diff --git a/quickget b/quickget
index eb7324e..22befaf 100755
--- a/quickget
+++ b/quickget
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ function get_tails() {
     RELEASE_JSON="$(wget -q -O- "${RELEASE_JSON_URL}")"
     URL=$(echo "${RELEASE_JSON}" | jq -r '.installations[0]."installation-paths"[]|select(.type=="iso")|."target-files"[0].url')
     HASH=$(echo "${RELEASE_JSON}" | jq -r '.installations[0]."installation-paths"[]|select(.type=="iso")|."target-files"[0].sha256')
-    ISO=$(echo "${URL}" | sed -e "s/.*\/\([^\/]*\)$/\1/")
+    ISO="${URL##*/}"
     web_get "${URL}" "${VM_PATH}"
     check_hash "${ISO}" "${HASH}"
     make_vm_config "${ISO}"