diff --git a/bin/installbfa.sh b/bin/installbfa.sh
index 31dac3b5c2429024342237dce8a2106a09bc7ed6..8071abe91eb6582c637fe9f6230595015f5d2616 100755
--- a/bin/installbfa.sh
+++ b/bin/installbfa.sh
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ function aptinstall
     do
         # consider apt install --install-suggests if you are masochist
         dpkg --verify $pkg 2>/dev/null ||
-        info Installing $pkg &&
-        apt -y install $pkg
+        (
+            info Installing $pkg
+            apt -y install $pkg
+        )
     done
 }
 
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ function welcome
 
 # development tools
 aptinstall dirmngr apt-transport-https curl git curl build-essential sudo
+aptinstall jq libjson-perl libwww-perl
 usersetup
 nodejsinstall
 web3install