diff --git a/vm/debian-vm.sh b/vm/debian-vm.sh
index 9a1c1c8bb..a7b0b011d 100644
--- a/vm/debian-vm.sh
+++ b/vm/debian-vm.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Author: MickLesk (CanbiZ)
 # License: MIT | https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/raw/main/LICENSE
 
-source /dev/stdin <<<$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/misc/api.func)
+source /dev/stdin <<< $(wget -qLO - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/misc/api.func)
 
 function header_info {
   clear
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ THIN="discard=on,ssd=1,"
 set -e
 trap 'error_handler $LINENO "$BASH_COMMAND"' ERR
 trap cleanup EXIT
-trap 'post_update_to_api "failed" "INTERRUPTED"' SIGINT
+trap 'post_update_to_api "failed" "INTERRUPTED"' SIGINT 
 trap 'post_update_to_api "failed" "TERMINATED"' SIGTERM
 function error_handler() {
   local exit_code="$?"
@@ -76,24 +76,24 @@ function error_handler() {
 }
 
 function cleanup_vmid() {
-  if qm status "$VMID" &>/dev/null; then
-    qm stop "$VMID" &>/dev/null
-    qm destroy "$VMID" &>/dev/null
+  if qm status $VMID &>/dev/null; then
+    qm stop $VMID &>/dev/null
+    qm destroy $VMID &>/dev/null
   fi
 }
 
 function cleanup() {
   popd >/dev/null
   post_update_to_api "done" "none"
-  rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"
+  rm -rf $TEMP_DIR
 }
 
 TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
-pushd "$TEMP_DIR" >/dev/null
+pushd $TEMP_DIR >/dev/null
 if whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "Debian 12 VM" --yesno "This will create a New Debian 12 VM. Proceed?" 10 58; then
   :
 else
-  header_info && echo -e "${CROSS}${RD}User exited script${CL}\n" && exit
+  header_info &&   echo -e "${CROSS}${RD}User exited script${CL}\n" && exit
 fi
 
 function msg_info() {
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ function check_root() {
 }
 
 function pve_check() {
-  if ! pveversion | grep -Eq "pve-manager/8\.[1-4](\.[0-9]+)*"; then
+ if ! pveversion | grep -Eq "pve-manager/8\.[1-4](\.[0-9]+)*"; then
     msg_error "${CROSS}${RD}This version of Proxmox Virtual Environment is not supported"
     echo -e "Requires Proxmox Virtual Environment Version 8.1 or later."
     echo -e "Exiting..."
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function default_settings() {
 function advanced_settings() {
   METHOD="advanced"
   while true; do
-    if VMID=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set Virtual Machine ID" 8 58 "$NEXTID" --title "VIRTUAL MACHINE ID" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
+    if VMID=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set Virtual Machine ID" 8 58 $NEXTID --title "VIRTUAL MACHINE ID" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
       if [ -z "$VMID" ]; then
         VMID="$NEXTID"
       fi
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ function advanced_settings() {
     "i440fx" "Machine i440fx" ON \
     "q35" "Machine q35" OFF \
     3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
-    if [ "$MACH" = q35 ]; then
+    if [ $MACH = q35 ]; then
       echo -e "${CONTAINERTYPE}${BOLD}${DGN}Machine Type: ${BGN}$MACH${CL}"
       FORMAT=""
       MACHINE=" -machine q35"
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ function advanced_settings() {
   else
     exit-script
   fi
-
+  
   if DISK_SIZE=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set Disk Size in GiB (e.g., 10, 20)" 8 58 "$DISK_SIZE" --title "DISK SIZE" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
     DISK_SIZE=$(echo "$DISK_SIZE" | tr -d ' ')
     if [[ "$DISK_SIZE" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ function advanced_settings() {
     "0" "None (Default)" ON \
     "1" "Write Through" OFF \
     3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
-    if [ "$DISK_CACHE" = "1" ]; then
+    if [ $DISK_CACHE = "1" ]; then
       echo -e "${DISKSIZE}${BOLD}${DGN}Disk Cache: ${BGN}Write Through${CL}"
       DISK_CACHE="cache=writethrough,"
     else
@@ -259,11 +259,11 @@ function advanced_settings() {
   fi
 
   if VM_NAME=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set Hostname" 8 58 debian --title "HOSTNAME" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
-    if [ -z "$VM_NAME" ]; then
+    if [ -z $VM_NAME ]; then
       HN="debian"
       echo -e "${HOSTNAME}${BOLD}${DGN}Hostname: ${BGN}$HN${CL}"
     else
-      HN=$(echo "${VM_NAME,,}" | tr -d ' ')
+      HN=$(echo ${VM_NAME,,} | tr -d ' ')
       echo -e "${HOSTNAME}${BOLD}${DGN}Hostname: ${BGN}$HN${CL}"
     fi
   else
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ function advanced_settings() {
     "0" "KVM64 (Default)" ON \
     "1" "Host" OFF \
     3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
-    if [ "$CPU_TYPE1" = "1" ]; then
+    if [ $CPU_TYPE1 = "1" ]; then
       echo -e "${OS}${BOLD}${DGN}CPU Model: ${BGN}Host${CL}"
       CPU_TYPE=" -cpu host"
     else
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ function advanced_settings() {
   fi
 
   if CORE_COUNT=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Allocate CPU Cores" 8 58 2 --title "CORE COUNT" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
-    if [ -z "$CORE_COUNT" ]; then
+    if [ -z $CORE_COUNT ]; then
       CORE_COUNT="2"
       echo -e "${CPUCORE}${BOLD}${DGN}CPU Cores: ${BGN}$CORE_COUNT${CL}"
     else
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ function advanced_settings() {
   fi
 
   if RAM_SIZE=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Allocate RAM in MiB" 8 58 2048 --title "RAM" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
-    if [ -z "$RAM_SIZE" ]; then
+    if [ -z $RAM_SIZE ]; then
       RAM_SIZE="2048"
       echo -e "${RAMSIZE}${BOLD}${DGN}RAM Size: ${BGN}$RAM_SIZE${CL}"
     else
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ function advanced_settings() {
   fi
 
   if BRG=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set a Bridge" 8 58 vmbr0 --title "BRIDGE" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
-    if [ -z "$BRG" ]; then
+    if [ -z $BRG ]; then
       BRG="vmbr0"
       echo -e "${BRIDGE}${BOLD}${DGN}Bridge: ${BGN}$BRG${CL}"
     else
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ function advanced_settings() {
     exit-script
   fi
 
-  if MAC1=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set a MAC Address" 8 58 "$GEN_MAC" --title "MAC ADDRESS" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
-    if [ -z "$MAC1" ]; then
+  if MAC1=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set a MAC Address" 8 58 $GEN_MAC --title "MAC ADDRESS" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
+    if [ -z $MAC1 ]; then
       MAC="$GEN_MAC"
       echo -e "${MACADDRESS}${BOLD}${DGN}MAC Address: ${BGN}$MAC${CL}"
     else
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ function advanced_settings() {
   fi
 
   if VLAN1=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set a Vlan(leave blank for default)" 8 58 --title "VLAN" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
-    if [ -z "$VLAN1" ]; then
+    if [ -z $VLAN1 ]; then
       VLAN1="Default"
       VLAN=""
       echo -e "${VLANTAG}${BOLD}${DGN}VLAN: ${BGN}$VLAN1${CL}"
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ function advanced_settings() {
   fi
 
   if MTU1=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --inputbox "Set Interface MTU Size (leave blank for default)" 8 58 --title "MTU SIZE" --cancel-button Exit-Script 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3); then
-    if [ -z "$MTU1" ]; then
+    if [ -z $MTU1 ]; then
       MTU1="Default"
       MTU=""
       echo -e "${DEFAULT}${BOLD}${DGN}Interface MTU Size: ${BGN}$MTU1${CL}"
@@ -395,9 +395,9 @@ post_to_api_vm
 
 msg_info "Validating Storage"
 while read -r line; do
-  TAG=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}')
-  TYPE=$(echo "$line" | awk '{printf "%-10s", $2}')
-  FREE=$(echo "$line" | numfmt --field 4-6 --from-unit=K --to=iec --format %.2f | awk '{printf( "%9sB", $6)}')
+  TAG=$(echo $line | awk '{print $1}')
+  TYPE=$(echo $line | awk '{printf "%-10s", $2}')
+  FREE=$(echo $line | numfmt --field 4-6 --from-unit=K --to=iec --format %.2f | awk '{printf( "%9sB", $6)}')
   ITEM="  Type: $TYPE Free: $FREE "
   OFFSET=2
   if [[ $((${#ITEM} + $OFFSET)) -gt ${MSG_MAX_LENGTH:-} ]]; then
@@ -425,12 +425,12 @@ msg_info "Retrieving the URL for the Debian 12 Qcow2 Disk Image"
 URL=https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bookworm/latest/debian-12-nocloud-amd64.qcow2
 sleep 2
 msg_ok "${CL}${BL}${URL}${CL}"
-curl -f#SL -o "$(basename "$URL")" "$URL"
+wget -q --show-progress $URL
 echo -en "\e[1A\e[0K"
 FILE=$(basename $URL)
 msg_ok "Downloaded ${CL}${BL}${FILE}${CL}"
 
-STORAGE_TYPE=$(pvesm status -storage "$STORAGE" | awk 'NR>1 {print $2}')
+STORAGE_TYPE=$(pvesm status -storage $STORAGE | awk 'NR>1 {print $2}')
 case $STORAGE_TYPE in
 nfs | dir)
   DISK_EXT=".qcow2"
@@ -448,18 +448,18 @@ btrfs)
 esac
 for i in {0,1}; do
   disk="DISK$i"
-  eval DISK"${i}"=vm-"${VMID}"-disk-"${i}"${DISK_EXT:-}
-  eval DISK"${i}"_REF="${STORAGE}":"${DISK_REF:-}"${!disk}
+  eval DISK${i}=vm-${VMID}-disk-${i}${DISK_EXT:-}
+  eval DISK${i}_REF=${STORAGE}:${DISK_REF:-}${!disk}
 done
 
 msg_info "Creating a Debian 12 VM"
-qm create "$VMID" -agent 1"${MACHINE}" -tablet 0 -localtime 1 -bios ovmf"${CPU_TYPE}" -cores "$CORE_COUNT" -memory "$RAM_SIZE" \
-  -name "$HN" -tags community-script -net0 virtio,bridge="$BRG",macaddr="$MAC"$VLAN"$MTU" -onboot 1 -ostype l26 -scsihw virtio-scsi-pci
-pvesm alloc "$STORAGE" "$VMID" "$DISK0" 4M 1>&/dev/null
-qm importdisk "$VMID" "${FILE}" "$STORAGE" "${DISK_IMPORT:-}" 1>&/dev/null
-qm set "$VMID" \
-  -efidisk0 "${DISK0_REF}"${FORMAT} \
-  -scsi0 "${DISK1_REF}",${DISK_CACHE}${THIN}size="${DISK_SIZE}" \
+qm create $VMID -agent 1${MACHINE} -tablet 0 -localtime 1 -bios ovmf${CPU_TYPE} -cores $CORE_COUNT -memory $RAM_SIZE \
+  -name $HN -tags community-script -net0 virtio,bridge=$BRG,macaddr=$MAC$VLAN$MTU -onboot 1 -ostype l26 -scsihw virtio-scsi-pci
+pvesm alloc $STORAGE $VMID $DISK0 4M 1>&/dev/null
+qm importdisk $VMID ${FILE} $STORAGE ${DISK_IMPORT:-} 1>&/dev/null
+qm set $VMID \
+  -efidisk0 ${DISK0_REF}${FORMAT} \
+  -scsi0 ${DISK1_REF},${DISK_CACHE}${THIN}size=${DISK_SIZE} \
   -boot order=scsi0 \
   -serial0 socket >/dev/null
 DESCRIPTION=$(
@@ -494,17 +494,17 @@ EOF
 )
 qm set "$VMID" -description "$DESCRIPTION" >/dev/null
 if [ -n "$DISK_SIZE" ]; then
-  msg_info "Resizing disk to $DISK_SIZE GB"
-  qm resize "$VMID" scsi0 "${DISK_SIZE}" >/dev/null
+    msg_info "Resizing disk to $DISK_SIZE GB"
+    qm resize $VMID scsi0 ${DISK_SIZE} >/dev/null
 else
-  msg_info "Using default disk size of $DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE GB"
-  qm resize "$VMID" scsi0 "${DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE}" >/dev/null
-fi
+    msg_info "Using default disk size of $DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE GB"
+    qm resize $VMID scsi0 ${DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE} >/dev/null
+fi							
 
 msg_ok "Created a Debian 12 VM ${CL}${BL}(${HN})"
 if [ "$START_VM" == "yes" ]; then
   msg_info "Starting Debian 12 VM"
-  qm start "$VMID"
+  qm start $VMID
   msg_ok "Started Debian 12 VM"
 fi