diff --git a/ct/commafeed.sh b/ct/commafeed.sh
index cd05ca7b1..07eb05a8e 100644
--- a/ct/commafeed.sh
+++ b/ct/commafeed.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ function update_script() {
     systemctl stop commafeed
     msg_ok "Stopped ${APP}"
 
+    if ! [[ $(dpkg -s rsync 2>/dev/null) ]]; then
+      msg_info "Installing Dependencies"
+      $STD apt-get update
+      $STD apt-get install -y rsync
+      msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
+    fi
+
     msg_info "Updating ${APP} to ${RELEASE}"
     curl -fsSL "https://github.com/Athou/commafeed/releases/download/${RELEASE}/commafeed-${RELEASE}-h2-jvm.zip" -o $(basename "https://github.com/Athou/commafeed/releases/download/${RELEASE}/commafeed-${RELEASE}-h2-jvm.zip")
     unzip -q commafeed-"${RELEASE}"-h2-jvm.zip