diff --git a/scripts/build-upload-gate b/scripts/build-upload-gate
index 737617ac57..4317abda40 100755
--- a/scripts/build-upload-gate
+++ b/scripts/build-upload-gate
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
+cd $(dirname $0)/..
+
 BUILD_DEBUG="${BUILD_DEBUG:-}"
 if [[ -n "${BUILD_DEBUG}" ]]; then
     set -x
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ tmp=$(mktemp -u)
 STATUS_CODE=$(curl -w "%{http_code}" -s -o $tmp https://api.github.com/repos/$DRONE_REPO/branches/$DRONE_BRANCH)
 
 if [ "$STATUS_CODE" == "403" ]; then
-    RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/rate_limit | jq -r .rate.remaining)
+    RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/rate_limit | ./scripts/jq-nano - rate remaining)
     echo "Remaining GITHUB requests available: $RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING"
     RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING=${RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING:-0}
     if ((RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING < 1)); then
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ if [ "$STATUS_CODE" == "403" ]; then
     # Fall through to the normal path like any other failed status code
 fi
 
-LATEST_BRANCH_COMMIT=$(cat $tmp | jq -r .commit.sha)
+LATEST_BRANCH_COMMIT=$(cat $tmp | ./scripts/jq-nano - commit sha)
 rm $tmp
 echo "Latest Branch Commit: $LATEST_BRANCH_COMMIT"
 if [ -z "$LATEST_BRANCH_COMMIT" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/jq-nano b/scripts/jq-nano
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..da3e761f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/jq-nano
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const readline = require('readline');
+
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+const file = args.shift();
+
+let text;
+
+if ( file === '-' ) {
+  process.stdin.resume();
+  text = fs.readFileSync(0, "utf8");
+} else {
+  text = fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8");
+}
+
+const data = JSON.parse(text);
+
+let out = data;
+while ( args.length ) {
+  out = out[args.shift()];
+}
+
+console.log(out);