diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 563b6bee..d38e94e1 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -2655,18 +2655,6 @@ main() {
     # Check that the installed OS is officially supported - display warning if not
     os_check
 
-    # Check if FTL is installed - do this early on as FTL is a hard dependency for Pi-hole
-    local funcOutput
-    funcOutput=$(get_binary_name) #Store output of get_binary_name here
-    local binary
-    binary="pihole-FTL${funcOutput##*pihole-FTL}" #binary name will be the last line of the output of get_binary_name (it always begins with pihole-FTL)
-    local theRest
-    theRest="${funcOutput%pihole-FTL*}" # Print the rest of get_binary_name's output to display (cut out from first instance of "pihole-FTL")
-    if ! FTLdetect "${binary}" "${theRest}"; then
-        printf "  %b FTL Engine not installed\\n" "${CROSS}"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
     # Install packages used by this installation script
     install_dependent_packages "${INSTALLER_DEPS[@]}"
 
@@ -2751,6 +2739,18 @@ main() {
     # Create the pihole user
     create_pihole_user
 
+    # Check if FTL is installed - do this early on as FTL is a hard dependency for Pi-hole
+    local funcOutput
+    funcOutput=$(get_binary_name) #Store output of get_binary_name here
+    local binary
+    binary="pihole-FTL${funcOutput##*pihole-FTL}" #binary name will be the last line of the output of get_binary_name (it always begins with pihole-FTL)
+    local theRest
+    theRest="${funcOutput%pihole-FTL*}" # Print the rest of get_binary_name's output to display (cut out from first instance of "pihole-FTL")
+    if ! FTLdetect "${binary}" "${theRest}"; then
+        printf "  %b FTL Engine not installed\\n" "${CROSS}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
     # Install and log everything to a file
     installPihole | tee -a /proc/$$/fd/3