diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b657ba..b66c3f3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 .vscode/settings.json
 __pycache__/
+debian/deblint.debhelper.log
+debian/deblint.substvars
+debian/deblint/DEBIAN/control
+debian/deblint/DEBIAN/md5sums
+debian/deblint/usr/bin/deblint
+debian/deblint/usr/share/doc/deblint/changelog.Debian.gz
+debian/deblint/usr/share/doc/deblint/README.md
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8f004aa..0af0bef 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ Homepage: https://github.com/frode-h/deblint
 
 Package: deblint
 Architecture: all
-Depends: python3-regex, python3-apt
+Depends: python3-apt
 Description: Track down unused Debian packages 
-Deblint is a tool for tracking down unused Debian packages that no other packages depend on. It's designed to help you clean up your system by identifying and removing packages that are no longer needed.
-
-Deblint uses atime to decide which packages have not been used in the set time.
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+ Deblint is a tool for tracking down unused Debian packages that no other 
+ packages depend on. It's designed to help you clean up your system by 
+ identifying and removing packages that are no longer needed.
+ Deblint uses atime to decide which packages have not been used in the set time
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diff --git a/debian/files b/debian/files
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5801f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/files
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+deblint_0.0.0-1_all.deb utils optional
+deblint_0.0.0-1_amd64.buildinfo utils optional
diff --git a/debian/install b/debian/install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b87fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+deblint /usr/bin/
+README.md /usr/share/doc/deblint/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9677726..cbe925d
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 %:
-    dh $@
+	dh $@
diff --git a/deblint b/deblint
index abe2dd3..b87e723 100755
--- a/deblint
+++ b/deblint
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ def main():
     Main function to execute the script logic. Takes command line argument for number of days of inactivity.
     """
     cache = apt.Cache()
+    cache.update()
     cache.open()
 
     days_inactive = int(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 7