-VPP_STABLE_VER="16.09-rc0~85-gc71c426~b252_amd64"
-VPP_REPO_URL="https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.master.ubuntu.trusty.main/io/fd/vpp/"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+VPP_STABLE_VER=$(cat ${SCRIPT_DIR}/VPP_STABLE_VER)
+VPP_REPO_URL=$(cat ${SCRIPT_DIR}/VPP_REPO_URL)