diff --git a/docs/01-getting-started.md b/docs/01-getting-started.md
index 858e0fa..6dce42e 100644
--- a/docs/01-getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/01-getting-started.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ wsl --install
 
 ```sh
 /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
-brew install make
+brew install git make jq
 ```
 
 ## Universal getting started
diff --git a/scripts/general/configure-docker.sh b/scripts/general/configure-docker.sh
index ca7034e..0fc100e 100755
--- a/scripts/general/configure-docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/general/configure-docker.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ if [[ $(uname) == "Linux" ]]; then
 
   if grep -q "debian" /etc/os-release; then
 
-    echo "Adding Docker apt repo on Linux..."
-
     if [[ -z $(grep -r download.docker.com /etc/apt/sources.list.d/) ]]; then
 
+      echo "Adding Docker apt repo on Linux..."
+
       if grep -q "Ubuntu" /etc/os-release; then
 
         echo "Adding Docker repo for $(lsb_release -cs)..."
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ if [[ $(uname) == "Linux" ]]; then
   if grep -q "debian" /etc/os-release; then
 
     apt-get update
-    apt-get -y install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin git-lfs curl jq
+    apt-get -y install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin git-lfs curl
 
   elif grep -q "arch" /etc/os-release; then
 
diff --git a/scripts/general/prepare.sh b/scripts/general/prepare.sh
index af6b59f..3c87336 100755
--- a/scripts/general/prepare.sh
+++ b/scripts/general/prepare.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if [[ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]]; then
   echo "Configuring MacOS..."
 
   echo "Installing MacOS packages with homebrew..."
-  brew install git-lfs curl jq
+  brew install git-lfs curl
 
 fi
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if [[ $(uname) == "Linux" ]]; then
 
     echo "Installing required deb packages..."
     apt-get update
-    apt-get install git-lfs curl make jq -y
+    apt-get install git-lfs curl make -y
 
     if [[ "${MAKEVAR_ALLOW_HOST_SSH_ACCESS}" == "true" ]]; then
 
@@ -57,12 +57,13 @@ if [[ $(uname) == "Linux" ]]; then
   elif grep -q "arch" /etc/os-release; then
 
 	echo "Installing required pacman packages..."
-	pacman -S git git-lfs make curl jq --noconfirm
+	pacman -S git git-lfs make curl --noconfirm
 
 
   else
 
     echo "Unsupported OS"
+    echo "Please install git."
     echo "Please install git LFS for your OS and initialize it."
     echo "Please install curl"
     echo "Please install jq"