diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index ca43360..df55b17 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -3,27 +3,27 @@
 # Installs Dependencies automatically
 ################################################################################
 
-# source vars
-source vars
-
 # check if root
-if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+if [ $EUID -ne 0 ] ; then
    echo -e "This script must be run as root"
    exit 1
 fi
 
+# source vars
+./vars
+
 tput setaf 2
 echo -e "Installing dependencies"
 tput setaf 9
 # create necessary dirs
 if [ ! -d $logdir ] ; then
 	mkdir $logdir
-fi
+fi;
 
 # install dependencies
-packages=(gcc wget nginx ufw make sqlite3 bzip2 openssl libffi-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libpq-dev)
-echo -e "\tRunning apt update"
-apt update
+packages=(gcc wget nginx ufw make sqlite3 bzip2 openssl libffi-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libpq-dev);
+echo -e "\tRunning apt update";
+apt update 1> $aptlogloc 2>> $aptlogloc 3>> $aptlogloc;
 for package in ${packages[@]};
 do
     echo -e "\tInstalling $package"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ done
 ports=(22 80 443)
 for port in ${ports[@]};
 do
-    echo -e "ufw allow $port/tcp" > 1>> $firelogloc 2>> $firelogloc
+    echo -e "ufw allow $port/tcp" 1>> $firelogloc 2>> $firelogloc
     ufw allow $port/tcp 1>> $firelogloc 2>> $firelogloc
     if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
     	echo -e "\tfirewall failed to update port $port correctly. $firelogmsg"
diff --git a/vars b/vars
old mode 100644
new mode 100755