diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff46a03..c714382 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ To deploy both command line interface (CLI) module and the Open On Demand (OOD)
 bin/deploy cli ood
 ```
 
-or only the other if only one needs updating.
+or only the other if only one needs updating. To test the OOD app, you can install using `ood-dev` to install the OOD sandbox app.
 
 Check the contents of the script for details.
 
diff --git a/bin/deploy b/bin/deploy
index 80893bb..19d60b5 100755
--- a/bin/deploy
+++ b/bin/deploy
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ Usage:
 
     $ deploy ood
     
-    Deploy both the CLI and OOD app:
+    Deploy the Open Ondemand (OOD) sandbox app:
 
-    $ deploy cli ood
+    $ deploy ood-dev
+
+    These options could be used together.
 
 EOF
 }
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ SPEECH2TEXT_CPUS_PER_TASK="6"
 
 CLI=false
 OOD=false
+OODDEV=false
 
 if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
   for arg in "$@"; do
@@ -56,6 +59,9 @@ if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
     if [[ "$arg" == "ood" ]]; then
       OOD=true
     fi
+    if [[ "$arg" == "ood-dev" ]]; then
+      OODDEV=true
+    fi
   done
 else
   echo "Provide at least one argument: cli or ood"
@@ -147,3 +153,35 @@ then
   echo ".. OOD files pushed to: $REPO_URL. (Do not forget to run the ansible scripts!)"
 
 fi
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------
+# Deploy as an Open OnDemand app sandbox app
+
+if [ "$OODDEV" = true ]
+then
+
+  echo "Deploy the Open OnDemand (OOD) sandbox"
+
+  SCRIPT="$SCRIPT_DIR"/deploy-data/ood/template/script.sh
+
+  sed -i "s|<VERSION>|$VERSION|g" $SCRIPT
+  sed -i "s|<SPEECH2TEXT>|$SPEECH2TEXT|g" $SCRIPT
+  sed -i "s|<CONDA_ENV>|$CONDA_ENV|g" $SCRIPT
+  sed -i "s|<HF_HOME>|$HF_HOME|g" $SCRIPT
+  sed -i "s|<PYANNOTE_CACHE>|$PYANNOTE_CACHE|g" $SCRIPT
+  sed -i "s|<TORCH_HOME>|$TORCH_HOME|g" $SCRIPT
+  sed -i "s|<PYANNOTE_CONFIG>|$PYANNOTE_CONFIG|g" $SCRIPT
+  sed -i "s|<NUMBA_CACHE_DIR>|$NUMBA_CACHE_DIR|g" $SCRIPT
+  sed -i "s|<MPLCONFIGDIR>|$MPLCONFIGDIR|g" $SCRIPT
+  sed -i "s|<SPEECH2TEXT_MEM>|$SPEECH2TEXT_MEM|g" $SCRIPT
+  sed -i "s|<SPEECH2TEXT_CPUS_PER_TASK>|$SPEECH2TEXT_CPUS_PER_TASK|g" $SCRIPT
+
+  
+  USERNAME=$(whoami)
+  mkdir -p /scratch/work/$USERNAME/.ondemand/dev/speech2text-dev
+  cp -r bin/deploy-data/ood/* /scratch/work/$USERNAME/.ondemand/dev/speech2text-dev
+
+  echo ".. OOD sandbox app is installed!"
+
+fi
diff --git a/bin/deploy-data/ood/template/script.sh b/bin/deploy-data/ood/template/script.sh
index 1c99975..d18d75d 100755
--- a/bin/deploy-data/ood/template/script.sh
+++ b/bin/deploy-data/ood/template/script.sh
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ export SPEECH2TEXT_CPUS_PER_TASK="<SPEECH2TEXT_CPUS_PER_TASK>"
 
 export HF_HUB_OFFLINE="1"
 
-module load speech2text
+module load speech2text/<VERSION>
 speech2text "$audio_path"