diff --git a/srcpkgs/mg/template b/srcpkgs/mg/template
index 3c1d08bcfde..5d4d7f68f3e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mg/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'mg'
 pkgname=mg
-version=20171014
+version=20180408
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libbsd-devel ncurses-devel"
-homepage="http://homepage.boetes.org/software/mg"
+homepage="https://github.com/hboetes/mg"
 short_desc="Micro GNU/emacs"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="Public Domain"
-distfiles="$homepage/mg-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=51519698f3f44acd984d7805e4e315ded50c15aba8222521f88756fd67745341
+distfiles="https://github.com/hboetes/mg/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=85c1d47500fd042e427b670c630c228668bcc4f532a280f9ecce3d302229bbe4
 
 CFLAGS="-DTCSASOFT=0"