diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
index 11d8b853..032e0ac2 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ function mesh_install_nodejs {
         mesh_install_nodejs_prefix="chroot $rootdir"
     fi
 
-    $mesh_install_nodejs_prefix apt-get -qy install wget curl g++ m4 libtool automake
+    $mesh_install_nodejs_prefix apt-get -yq install wget curl g++ m4 libtool automake
     $mesh_install_nodejs_prefix apt-get -yq install libxext-dev libxtst-dev libxkbfile-dev
+    $mesh_install_nodejs_prefix apt-get -yq install apt-transport-https
     $mesh_install_nodejs_prefix wget https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key -O /root/node.gpg.key
     if [ ! -f $rootdir/root/node.gpg.key ]; then
         echo $'Unable to obtain gpg key for nodejs repo'