diff --git a/.kitchen.yml b/.kitchen.yml
index 51e3d83..bbcc889 100644
--- a/.kitchen.yml
+++ b/.kitchen.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ suites:
     attributes:
       caddy:
         features:
-          - cors
-          - git
         email: caddy@example.com
         # you cannot define two hosts but only one is a hash, there must at least be one key
         hosts: 
@@ -32,3 +30,19 @@ suites:
             tls: 'off'
           localhost:
             log: /var/tmp/caddy.log
+  - name: github
+    run_list:
+      - recipe[caddy::default]
+    attributes:
+      caddy:
+        ark:
+         url: https://github.com/mholt/caddy/releases/download/v0.8.3/caddy_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+         binary_name: caddy_linux_amd64
+        features:
+        email: caddy@example.com
+        # you cannot define two hosts but only one is a hash, there must at least be one key
+        hosts:
+          localhost:8080:
+            tls: 'off'
+          localhost:
+            log: /var/tmp/caddy.log
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 38875a6..a8ae184 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 default['caddy']['features'] = []
 default['caddy']['email'] = nil
 default['caddy']['hosts'] = {}
-default['caddy']['ulimit'] = 4096
+default['caddy']['ulimit'] = 8192
+default['caddy']['ark']['url'] = "https://caddyserver.com/download/build?os=linux&arch=amd64&features=#{node['caddy']['features'].join(',')}"
+default['caddy']['ark']['extension'] = 'tar.gz'
+default['caddy']['ark']['binary_name'] = 'caddy'
+default['caddy']['ark']['binaries'] = ["./#{node['caddy']['ark']['binary_name']}"]
+default['caddy']['ark']['strip_components'] = 0
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index ee0af5b..46fb3d9 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -26,17 +26,17 @@
 require 'chef/version_constraint'
 
 ark 'caddy' do
-  url "https://caddyserver.com/download/build?os=linux&arch=amd64&features=#{node['caddy']['features'].join(',')}"
-  extension 'tar.gz'
-  has_binaries ['./caddy']
-  strip_components 0
+  url node['caddy']['ark']['url']
+  extension node['caddy']['ark']['extension']
+  has_binaries node['caddy']['ark']['binaries']
+  strip_components node['caddy']['ark']['strip_components']
   notifies :restart, 'service[caddy]'
 end
 
 # caddy path as autogenerated by ark
 caddy_path = '/usr/local/caddy-1'
 
-execute 'setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep caddy' do
+execute "setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep #{node['caddy']['ark']['binary_name']}" do
   cwd caddy_path
   action :nothing
   subscribes :run, 'ark[caddy]', :immediately
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 variables = ({
   :workdir => caddy_path,
-  :command => '/usr/local/bin/caddy',
+  :command => "/usr/local/bin/#{node['caddy']['ark']['binary_name']}",
   :options => "#{caddy_letsencrypt_arguments} -pidfile /var/run/caddy.pid -log #{caddy_path}/caddy.log -conf /etc/Caddyfile",
   :ulimit => node['caddy']['ulimit']
 })