diff --git a/setup-scripts/README.md b/setup-scripts/README.md
index ff207fba..39e1ad88 100644
--- a/setup-scripts/README.md
+++ b/setup-scripts/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ You a can now ssh into your machine as the user `user`.
 ## Running siad
 
 NOTE: You must be running `siad` and `siac` by building from a version at least
-as recent as `v1.4.3`.
+as recent as `v1.4.4`.
 
 You still need to setup `siad` for the backend to be complete.
 
diff --git a/setup-scripts/setup.sh b/setup-scripts/setup.sh
index 6cfc6740..9dde8df8 100755
--- a/setup-scripts/setup.sh
+++ b/setup-scripts/setup.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ rm alacritty.info
 # Setup nginx config
 sudo cp ./skynet-nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/skynet
 sudo nginx -t
-sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/skynet /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/skynet
+sudo ln -sf /etc/nginx/sites-available/skynet /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/skynet
 sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
 sudo systemctl reload nginx
 
@@ -52,21 +52,11 @@ rm go1.13.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 # Sanity check that will pass if go was installed correctly.
 go version
 
-cwd=$(pwd)
-
 # Install Sia
-cd ~/
-git clone https://gitlab.com/NebulousLabs/Sia
-cd Sia && git checkout v1.4.3 && make
-
-# Setup skynet frontend.
-cd $cwd
-cd ../
-yarn
-yarn build
+git clone -b v1.4.4 https://gitlab.com/NebulousLabs/Sia ~/Sia
+make --directory ~/Sia
 
 # Setup systemd files
-cd $cwd
 mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
 cp siad.service ~/.config/systemd/user/siad.service
 cp siad-upload.service ~/.config/systemd/user/siad-upload.service
@@ -80,3 +70,8 @@ cp sia.env ~/.sia/sia-upload.env
 sudo mkdir -p /var/log/journal
 sudo cp journald.conf /etc/systemd/journald.conf
 sudo systemctl restart systemd-journald
+
+# Setup skynet frontend.
+cd ..
+yarn
+yarn build