diff --git a/ct/kasm.sh b/ct/kasm.sh
index 1cdf1f9bb..2542c52d6 100644
--- a/ct/kasm.sh
+++ b/ct/kasm.sh
@@ -33,28 +33,24 @@ function update_script() {
 
   msg_info "Checking for new version"
   CURRENT_VERSION=$(readlink -f /opt/kasm/current | awk -F'/' '{print $4}')
-  KASM_URL=$(curl -fsSL "https://www.kasm.com/downloads" | tr '\n' ' ' | grep -oE 'https://kasm-static-content[^"]*kasm_release_[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[a-z0-9]+\.tar\.gz' | head -n 1)
-  if [[ -z "$KASM_URL" ]]; then
-    SERVICE_IMAGE_URL=$(curl -fsSL "https://www.kasm.com/downloads" | tr '\n' ' ' | grep -oE 'https://kasm-static-content[^"]*kasm_release_service_images_amd64_[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.tar\.gz' | head -n 1)
-    if [[ -n "$SERVICE_IMAGE_URL" ]]; then
-      KASM_VERSION=$(echo "$SERVICE_IMAGE_URL" | sed -E 's/.*kasm_release_service_images_amd64_([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*/\1/')
-      KASM_URL="https://kasm-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/kasm_release_${KASM_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-    fi
-  else
-    KASM_VERSION=$(echo "$KASM_URL" | sed -E 's/.*kasm_release_([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*/\1/')
-  fi
+  KASM_VERSION=$(curl -s https://kasm.com/downloads | grep -oP '<h1[^>]*>.*?</h1>' | sed -E 's/<\/?h1[^>]*>//g' | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+')
+  KASM_URL="https://kasm-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/kasm_release_${KASM_VERSION:-var_kasm_version}.tar.gz"
   
-  if [[ -z "$KASM_URL" ]] || [[ -z "$KASM_VERSION" ]]; then
+  # KASM_URL=$(curl -fsSL "https://www.kasm.com/downloads" | tr '\n' ' ' | grep -oE 'https://kasm-static-content[^"]*kasm_release_[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[a-z0-9]+\.tar\.gz' | head -n 1)
+  # if [[ -z "$KASM_URL" ]]; then
+  #   SERVICE_IMAGE_URL=$(curl -fsSL "https://www.kasm.com/downloads" | tr '\n' ' ' | grep -oE 'https://kasm-static-content[^"]*kasm_release_service_images_amd64_[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.tar\.gz' | head -n 1)
+  #   if [[ -n "$SERVICE_IMAGE_URL" ]]; then
+  #     KASM_VERSION=$(echo "$SERVICE_IMAGE_URL" | sed -E 's/.*kasm_release_service_images_amd64_([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*/\1/')
+  #     KASM_URL="https://kasm-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/kasm_release_${KASM_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+  #   fi
+  # else
+  #   KASM_VERSION=$(echo "$KASM_URL" | sed -E 's/.*kasm_release_([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*/\1/')
+  # fi
+  
+  if [[ -z "$KASM_VERSION" ]] || [[ -z "$KASM_URL" ]]; then
     msg_error "Unable to detect latest Kasm release URL."
     exit 250
   fi
-
-  # Manual override (if var_kasm_version is set)
-  if [[ -n "$var_kasm_version" ]]; then
-    msg_info "Overriding detected version with user-defined version: $var_kasm_version"
-    KASM_VERSION="$var_kasm_version"
-    KASM_URL="https://kasm-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/kasm_release_${KASM_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-  fi
   msg_info "Checked for new version"
 
   msg_info "Removing outdated docker-compose plugin"