diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/journalwatch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/journalwatch/default.nix
index 40606a45f639..e0aaee31217c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/journalwatch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/journalwatch/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchurl, pythonOlder, systemd, pytest }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pythonOlder, systemd, pytest }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "journalwatch";
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
   version = "1.1.0";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.3";
 
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/The-Compiler/${pname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha512 = "3hvbgx95hjfivz9iv0hbhj720wvm32z86vj4a60lji2zdfpbqgr2b428lvg2cpvf71l2xn6ca5v0hzyz57qylgwqzgfrx7hqhl5g38s";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "The-Compiler";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha512 = "11g2f1w9lfqw6zxxyg7qrqpb914s6w71j0gnpw7qr7cak2l5jlf2l39dlg30y55rw7jgmf0yg77wwzd0c430mq1n6q1v8w86g1rwkzb";
   };
 
   # can be removed post 1.1.0