diff --git a/drupal-org-core.make b/drupal-org-core.make
index 570df35..b4eded0 100644
--- a/drupal-org-core.make
+++ b/drupal-org-core.make
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ core = 7.x
 ; Download Drupal core and apply core patches if needed.
 projects[drupal][type] = "core"
 projects[drupal][version] = "7.23"
+projects[drupal][download][type] = get
+projects[drupal][download][url] = http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-7.23.tar.gz
 
 ; Hide the profiles under /profiles, so Commons is the only one. This allows
 ; the installation to start at the Language selection screen, bypassing a
@@ -25,4 +27,4 @@ projects[drupal][patch][] = http://drupal.org/files/drupal-7.x-allow_profile_cha
 
 ; Allow to specify SCRIPT HTML element attributes through drupal_add_js()
 ; http://drupal.org/node/1664602#comment-6221066
-projects[drupal][patch][] = http://drupal.org/files/1664602-1.patch
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+projects[drupal][patch][] = http://drupal.org/files/1664602-1.patch