diff --git a/src/node_launcher.star b/src/node_launcher.star
index 9314b27..8c9ebd3 100644
--- a/src/node_launcher.star
+++ b/src/node_launcher.star
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ def cp(plan, node_name, src, dest):
 
 
 def download_to_path_and_untar(plan, node_name, url, dest):
+    # Install curl
     plan.exec(
         service_name=node_name,
         recipe=ExecRecipe(
@@ -197,19 +198,31 @@ def download_to_path_and_untar(plan, node_name, url, dest):
                      "apt update --allow-insecure-repositories && apt-get install curl -y --allow-unauthenticated"]
         )
     )
-    plan.print("Downloading {0} to {1}".format(url, dest))
+
+    # Download the file
+    download_path = "/static_files/subnet_vm.tar.gz"
+    plan.print("Downloading {0} to {1}".format(url, download_path))
     plan.exec(
         service_name=node_name,
         recipe=ExecRecipe(
-            command=["/bin/sh", "-c", "curl {0} -o {1}".format(url, dest)]
+            command=["/bin/sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /static_files/ && curl -L {0} -o {1}".format(url, download_path)]
         )
     )
-    plan.print("Untaring {0} to {1}".format(dest, ABS_PLUGIN_DIRPATH))
 
+    # Untar the downloaded file
+    plan.print("Untaring {0}".format(download_path))
     plan.exec(
         service_name=node_name,
         recipe=ExecRecipe(
-            # untar above downloaded file
-            command=["/bin/sh", "-c", "tar -zxvf {0} -C /avalanchego/build/plugins/".format(dest)]
+            command=["/bin/sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /avalanchego/build/plugins && tar -zxvf {0} -C /static_files/".format(download_path)]
         )
     )
+
+    # Move the extracted binary to the destination
+    plan.print("Moving extracted binary to {0}".format(dest))
+    plan.exec(
+        service_name=node_name,
+        recipe=ExecRecipe(
+            command=["/bin/sh", "-c", "mv /static_files/subnet-evm {0}".format(dest)]
+        )
+    )
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