is, we have to run the build script twice,
+## because it always fails the first time,
+## also LEIN_ROOT is important to set, or the script just
+## hangs forever
+LEIN_ROOT=true \
+  script/build.sh --release \
+|| LEIN_ROOT=true \
+  script/build.sh --release
+
+mkdir -pv $PKG/opt/${PRGNAM}-${VERSION}-linux/
+mv builds/${PRGNAM}-${VERSION}-linux/ $PKG/opt/
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/bin
-ln -sf /opt/$SRCNAM/$SRCNAM $PKG/usr/bin
+ln -sfv /opt/${PRGNAM}-${VERSION}-linux/$SRCNAM $PKG/usr/bin
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps
-ln -sf /opt/$SRCNAM/core/img/lticon.png $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps/LightTable.png
+## icon files
+(
+  cd deploy/core/img/
+  for IMG in *.png
+  do
+    DIR_NAME=${IMG%.*}x${IMG%.*}
+    install -D $IMG $PKG/usr/share/icons/hicolor/$DIR_NAME/apps/$PRGNAM.png
+  done
+)
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/applications
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.desktop > $PKG/usr/share/applications/$PRGNAM.desktop
diff --git a/development/lighttable/lighttable.info b/development/lighttable/lighttable.info
index 5b8635a5b4..cdd05f8e35 100644
--- a/development/lighttable/lighttable.info
+++ b/development/lighttable/lighttable.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="lighttable"
-VERSION="0.7.2"
+VERSION="0.8.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.lighttable.com"
-DOWNLOAD="https://d35ac8ww5dfjyg.cloudfront.net/playground/bins/0.7.2/LightTableLinux.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="999ca3e734ea1cf7b5f3dc190e914ad9"
-DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://d35ac8ww5dfjyg.cloudfront.net/playground/bins/0.7.2/LightTableLinux64.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM_x86_64="e49c9c57d1dec787a58094cc7e6d3f63"
-REQUIRES=""
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable/archive/0.8.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="ca6a12d91ea6d8dee26a123e7fe7b566"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
+REQUIRES="leiningen nodejs"
 MAINTAINER="Ryan P.C. McQuen"
 EMAIL="ryan.q@linux.com"