diff --git a/install/healthchecks-install.sh b/install/healthchecks-install.sh
index 8808bff3..222dadce 100644
--- a/install/healthchecks-install.sh
+++ b/install/healthchecks-install.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ $STD sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER ROLE $DB_USER SET timezone TO 'UTC'"
 msg_ok "Set up Database"
 
 msg_info "Setup healthchecks"
-fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "healthchecks/healthchecks"
+install_from_gh_release "healthchecks" "healthchecks/healthchecks" "source"
 cd /opt/healthchecks
 $STD uv venv .venv
 $STD source .venv/bin/activate
diff --git a/misc/tools.func b/misc/tools.func
index be3cc07b..17f75fb1 100644
--- a/misc/tools.func
+++ b/misc/tools.func
@@ -675,6 +675,22 @@ install_mongodb() {
   msg_ok "MongoDB $MONGO_VERSION installed and started"
 }
 
+install_from_gh_release() {
+  local app="$1"
+  local repo="$2"
+  local mode="$3"     # source|binary
+  local version="$4"  # optional
+  local deb_name="$5" # optional
+
+  APP="$app"
+  INSTALL_DIR="/opt/$app"
+  VERSION="${version:-}"
+  SOURCE_PACKAGE="${deb_name:-}"
+  BUILD_SOURCE=$([[ "$mode" == "binary" ]] && echo 0 || echo 1)
+
+  fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "$repo"
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Downloads and deploys latest GitHub release tarball.
 #