diff --git a/environment-setup/femtofox.chroot b/environment-setup/femtofox.chroot
index 531d67c..409ecd1 100644
--- a/environment-setup/femtofox.chroot
+++ b/environment-setup/femtofox.chroot
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ systemctl enable ttyd
 
 echo "Cloning Control for Meshtastic by pdxlocations"
 git clone https://github.com/pdxlocations/control.git /opt/control
+pip install -r /opt/control/requirements.txt
+chown -R femto /opt/control
+git config --global --add safe.directory /opt/control # prevents git error when updating
 
 echo "Setting MOTD..."
 mv /etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text /etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text.bak