As watchtower utilizes go modules for vendor locking, you'll need atleast Go 1.11.
You can check your current version of the go language as follows:
```bash
~ $ go version
go version go1.12.1 darwin/amd64
```
## Checking out the code
When cloning watchtower to your development environment you should place your forked repo within the [standard go code structure](https://golang.org/doc/code.html#Organization).