diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 99de3a4..8d36c43 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,3 +5,9 @@ Features:
 - viewable on mobile
 - refreshes the data automatically without having to refresh the whole page (30 seconds)
 - server-side caching of the data so as not to overwhelm the Octoprint API's (1 minute)
+
+Requirements:
+- php
+- git (for deployment script)
+- curl (for deployment script)
+- jq (for deployment script)
diff --git a/deploy-staging.sh b/deploy-staging.sh
index 5636d0f..d061ce3 100755
--- a/deploy-staging.sh
+++ b/deploy-staging.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if command -v curl &> /dev/null && command -v git &> /dev/null && command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "ok"
+else
+    echo "Missing dependencies"
+fi
+
 staging_dir="/var/www/staging"
 repo_owner=lowellmakes
 repo_name=3dprinterstatus