diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
index 3baa7bb4..80b67fd3 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ function mesh_install_scuttlebot {
     cat <<EOF > $rootdir/usr/bin/install_scuttlebot
 #!/bin/bash
 npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g scuttlebot@${SCUTTLEBOT_VERSION}
+npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g dat
 npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g git-ssb
 npm install --arch=$NPM_ARCH -g git-remote-ssb
 EOF
@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@ function install_scuttlebot {
         exit 528253
     fi
 
+    npm install -g dat
     npm install -g git-ssb
     npm install -g git-remote-ssb