diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 5590f19..00268eb 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: decapitated
 Type: Package
 Title: Headless 'Chrome' Orchestration
-Version: 0.2.0
+Version: 0.3.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Bob", "Rudis", email = "bob@rud.is", role = c("aut", "cre"), 
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-5670-2640")),
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ URL: https://github.com/hrbrmstr/decapitated
 BugReports: https://github.com/hrbrmstr/decapitated/issues
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 SystemRequirements: Chrome 59+ on macOS/Linux, 60+ on Windows
+Encoding: UTF-8
 Suggests:
     testthat,
     covr
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@ Imports:
     processx,
     tools,
     utils
-RoxygenNote: 6.0.1
+RoxygenNote: 6.0.1.9000
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index ff14564..1ae3f1e 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export(chrome_dump_pdf)
 export(chrome_read_html)
 export(chrome_shot)
 export(chrome_version)
+export(download_chromium)
 export(get_chrome_env)
 export(set_chrome_env)
 import(magick)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index cc2cd7d..1df837b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.3.0
+* Added `download_chromium()` and highly recommend folks use it vs system Chrome
+  binaries.
+* Slightly modified startup code to check for Chrome being present.
+
 0.2.0
 * Re-design of how the Chrome binary is set
 * env var functions to help with ^^
diff --git a/R/decapitated-package.R b/R/decapitated-package.R
index cf5e1ed..402e3a7 100644
--- a/R/decapitated-package.R
+++ b/R/decapitated-package.R
@@ -22,17 +22,24 @@
 #'
 #' @section Important:
 #'
-#' You'll need to set an envrionment variable `HEADLESS_CHROME` to one of these two values:
+#' You'll need to set an envrionment variable `HEADLESS_CHROME` to use this package.
 #'
-#' - Windows(32bit): `C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe`
-#' - Windows(64bit): `C:\\Program Files (x86)/Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe`
+#' If this value is not set, a location heuristic is used on package start which looks
+#' for the following depending on the operating system:
+#'
+#' - Windows(32bit): `C:/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe`
+#' - Windows(64bit): `C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe`
 #' - macOS: `/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome`
 #' - Linux: `/usr/bin/google-chrome`
 #'
-#' A guess is made (but not verified yet) if `HEADLESS_CHROME` is non-existent.
+#' If a verification test fails, you will be notified.
+#'
+#' **It is HIGHLY recommended** that you use `decapitated::download_chromium()` to use
+#' a standalone version of Chrome with this packge for your platform.
 #'
 #' It's best to use `~/.Renviron` to store this value.
 #'
+#'
 #' @md
 #' @name decapitated
 #' @docType package
diff --git a/R/download-chromium.R b/R/download-chromium.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7aafc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/download-chromium.R
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#' Download a standalone version of Chromium (recommended)
+#'
+#' @md
+#' @param path where to store the Chromium app.
+#' @param chromium_revision version to download (keep default unless you require
+#'        a specific version)
+#' @export
+download_chromium <- function(path = NULL, chromium_revision = 579032) {
+
+  path <- path.expand(path)
+  stopifnot(dir.exists(path))
+
+  dl_src_path <-'https://storage.googleapis.com'
+
+  list(
+    linux= '%s/chromium-browser-snapshots/Linux_x64/%d/chrome-linux.zip',
+    mac = '%s/chromium-browser-snapshots/Mac/%d/chrome-mac.zip',
+    win32 = '%s/chromium-browser-snapshots/Win/%d/chrome-win32.zip',
+    win64 = '%s/chromium-browser-snapshots/Win_x64/%d/chrome-win32.zip'
+  ) -> dl_urls
+
+
+  dl <- if (unname(Sys.info()["sysname"] == "Windows")) {
+    if (unname(Sys.info()["machine"] == "x86-64")) "win64" else "win32"
+  } else if (unname(Sys.info()["sysname"] == "Darwin")) {
+    "mac"
+  } else if (unname(Sys.info()["sysname"] == "Linux")) {
+    "linux"
+  } else {
+    stop("Unrecognized platform", call.=FALSE)
+  }
+
+  dl_url <- sprintf(dl_urls[[dl]], dl_src_path, chromium_revision)
+  dl_fil <- file.path(path, basename(dl_url))
+
+  message("Downloading ", dl_url)
+
+  download.file(dl_url, dl_fil, mode="wb")
+  on.exit(unlink(dl_fil), add=TRUE)
+
+  unzip(dl_fil, unzip = getOption("unzip"), exdir = path)
+  for (fil in list.files(path, recursive = TRUE)) Sys.chmod(fil, "0755")
+
+  chrome_ex_path <- if (unname(Sys.info()["sysname"] == "Windows")) {
+    file.path(path, "chrome-win32", "chrome.exe")
+  } else if (unname(Sys.info()["sysname"] == "Darwin")) {
+    file.path(path, "chrome-mac", "Chromium.app", "Contents", "MacOS", "Chromium")
+  } else if (unname(Sys.info()["sysname"] == "Linux")) {
+    file.path(path, "chrome-linux", "chrome")
+  }
+
+  message(
+    sprintf(
+      "Please set the HEADLESS_CHROME environment variable to:\n  '%s'\n\n", chrome_ex_path
+    ), "This value has also been returned invisibly."
+  )
+
+  invisible(chrome_ex_path)
+
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index d37dcc8..06e9d3c 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -1,36 +1,45 @@
 .onAttach <- function(libname, pkgname) {
 
+  HEADLESS_CHROME <- Sys.getenv("HEADLESS_CHROME")
+
   if (interactive()) {
 
-    if (Sys.getenv("HEADLESS_CHROME") == "") {
+    if (HEADLESS_CHROME == "") {
 
       if (unname(Sys.info()["sysname"] == "Windows")) {
 
         if (unname(Sys.info()["machine"] == "x86-64")) {
-          Sys.setenv(HEADLESS_CHROME="C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe")
+          HEADLESS_CHROME <- "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"
         } else {
-          Sys.setenv(HEADLESS_CHROME="C:/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe")
+          HEADLESS_CHROME <- "C:/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"
         }
 
       }
 
       if (unname(Sys.info()["sysname"] == "Darwin")) {
-        Sys.setenv(HEADLESS_CHROME="/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome")
+        HEADLESS_CHROME <- "/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome"
       }
 
       if (unname(Sys.info()["sysname"] == "Linux")) {
-        Sys.setenv(HEADLESS_CHROME="/usr/bin/google-chrome")
+        HEADLESS_CHROME <- "/usr/bin/google-chrome"
       }
 
+    }
+
+    if (file.exists(HEADLESS_CHROME)) {
+      Sys.setenv("HEADLESS_CHROME"=HEADLESS_CHROME)
       packageStartupMessage(
-        sprintf(
-          "Set Chrome binary to [%s].
-To override, pass in manually to functions or use decapitated::set_chrome_env()",
-          Sys.getenv("HEADLESS_CHROME"))
+        sprintf("Using Chrome binary from [%s].\n", Sys.getenv("HEADLESS_CHROME"))
+      )
+    } else {
+      packageStartupMessage(
+        sprintf("Chrome binary not found at [%s].\n", Sys.getenv("HEADLESS_CHROME")),
+        "Please use decapitated::download_chromium() and set the HEADLESS_CHROME ",
+        "environment variable to the value returned from the function."
       )
-
     }
 
+
   }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index d2e194b..98c5434 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -12,16 +12,22 @@ The 'Chrome' browser <https://www.google.com/chrome/> has a headless mode
 which can be instrumented programmatically. Tools are provided to perform headless
 'Chrome' instrumentation on the command-line, including retrieving the javascript-executed web page, PDF output or screen shot of a URL.
 
-### IMPORTANT
+## IMPORTANT
 
-You'll need to set an envrionment variable `HEADLESS_CHROME` to one of these two values:
+You'll need to set an envrionment variable `HEADLESS_CHROME` to use this package.
+
+If this value is not set, a location heuristic is used on package start which looks
+for the following depending on the operating system:
 
 - Windows(32bit): `C:/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe`
 - Windows(64bit): `C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe`
 - macOS: `/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome`
 - Linux: `/usr/bin/google-chrome`
 
-A guess is made (but not verified yet) if `HEADLESS_CHROME` is non-existent.
+If a verification test fails, you will be notified. 
+
+**It is HIGHLY recommended** that you use `decapitated::download_chromium()` to use
+a standalone version of Chrome with this packge for your platform. 
 
 It's best to use `~/.Renviron` to store this value.
 
@@ -56,6 +62,7 @@ Chrome.
 
 The following functions are implemented:
 
+- `downlaod_chromium`:  Download a standalone version of Chromium (recommended)
 - `chrome_dump_pdf`:	"Print" to PDF
 - `chrome_read_html`:	Read a URL via headless Chrome and return the raw or rendered '<body>' 'innerHTML' DOM elements
 - `chrome_shot`:	Capture a screenshot
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b062adb..4c84b90 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,23 +11,24 @@ perform headless ‘Chrome’ instrumentation on the command-line, including
 retrieving the javascript-executed web page, PDF output or screen shot
 of a URL.
 
-### IMPORTANT
+## IMPORTANT
 
-You’ll need to set an envrionment variable `HEADLESS_CHROME` to one of
-these two values:
+You'll need to set an envrionment variable `HEADLESS_CHROME` to use this package.
 
-  - Windows(32bit): `C:/Program
-    Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe`
-  - Windows(64bit): `C:/Program Files
-    (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe`
-  - macOS: `/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\
-    Chrome`
-  - Linux: `/usr/bin/google-chrome`
+If this value is not set, a location heuristic is used on package start which looks
+for the following depending on the operating system:
 
-A guess is made (but not verified yet) if `HEADLESS_CHROME` is
-non-existent.
+- Windows(32bit): `C:/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe`
+- Windows(64bit): `C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe`
+- macOS: `/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome`
+- Linux: `/usr/bin/google-chrome`
 
-It’s best to use `~/.Renviron` to store this value.
+If a verification test fails, you will be notified. 
+
+**It is HIGHLY recommended** that you use `decapitated::download_chromium()` to use
+a standalone version of Chrome with this packge for your platform. 
+
+It's best to use `~/.Renviron` to store this value.
 
 ## Working around headless Chrome & OS security restrictions:
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ control over the command-line execution of headless Chrome.
 
 The following functions are implemented:
 
+  - `downlaod_chromium`:  Download a standalone version of Chromium (recommended)
   - `chrome_dump_pdf`: “Print” to PDF
   - `chrome_read_html`: Read a URL via headless Chrome and return the
     raw or rendered ’
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ library(decapitated)
 packageVersion("decapitated")
 ```
 
-    ## [1] '0.2.0'
+    ## [1] '0.3.0'
 
 ``` r
 chrome_version()
diff --git a/man/decapitated.Rd b/man/decapitated.Rd
index 29d77fd..6075d90 100644
--- a/man/decapitated.Rd
+++ b/man/decapitated.Rd
@@ -31,15 +31,21 @@ restrictions or headless Chrome will not function.
 \section{Important}{
 
 
-You'll need to set an envrionment variable \code{HEADLESS_CHROME} to one of these two values:
+You'll need to set an envrionment variable \code{HEADLESS_CHROME} to use this package.
+
+If this value is not set, a location heuristic is used on package start which looks
+for the following depending on the operating system:
 \itemize{
-\item Windows(32bit): \code{C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe}
-\item Windows(64bit): \code{C:\\Program Files (x86)/Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe}
+\item Windows(32bit): \code{C:/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe}
+\item Windows(64bit): \code{C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe}
 \item macOS: \code{/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome}
 \item Linux: \code{/usr/bin/google-chrome}
 }
 
-A guess is made (but not verified yet) if \code{HEADLESS_CHROME} is non-existent.
+If a verification test fails, you will be notified.
+
+\strong{It is HIGHLY recommended} that you use \code{decapitated::download_chromium()} to use
+a standalone version of Chrome with this packge for your platform.
 
 It's best to use \code{~/.Renviron} to store this value.
 }
diff --git a/man/download_chromium.Rd b/man/download_chromium.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..618e115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/download_chromium.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/download-chromium.R
+\name{download_chromium}
+\alias{download_chromium}
+\title{Download a standalone version of Chromium (recommended)}
+\usage{
+download_chromium(path = NULL, chromium_revision = 579032)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{path}{where to store the Chromium app.}
+
+\item{chromium_revision}{version to download (keep default unless you require
+a specific version)}
+}
+\description{
+Download a standalone version of Chromium (recommended)
+}