diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
index 260e0e08..28700ff7 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ function add_user_xmpp {
     echo '' >> /home/$new_username/.config/profanity/profrc
     echo '[plugins]' >> /home/$new_username/.config/profanity/profrc
     echo 'load=prof_omemo_plugin.py;' >> /home/$new_username/.config/profanity/profrc
+    echo '' >> /home/$new_username/.config/profanity/profrc
+    echo '[otr]' >> /home/$new_username/.config/profanity/profrc
+    echo 'policy=opportunistic' >> /home/$new_username/.config/profanity/profrc
 
     chown -R $new_username:$new_username /home/$new_username/.local
     chown -R $new_username:$new_username /home/$new_username/.config
@@ -989,7 +992,7 @@ function install_xmpp_client {
     fi
 
     # install the omemo plugin
-    apt-get -yq install python-pip python-setuptools clang libffi-dev libssl-dev
+    apt-get -yq install python-pip python-setuptools clang libffi-dev libssl-dev python-dev
     git_clone $PROFANITY_OMEMO_PLUGIN_REPO $INSTALL_DIR/profanity-omemo-plugin
     cd $INSTALL_DIR/profanity-omemo-plugin
     git checkout $PROFANITY_OMEMO_PLUGIN_COMMIT -b $PROFANITY_OMEMO_PLUGIN_COMMIT
@@ -1068,6 +1071,9 @@ function install_xmpp_client {
     echo '' >> /home/$MY_USERNAME/.config/profanity/profrc
     echo '[plugins]' >> /home/$MY_USERNAME/.config/profanity/profrc
     echo 'load=prof_omemo_plugin.py;' >> /home/$MY_USERNAME/.config/profanity/profrc
+    echo '' >> /home/$MY_USERNAME/.config/profanity/profrc
+    echo '[otr]' >> /home/$MY_USERNAME/.config/profanity/profrc
+    echo 'policy=opportunistic' >> /home/$MY_USERNAME/.config/profanity/profrc
 
     chown -R $MY_USERNAME:$MY_USERNAME /home/$MY_USERNAME/.local
     chown -R $MY_USERNAME:$MY_USERNAME /home/$MY_USERNAME/.config