diff --git a/get-latest-version.js b/get-latest-version.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec5a910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/get-latest-version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+let getLatestVersion = function() {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    // if (typeof milliseconds !== "number") {
+    //   throw new Error("milleseconds not a number");
+    // }
+
+    const xmlHttpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    xmlHttpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {
+      if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
+        if (this.response) {
+          const latestURL = this.response["assets"][0].browser_download_url;
+          console.log(latestURL);
+          const latestVersion = latestURL.match(/(\d+).(\d+).(\d+)/g)[0];
+          console.log(latestVersion);
+          return latestVersion;
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    xmlHttpRequest.open(
+      "GET",
+      "https://api.github.com/repos/gohugoio/hugo/releases/latest",
+      true
+    );
+    xmlHttpRequest.responseType = "json";
+    xmlHttpRequest.send(null);
+
+    resolve(version);
+  });
+};
+
+module.exports = getLatestVersion;
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7d9ec3d..6950501 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,18 +2,14 @@ const core = require("@actions/core");
 const tc = require("@actions/tool-cache");
 const io = require("@actions/io");
 const exec = require("@actions/exec");
+const getLatestVersion = require("./get-latest-version");
 
 // most @actions toolkit packages have async methods
 async function run() {
   try {
     let hugoVersion = core.getInput("hugo-version");
-    if (!hugoVersion) {
-      // TODO: get latest version of Hugo
-      // hugoVersion = "latest";
-      hugoVersion = "0.58.2";
-    } else if (hugoVersion === "latest") {
-      // TODO: get latest version of Hugo
-      hugoVersion = "0.58.2";
+    if (!hugoVersion || hugoVersion === "latest") {
+      hugoVersion = getLatestVersion();
     }
     core.debug("Hugo version:", hugoVersion);
 
diff --git a/wait.js b/wait.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b83924d..0000000
--- a/wait.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-let wait = function(milliseconds) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    if (typeof(milliseconds) !== 'number') { 
-      throw new Error('milleseconds not a number'); 
-    }
-
-    setTimeout(() => resolve("done!"), milliseconds)
-  });
-}
-
-module.exports = wait;