diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57ce3123f..3d5ff1466 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Visit <http://pitapoison.de:9001> to test it live. <br>You can find the same ins
 **As root:**
 
 <ol>
-  <li>Install all dependencies. We need the sqlite develob libraries, gzip, git, curl, wget, libssl develop libraries and python <br><code>apt-get install libsqlite3-dev gzip git-core curl wget python libssl-dev</code></li><br>
+  <li>Install all dependencies. We need the sqlite develob libraries, gzip, git, curl, libssl develop libraries and python <br><code>apt-get install libsqlite3-dev gzip git-core curl python libssl-dev</code></li><br>
   <li>Install node.js 
     <ol type="a">
       <li>Download the latest <b>0.4.x</b> node.js release from <a href="http://nodejs.org/#download">http://nodejs.org/#download</a></li>
diff --git a/bin/installDeps.sh b/bin/installDeps.sh
index c9f563929..9ed340e42 100755
--- a/bin/installDeps.sh
+++ b/bin/installDeps.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ if [ -d "../bin" ]; then
 fi
 
 #Is wget installed?
-hash wget > /dev/null 2>&1 || { 
-  echo "Please install wget" >&2
+hash curl > /dev/null 2>&1 || { 
+  echo "Please install curl" >&2
   exit 1 
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if [ -f "static/js/jquery.min.js" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ $DOWNLOAD_JQUERY = "true" ]; then
-  wget -O static/js/jquery.min.js http://code.jquery.com/jquery-$NEEDED_VERSION.min.js || exit 1
+  curl -lo static/js/jquery.min.js http://code.jquery.com/jquery-$NEEDED_VERSION.min.js || exit 1
 fi
 
 #Remove all minified data to force node creating it new