diff --git a/scripts/install_services.sh b/scripts/install_services.sh
index 1cac431..4173cdd 100755
--- a/scripts/install_services.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_services.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ install_depends() {
   apt install -qqy caddy ftpd sqlite3 php-sqlite3 alsa-utils \
     pulseaudio avahi-utils sox libsox-fmt-mp3 php php-fpm php-curl php-xml \
     php-zip icecast2 swig ffmpeg wget unzip curl cmake make bc libjpeg-dev \
-    zlib1g-dev python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv lsof net-tools gcc python3-dev
+    zlib1g-dev python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv lsof net-tools gcc python3-dev inotify-tools
 }
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index 4f8d150..494a3fe 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ fi
 
 ensure_python_package inotify inotify
 
+if ! which inotifywait &>/dev/null;then
+  ensure_apt_updated
+  apt-get -y install inotify-tools
+fi
+
 remove_unit_file birdnet_server.service /usr/local/bin/server.py
 remove_unit_file extraction.service /usr/local/bin/extract_new_birdsounds.sh