diff --git a/scripts/file_unpacker.sh b/scripts/file_unpacker.sh
index c5d818f5..0389f2e6 100644
--- a/scripts/file_unpacker.sh
+++ b/scripts/file_unpacker.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@
 ## The value for ${DOWNLOAD_LINK##*/} is derived from DOWNLOAD_LINK
 ## if the download link is https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/3dc3d84a581f14691199cf6831b71ed1296a9fdf/server.jar then the ##*/ is server.jar
 
+apt update
+apt install -y curl file unzip
+
+curl -sSL ${DOWNLOAD_LINK}
+
 FILETYPE=$(file -F ',' ${DOWNLOAD_LINK##*/} | cut -d',' -f2 | cut -d' ' -f2)
 if [ "$FILETYPE" == "gzip" ]; then
     tar xzvf ${DOWNLOAD_LINK##*/}
 elif [ "$FILETYPE" == "Zip" ]; then
-    unzip ${DOWNLOAD_LINK##*/}
+    unzip -o ${DOWNLOAD_LINK##*/}
 elif [ "$FILETYPE" == "XZ" ]; then
     tar xvf ${DOWNLOAD_LINK##*/}
 else
diff --git a/scripts/github_release_grabber.sh b/scripts/github_release_grabber.sh
index 14d4e70e..ccbeba09 100644
--- a/scripts/github_release_grabber.sh
+++ b/scripts/github_release_grabber.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 ## this requires the egg has a variable for GITHUB_PACKAGE, VERSION and MATCH (match is to match the filename in some way)
 ## this supports using oauth/personal access tokens via GITHUB_USER and GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN (both are required.)
 ## if you are getting hit with GitHub API limit issues then you need to have the user and token set.
+apt update
+apt install -y curl jq
 
 if [ -z "${GITHUB_USER}" ] && [ -z "${GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN}" ] ; then
     echo -e "using anon api call"
@@ -15,13 +17,13 @@ LATEST_JSON=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_PACKAGE}/rele
 RELEASES=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_PACKAGE}/releases")
 
 if [ -z "${VERSION}" ] || [ "${VERSION}" == "latest" ]; then
-    DOWNLOAD_LINK=$(echo ${LATEST_JSON} | jq .assets | jq -r .[].browser_download_url | grep -i ${MATCH})
+    DOWNLOAD_URL=$(echo ${LATEST_JSON} | jq .assets | jq -r .[].browser_download_url | grep -i ${MATCH})
 else
     VERSION_CHECK=$(echo ${RELEASES} | jq -r --arg VERSION "${VERSION}" '.[] | select(.tag_name==$VERSION) | .tag_name')
     if [ "${VERSION}" == "${VERSION_CHECK}" ]; then
-        DOWNLOAD_LINK=$(echo ${RELEASES} | jq -r --arg VERSION "${VERSION}" '.[] | select(.tag_name==$VERSION) | .assets[].browser_download_url' | grep -i ${MATCH})
+        DOWNLOAD_URL=$(echo ${RELEASES} | jq -r --arg VERSION "${VERSION}" '.[] | select(.tag_name==$VERSION) | .assets[].browser_download_url' | grep -i ${MATCH})
     else
         echo -e "defaulting to latest release"
-        DOWNLOAD_LINK=$(echo ${LATEST_JSON} | jq .assets | jq -r .[].browser_download_url)
+        DOWNLOAD_URL=$(echo ${LATEST_JSON} | jq .assets | jq -r .[].browser_download_url)
     fi
 fi
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