diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 9c0d57c..8573200 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -538,6 +538,26 @@ clone-repo(){
     run git clone --recurse-submodules $_url $_destination
 }
 
+run-from-url(){
+  url=$1
+  args=${*:2}
+  # check the interpreter using the shebang at the top of the file
+  interpreter=$(curl -ks $url | head -n 1 | sed -e 's/\#\!//g' 2>/dev/null)
+  # In case of missing shebang, default to bash
+  if [ -z $interpreter ] ; then
+    interpreter="/bin/bash"
+  fi
+  logger boxline "Running online script $url with args $args"
+  if [[ "$interpreter" == "/bin/bash "]] ; then
+    run curl -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' -ks $url | $interpreter -s -- $args
+  else
+    run curl -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' -ks $url > ${url##*/}
+    run $interpreter ${url##*/} $args 
+    ec=$?
+    run rm ${url##*/}
+  return $ec
+}
+
 ctrl_c(){
   echo -e "\n"
 	fail "User interrupted with Ctrl-C"