diff --git abs abs
index 84c2c17..008ecae 100755
--- abs
+++ abs
@@ -165,7 +165,16 @@ update_tarball() {
 			for mirror in ${mirrorlist[@]}; do
 				tarball=$(echo $mirror | sed "s#\$repo#$repo#")
 				tarball="${tarball}/${repo}.abs.tar.gz"
-				wget -q $tarball || ret=$?
+				protocol=$(echo $tarball | cut -f1 -d":")
+				if [ "$protocol" == "file" ]; then
+					tarball=$(echo $tarball | sed "s#file://##")
+					rsync -q $tarball . 2>/dev/null || ret=$?
+					if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+						ret=0
+					fi
+				else
+					wget -q $tarball || ret=$?
+				fi
 				if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then
 					break
 				fi
@@ -238,6 +247,8 @@ if [ ! "$(type -p rsync)" ]; then
 	exit $_E_MISSING_PROGRAM
 fi
 
+[ "$(ls -A $ABSROOT | sed -e 's#local##')" ] || TARBALL=1
+
 ##
 # Go-go Update ABS tree!
 ##