diff --git a/build/debian/debian.sh b/build/debian/debian.sh
index 434e695..d699076 100644
--- a/build/debian/debian.sh
+++ b/build/debian/debian.sh
@@ -1,31 +1,56 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# TODO: check for rust dependency
+# variables
+PKG_NAME=rustmon
+BUILD_DIR=build/debian
+RELEASE_DIR=../../target/release
+DEBIAN_DIR=$PKG_NAME/DEBIAN
+BIN_DIR=$PKG_NAME/usr/bin
+AUTO_INSTALL=${1:-"no"}
 
-# create a directory structure that mirrors tha final structure of the installed package
-mkdir -p rustmon/DEBIAN
-mkdir -p rustmon/usr/bin
+# check for rust
+if ! command -v rustc &> /dev/null
+then
+    if [ "$AUTO_INSTALL" = "-y" ]; then
+        echo "Rust is not installed. Auto-installing..."
+        sudo apt install rustc
+        source $HOME/.cargo/env
+    else
+        echo "Rust is not installed. Would you like to install it now? (yes/no)"
+        read answer
+        if [ "$answer" != "${answer#[Yy]}" ] ;then
+            curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
+            source $HOME/.cargo/env
+        else
+            echo "Rust is required to continue. Exiting."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
 
-# build the executable
+# create directory structure
+mkdir -p $DEBIAN_DIR
+mkdir -p $BIN_DIR
+
+# Bbild the executable
 cd ../..
 cargo build --release
-cd build/debian
+cd $BUILD_DIR
 
 # copy the executable
-cp ../../target/release/rustmon rustmon/usr/bin/
+cp $RELEASE_DIR/$PKG_NAME $BIN_DIR/
 
 # create the control file
-touch rustmon/DEBIAN/control
+touch $DEBIAN_DIR/control
 
 # edit the control file
-echo "Package: rustmon
+echo "Package: $PKG_NAME
 Version: 1.0.0
 Section: base
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: amd64
 Maintainer: Vomitblood <tohyouxuan@gmail.com>
-Description: "Pokemon Colorscripts written in Rust"" > rustmon/DEBIAN/control
+Description: Pokemon Colorscripts written in Rust" > $DEBIAN_DIR/control
 
-# actually build the thing
-echo $(pwd)
-dpkg-deb --build rustmon
\ No newline at end of file
+# build the package
+dpkg-deb --build $PKG_NAME
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