diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 27ae58a..0c63680 100755
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ pushd $final_path
 	python3 -m venv venv
 	venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
 	venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt # should only be flask for now, but just in case
+	venv/bin/pip install requests
 popd
 
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