diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8de318a..f97cbbf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Berksfile.lock
 Gemfile.lock
 *.swp
+*.bak
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 80a32f5..511a018 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@
 default['rstudio']['cran']['packages'] = []
 
 # RStudio Server
+default['rstudio']['server']['base_download_url'] = 'http://download2.rstudio.org'
 default['rstudio']['server']['www_port'] = '8787'
 default['rstudio']['server']['www_address'] = '127.0.0.1'
 default['rstudio']['server']['ld_library_path'] = ''
 default['rstudio']['server']['r_binary_path'] = ''
 default['rstudio']['server']['user_group'] = ''
+default['rstudio']['server']['version'] = '0.98.507'
+default['rstudio']['server']['arch'] = node['kernel']['machine'] =~ /x86_64/ ? "amd64" : "i386"
 
 # RStudio Session
 default['rstudio']['session']['timeout'] = '30'
diff --git a/recipes/server.rb b/recipes/server.rb
index bef50a9..62b747e 100644
--- a/recipes/server.rb
+++ b/recipes/server.rb
@@ -1,42 +1,60 @@
-# Set up the package repository.
-case node["platform"].downcase
-when "ubuntu", "debian"
-    include_recipe "apt"
-
-    apt_repository "rstudio-cran" do
-        uri node['rstudio']['apt']['uri']
-        keyserver node['rstudio']['apt']['keyserver']
-        key node['rstudio']['apt']['key']
-        distribution "#{node['lsb']['codename']}/"
-    end
-
-    package "r-base" do
-        action :install
-    end
-
-    package "rstudio-server" do
-        action :install
-    end
-end
-
-service "rstudio-server" do
-    provider Chef::Provider::Service::Upstart
-    supports :start => true, :stop => true, :restart => true
-    action :start
-end
-
-template "/etc/rstudio/rserver.conf" do
-    source "etc/rstudio/rserver.conf.erb"
-    mode 0644
-    owner "root"
-    group "root"
-    notifies :restart, "service[rstudio-server]"
-end
-
-template "/etc/rstudio/rsession.conf" do
-    source "etc/rstudio/rsession.conf.erb"
-    mode 0644
-    owner "root"
-    group "root"
-    notifies :restart, "service[rstudio-server]"
-end
+# Set up the package repository.
+case node['platform_family'].downcase
+when "debian"
+    include_recipe "apt"
+
+    apt_repository "rstudio-cran" do
+        uri node['rstudio']['apt']['uri']
+        keyserver node['rstudio']['apt']['keyserver']
+        key node['rstudio']['apt']['key']
+        distribution "#{node['lsb']['codename']}/"
+    end
+
+    package "r-base" do
+        action :install
+    end
+
+    package "libssl0.9.8" do
+        action :install
+    end
+
+    Chef::Log.info('Retrieving RStudio Server file.')
+    remote_rstudio_server_file = "#{node['rstudio']['server']['base_download_url']}/rstudio-server-#{node['rstudio']['server']['version']}-#{node['rstudio']['server']['arch']}.deb"
+    local_rstudio_server_file = "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/rstudio-server-#{node['rstudio']['server']['version']}-#{node['rstudio']['server']['arch']}.deb"
+    remote_file local_rstudio_server_file do
+        source remote_rstudio_server_file
+        action :create_if_missing
+        not_if { ::File.exists?('/etc/init/shiny-server.conf') }
+    end
+
+    Chef::Log.info('Installing RStudio Server via dpkg.')
+    dpkg_package "rstudio-server" do
+      source local_rstudio_server_file
+      action :install
+    end
+
+when "rhel"
+    Chef::Application.fatal!("Redhat based platforms are not yet supported")
+end
+
+service "rstudio-server" do
+    provider Chef::Provider::Service::Upstart
+    supports :start => true, :stop => true, :restart => true
+    action :start
+end
+
+template "/etc/rstudio/rserver.conf" do
+    source "etc/rstudio/rserver.conf.erb"
+    mode 0644
+    owner "root"
+    group "root"
+    notifies :restart, "service[rstudio-server]"
+end
+
+template "/etc/rstudio/rsession.conf" do
+    source "etc/rstudio/rsession.conf.erb"
+    mode 0644
+    owner "root"
+    group "root"
+    notifies :restart, "service[rstudio-server]"
+end