diff --git a/scripts/install_birdnet.sh b/scripts/install_birdnet.sh
index 74e4b42..e090ebe 100755
--- a/scripts/install_birdnet.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_birdnet.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ export my_dir=$my_dir
 
 cd $my_dir/scripts || exit 1
 
+source install_helpers.sh
+
 if [ "$(uname -m)" != "aarch64" ];then
   echo "BirdNET-Pi requires a 64-bit OS.
 It looks like your operating system is using $(uname -m),
@@ -28,7 +30,8 @@ install_birdnet() {
   echo "Establishing a python virtual environment"
   python3 -m venv birdnet
   source ./birdnet/bin/activate
-  pip3 install -U -r $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/requirements.txt
+  get_tf_whl
+  pip3 install -U -r ./requirements_custom.txt
 }
 
 [ -d ${RECS_DIR} ] || mkdir -p ${RECS_DIR} &> /dev/null
diff --git a/scripts/install_helpers.sh b/scripts/install_helpers.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b884b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install_helpers.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# this should only contain functions and assignments, ie source install.sh should not have side effects.
+
+get_tf_whl () {
+  BASE_URL=https://github.com/Nachtzuster/BirdNET-Pi/releases/download/v0.1/
+
+  PY_VERSION=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(f'{sys.version_info[0]}{sys.version_info[1]}')")
+  case "${PY_VERSION}" in
+    39)
+      WHL=tflite_runtime-2.11.0-cp39-none-linux_aarch64.whl
+      ;;
+    310)
+      WHL=tflite_runtime-2.11.0-cp310-none-linux_aarch64.whl
+      ;;
+    311)
+      WHL=tflite_runtime-2.11.0-cp311-cp311-linux_aarch64.whl
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "No tflite version found"
+      WHL=''
+      ;;
+  esac
+  if [ -n "$WHL" ]; then
+    {
+      curl -L -o $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/$WHL $BASE_URL$WHL
+      sed "s/tflite_runtime.*/$WHL/" $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/requirements.txt > requirements_custom.txt
+    }
+  fi
+}