diff --git a/install_balkan.mk b/install_balkan.mk
index 07a9cc9a87d261198d570702a4fdb0fca0e6c047..971df3ea229b4acb6248299fcfb87e69b304418e 100644
--- a/install_balkan.mk
+++ b/install_balkan.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # NOTE: NEED TO IMPORT ENV FILE BEFORE USING THIS MAKEFILE
 .PHONY: install_balkan
+ifndef BALKAN_BRANCH
+BALKAN_BRANCH := master
+endif
 
 install_balkan:
-	$(PIP) install balkan
+	$(PIP) install --extra-index-url https://marketplace.blkn.io/balkan/public -e git+ssh://git@gitlab.scrape.rs/balkan/app-server.git@$(BALKAN_BRANCH)#egg=balkan
 ifeq ("$(wildcard /etc/balkan/settings.py)","") ## if settings.py exists in /etc/balkan don't execute
 	[ -d ~/.balkan ] || mkdir ~/.balkan
 	cp -f $(ENV_FOLDER)/src/balkan/settings/settings_local.dist ~/.balkan/settings.py