diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ae8694825..9aa4387a8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ version = "1.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf1de2fe8c75bc145a2f577add951f8134889b4795d47466a54a5c846d691693"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo_toml"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "067a0b9ae9282dd1f63b6c1e76a065d741fc1733e566dc50b5b5d8a84d7e3c4a"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "toml",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -69,6 +80,7 @@ name = "flowistry"
 version = "0.3.8"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "cargo_toml",
  "clap",
  "env_logger",
  "intervaltree",
@@ -240,6 +252,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.130"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f12d06de37cf59146fbdecab66aa99f9fe4f78722e3607577a5375d66bd0c913"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.130"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d7bc1a1ab1961464eae040d96713baa5a724a8152c1222492465b54322ec508b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.6.1"
@@ -306,6 +335,15 @@ version = "0.14.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0066c8d12af8b5acd21e00547c3797fde4e8677254a7ee429176ccebbe93dd80"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.5.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a31142970826733df8241ef35dc040ef98c679ab14d7c3e54d827099b3acecaa"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-width"
 version = "0.1.8"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 989c75909..2fe655c97 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ intervaltree = "0.2"
 
 # For binaries
 clap = {version = "2.33", default-features = false}
+cargo_toml = "0.10"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 lazy_static = "1.4"
diff --git a/ide/build.cjs b/ide/build.cjs
index 261148718..a21c4cb1e 100644
--- a/ide/build.cjs
+++ b/ide/build.cjs
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ const pkg = require("./package.json");
 const options = cli();
 
 const rust_toolchain = toml.parse(fs.readFileSync("../rust-toolchain.toml"));
+const install_script = fs.readFileSync('../scripts/install-binaries.sh').toString();
 const define = {
   TOOLCHAIN: JSON.stringify(rust_toolchain.toolchain),
-  VERSION: JSON.stringify(pkg.version)
+  VERSION: JSON.stringify(pkg.version),
+  INSTALL_SCRIPT: JSON.stringify(install_script)
 };
 
 let common = {
diff --git a/ide/src/effects.ts b/ide/src/effects.ts
index cc0b154e5..6953d7843 100644
--- a/ide/src/effects.ts
+++ b/ide/src/effects.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export let effects = async (
   try {
     let cmd = `effects ${doc.fileName} ${doc.offsetAt(selection.anchor)}`;
     let stdout = await call_flowistry(cmd);
-    log(stdout);
     let lines = stdout.split("\n");
     let last_line = lines[lines.length - 1];
     let effects: Effects = JSON.parse(last_line);
diff --git a/ide/src/setup.ts b/ide/src/setup.ts
index 415649f09..0c5c1ee44 100644
--- a/ide/src/setup.ts
+++ b/ide/src/setup.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ declare const TOOLCHAIN: {
   channel: string;
   components: string[];
 };
+declare const INSTALL_SCRIPT: string;
 
 const SHOW_LOADER_THRESHOLD = 1000;
 
@@ -99,11 +100,19 @@ export async function setup(): Promise<CallFlowistry | null> {
   if (version != VERSION) {
     let components = TOOLCHAIN.components.join(",");
     let rustup_cmd = `rustup toolchain install ${TOOLCHAIN.channel} -c ${components}`;
-    let cargo_cmd = `${cargo} install flowistry --version ${VERSION} --force`;
-    await exec(
-      `${rustup_cmd} && ${cargo_cmd}`,
-      "Installing Flowistry crate... (this may take a minute)"
-    );
+    await exec(rustup_cmd, "Installing nightly Rust...");
+
+    try {
+      await exec(INSTALL_SCRIPT, "Downloading Flowistry binaries...");
+    } catch (e) {
+      log("Install script failed with error:", e.toString());
+
+      let cargo_cmd = `${cargo} install flowistry --version ${VERSION} --force`;
+      await exec(
+        cargo_cmd,
+        "Flowistry binaries not available, instead installing Flowistry crate from source... (this may take a minute)"
+      );
+    }
 
     if (version == "") {
       vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
diff --git a/ide/src/slicing.ts b/ide/src/slicing.ts
index b1b8ca3e1..30ed8196a 100644
--- a/ide/src/slicing.ts
+++ b/ide/src/slicing.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ export async function slice(
     let stdout = await call_flowistry(cmd);
 
     let lines = stdout.split("\n");
-    log(lines);
     let last_line = lines[lines.length - 1];
     let slice_output: SliceOutput = JSON.parse(last_line);
 
diff --git a/scripts/install-binaries.sh b/scripts/install-binaries.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6293a0a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install-binaries.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+cd $(mktemp -d)
+
+REPO="willcrichton/flowistry"
+TARGET=$(rustc -Vv | grep host | cut -d' ' -f2)
+LATEST=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO}/releases/latest  | jq -r '.name')
+RELEASE_URL="https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/download/${LATEST}"
+
+BINARY_PATH="${TARGET}.tar.gz"
+BINARY_URL="${RELEASE_URL}/${BINARY_PATH}"
+LOCAL_BIN_DIR="${CARGO_HOME:-$HOME/.cargo}/bin"
+
+if wget -q --spider ${BINARY_URL}; then
+  wget -q ${BINARY_URL}
+  tar -xf ${BINARY_PATH}
+  rm ${BINARY_PATH}
+  mkdir -p ${LOCAL_BIN_DIR}
+  mv ./* ${LOCAL_BIN_DIR}  
+else
+  exit 1
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bin/cargo-flowistry.rs b/src/bin/cargo-flowistry.rs
index db82dd882..76d453b57 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo-flowistry.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo-flowistry.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ extern crate rustc_interface;
 use clap::clap_app;
 use std::{
   env,
+  path::PathBuf,
   process::{exit, Command},
 };
 
@@ -40,21 +41,27 @@ fn main() {
   )
   .get_matches_from(env::args().skip(1));
 
-  let mut args = match matches.subcommand() {
+  let (mut args, file_name) = match matches.subcommand() {
     ("rustc_version", _) => {
       let commit_hash = rustc_interface::util::commit_hash_str().unwrap_or("unknown");
       println!("{}", commit_hash);
       exit(0);
     }
-    ("backward_slice" | "forward_slice", Some(sub_m)) => vec![
-      ("FILE", sub_m.value_of("file").unwrap()),
-      ("START", sub_m.value_of("start").unwrap()),
-      ("END", sub_m.value_of("end").unwrap()),
-    ],
-    ("effects", Some(sub_m)) => vec![
-      ("FILE", sub_m.value_of("file").unwrap()),
-      ("POS", sub_m.value_of("pos").unwrap()),
-    ],
+    ("backward_slice" | "forward_slice", Some(sub_m)) => (
+      vec![
+        ("FILE", sub_m.value_of("file").unwrap()),
+        ("START", sub_m.value_of("start").unwrap()),
+        ("END", sub_m.value_of("end").unwrap()),
+      ],
+      sub_m.value_of("file").unwrap(),
+    ),
+    ("effects", Some(sub_m)) => (
+      vec![
+        ("FILE", sub_m.value_of("file").unwrap()),
+        ("POS", sub_m.value_of("pos").unwrap()),
+      ],
+      sub_m.value_of("file").unwrap(),
+    ),
     _ => {
       unimplemented!()
     }
@@ -66,14 +73,33 @@ fn main() {
   };
   args.push(("COMMAND", cmd));
 
+  let mut file_path = PathBuf::from(file_name);
+  let mut package = None;
+  while let Some(parent) = file_path.parent() {
+    file_path = parent.to_path_buf();
+
+    let manifest_path = file_path.join("Cargo.toml");
+    if manifest_path.exists() {
+      let manifest = cargo_toml::Manifest::from_path(manifest_path).unwrap();
+      package = Some(manifest.package.unwrap().name);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
   let mut cmd = Command::new(cargo_path);
   cmd
     .arg("check")
     .arg("-q")
-    .arg("--all")
     .args(flags)
     .env("RUSTC_WORKSPACE_WRAPPER", flowistry_rustc_path);
 
+  match package {
+    Some(package) => {
+      cmd.arg("-p").arg(package);
+    }
+    None => panic!("Could not find package for file: {}", file_path.display()),
+  };
+
   for (k, v) in args {
     cmd.env(format!("FLOWISTRY_{}", k), v);
   }