diff --git a/contrib/ez-apt-install.sh b/contrib/ez-apt-install.sh
index 9f4eda3..d72b236 100755
--- a/contrib/ez-apt-install.sh
+++ b/contrib/ez-apt-install.sh
@@ -1,38 +1,36 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 # script adds the correct apt source and installs package
-# Author: Liraz Siri <liraz@turnkeylinux.org>
+# Original Author: Liraz Siri <liraz@turnkeylinux.org>
+# Updated by: Jeremy Davis <jeremy@turnkeylinux.org>
 
-fatal() { echo "FATAL: $*" >&2; exit 1; }
-info() { echo "INFO: $*"; }
+GRN='\033[1;32m'
+RED='\033[1;31m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+fatal() { echo -e "${RED}FATAL:${NC} $*" >&2; exit 1; }
+info() { echo -e "${GRN}INFO:${NC} $*"; }
 
 [[ -z "$DEBUG" ]] || set -x
 
+
 get_debian_dist() {
     case "$1" in
-        6.*)  echo squeeze ;;
-        7.*)  echo wheezy ;;
-        8.*)  echo jessie ;;
-        9.*)  echo stretch ;;
         10.*) echo buster ;;
         11.*) echo bullseye ;;
         12.*) echo bookworm ;;
-        */*)  echo "$1" | sed 's|/.*||' ;;
+        */*)  echo "${1//\/}";;
     esac
 }
 
-[[ -f /etc/debian_version ]] || fatal "not a Debian derived system - no /etc/debian_version file"
-deb_dist=$(get_debian_dist "$(cat /etc/debian_version)")
-
-APT_URL=${APT_URL:="http://archive.turnkeylinux.org/debian"}
-
-base_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/turnkeylinux/common/master"
-base_path="overlays/bootstrap_apt"
-
-KEY_FILE="usr/share/keyrings/tkl-${deb_dist}-main.gpg"
-key_url="$base_url/$base_path/${KEY_FILE%gpg}asc"
-
-APT_URL=${APT_URL:="http://archive.turnkeylinux.org/debian"}
-APT_KEY_URL=${APT_KEY_URL:="$key_url"}
+if [[ -f "/etc/debian_version" ]]; then
+    deb_dist=$(get_debian_dist "$(cat /etc/debian_version)")
+elif [[ -f "/etc/issue" ]]; then
+    deb_dist=$(get_debian_dist \
+    "$(sed -En "/^Debian GNU\/Linux/ s|^[a-zA-Z /]* ([0-9]+) .*|\1.|p"\
+        /etc/issue)")
+else
+    fatal "not a supported Debian based system - checked" \
+        " /etc/debian_version & /etc/issue"
+fi
 
 usage() {
     cat<<EOF
@@ -47,8 +45,19 @@ EOF
     exit 1
 }
 
+echo
+
 [[ -n "$PACKAGE" ]] || PACKAGE="tklbam"
 
+base_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/turnkeylinux/common/master"
+base_path="overlays/bootstrap_apt"
+
+KEY_FILE="usr/share/keyrings/tkl-${deb_dist}-main.gpg"
+key_url="$base_url/$base_path/${KEY_FILE%gpg}asc"
+
+APT_URL=${APT_URL:="http://archive.turnkeylinux.org/debian"}
+APT_KEY_URL=${APT_KEY_URL:="$key_url"}
+
 if [[ "$APT_KEY_URL" == *.asc ]]; then
     if ! which gpg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         info "Installing gpg to process apt sigining key."
@@ -57,35 +66,41 @@ if [[ "$APT_KEY_URL" == *.asc ]]; then
     fi
     tmp_file=/tmp/$(basename "$APT_KEY_URL")
 elif [[ "$APT_KEY_URL" == *.gpg ]]; then
-    tmp_file=''
+    tmp_file=""
 else
-    error "APT_KEY_URL does not appear to be a GPG file (should end with .gpg or .asc)"
+    fatal "APT_KEY_URL does not appear to be a GPG file (should end with .gpg or .asc)"
 fi
 
-if ! rgrep . /etc/apt/sources.list* | sed 's/#.*//' | grep -q "$APT_URL"; then
-
-    apt_name=$(echo "$APT_URL" | sed 's|.*//||; s|/.*||')
-    apt_file="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/${apt_name}.list"
+# just in case there are already tkl repos enabled - disable them...
+# (a bit dirty because it will recomment existing commented lines, but does no harm)
+readarray -d '' apt_files < <(find /etc/apt -type f -name "*.list" -print0)
+for file in "${apt_files[@]}"; do
+    if grep -q "tkl-$deb_dist-main" "$file"; then
+        info "backing up $file"
+        sed -i.bak "/archive.turnkeylinux.org/ s|^|#|g" "$file"
+    fi
+done
 
-    echo "deb [signed-by=/$KEY_FILE] $APT_URL $deb_dist main" > "$apt_file"
+apt_name=$(sed -En "s|^http.*/([a-z\.]*)/.*|\1|p" <<<"$APT_URL")
+apt_file="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/${apt_name}.list"
+echo "deb [signed-by=/$KEY_FILE] $APT_URL $deb_dist main" > "$apt_file"
+info "downloading $APT_KEY_URL"
 
-    info "downloading $APT_KEY_URL"
-    local_file=/$KEY_FILE
-    if [[ -n "$tmp_file" ]]; then
-        local_file=$tmp_file
-    fi
-    wget -O "$local_file" "$APT_KEY_URL"
-    if [[ -n "$tmp_file" ]]; then
-        gpg -o "/$KEY_FILE" --dearmor "$tmp_file"
-        rm -f "$tmp_file"
-    fi
-    info "Added $APT_URL package source to $apt_file"
+local_file=/$KEY_FILE
+if [[ -n "$tmp_file" ]]; then
+    local_file=$tmp_file
+fi
+wget -O "$local_file" "$APT_KEY_URL"
+if [[ -n "$tmp_file" ]]; then
+    gpg -o "/$KEY_FILE" --dearmor "$tmp_file"
+    rm -f "$tmp_file"
 fi
+info "Added $APT_URL package source to $apt_file"
 
 info "Running 'apt-get update'"
 apt-get update \
-    || fatal "Command fialed. Please report to TurnKey Linux."
+    || fatal "Command failed. Please report to TurnKey Linux."
 
 info "Installing $PACKAGE"
-apt-get install "$PACKAGE" \
-    || fatal "Package install failed, please report to TurnKe Linux."
+apt-get install --yes "$PACKAGE" \
+    || fatal "Package install failed, please report to TurnKey Linux."