diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 46ab765..e7cb807 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
 LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DATE}"
 LABEL maintainer="chbmb"
 
+RUN \
+  mkdir -p \
+    /root-layer && \
+  CALIBRE_RELEASE=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.github.com/repos/kovidgoyal/calibre/releases/latest" \
+  | awk '/tag_name/{print $4;exit}' FS='[""]' | sed 's/^v//g') && \
+  echo $CALIBRE_RELEASE > /root-layer/CALIBRE_RELEASE
+
 # copy local files
 COPY root/ /root-layer/
 
diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/98-calibre b/root/etc/cont-init.d/98-calibre
index 2fbf3c9..5ed0a5a 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/98-calibre
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/98-calibre
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ fi
 
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
 
+CALIBRE_RELEASE="$(cat /CALIBRE_RELEASE)"
 PACKAGES+=("xz-utils")
 
 if [ ! -L /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 ]; then
@@ -60,11 +61,9 @@ fi
 echo "**** Fetching calibre bin ****" 
 if [ -z ${CALIBRE_RELEASE+x} ]; then
     CALIBRE_RELEASE=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.github.com/repos/kovidgoyal/calibre/releases/latest" \
-    | awk '/tag_name/{print $4;exit}' FS='[""]'); \
+    | awk '/tag_name/{print $4;exit}' FS='[""]' | sed 's/^v//g'); \
 fi 
 
-CALIBRE_RELEASE=$(echo "${CALIBRE_RELEASE}" | sed 's/^v//g' )
-
 mkdir -p \
     /app/calibre