diff --git a/assets/config/deps/dependencies b/assets/config/deps/dependencies
index c57ebea..6b4a6d8 100644
--- a/assets/config/deps/dependencies
+++ b/assets/config/deps/dependencies
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-pkgs_check="openssl nginx meshtastic flask"
-pkgs_apt="openssl nginx nginx-common python3-meshtastic python3-flask python3-requests"
\ No newline at end of file
+deps="openssl nginx meshtastic flask"
+pkgs="openssl nginx nginx-common python3-meshtastic python3-flask python3-requests"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/test/test.sh b/assets/test/test.sh
index 223532e..634bb94 100755
--- a/assets/test/test.sh
+++ b/assets/test/test.sh
@@ -19,12 +19,25 @@ fi
 
 ### DEPENDENCIES
 
-if command -v "$pkgs_check" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo -e "    ${GRN}Dependency check passed...${CRS}\n"
-    
-else
-    echo -e "    ${RED}Dependencies not met.${CRS}\n"
-    echo "$pkgs_check"
+check_for_package() {
+    if dpkg-query -s "$1" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        return 0
+    elif apt-cache show "$1" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        return 1
+    else
+        return 2
+    fi
+}
+
+for package in $deps; do
+    if check_for_package "$package"; then
+        printf "%-20s - %s\n" "$package" "package is installed"
+    elif [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
+        printf "%-20s - %s\n" "$package" "package is not installed, it is available in package repository"
+    else
+        printf "%-20s - %s\n" "$package" "package is not installed, it is not available in package repository"
+    fi
+done
         
     while true; do
         echo -e "  ${YEL}Do you wish to install via APT?"