diff --git a/deployment_scripts/README.md b/deployment_scripts/README.md
index 16b150852..4ee91b5b4 100644
--- a/deployment_scripts/README.md
+++ b/deployment_scripts/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Your user must have root permissions; however, don't run the script as root!
 
 ```sh
 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/guardicore/monkey/develop/deployment_scripts/deploy_linux.sh
+chmod u+x ./deploy_linux.sh
 ```
 
 This will download our deploy script. It's a good idea to read it quickly before executing it!
@@ -52,4 +53,13 @@ After downloading that script, execute it in a shell. The first argument should
 - `./deploy_linux.sh "" "master"` (deploys master branch in script directory)
 - `./deploy_linux.sh "/home/user/new" "master"` (if directory "new" is not found creates it and clones master branch into it)
 
-You may also pass in an optional third `false` parameter to disable downloading the latest agent binaries.
\ No newline at end of file
+You may also pass in an optional third `false` parameter to disable downloading the latest agent binaries.
+
+### Run on Linux
+
+After the `deploy_linux.sh` script completes, you can start the monkey island.
+
+```sh
+cd infection_monkey/monkey
+./monkey_island/linux/run.sh
+```
diff --git a/deployment_scripts/config b/deployment_scripts/config
index bda54e390..f5e4e5d88 100644
--- a/deployment_scripts/config
+++ b/deployment_scripts/config
@@ -4,41 +4,53 @@ export MONKEY_FOLDER_NAME="infection_monkey"
 # Url of public git repository that contains monkey's source code
 export MONKEY_GIT_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey"
 
-get_latest_release() {
-  curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" | # Get latest release from GitHub API
-    grep '"tag_name":' |                                            # Get tag line
-    sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/'                                    # Pluck JSON value
+exists() {
+  command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
-MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE=$(get_latest_release "monkey/guardicore")
+get_latest_release() {
+  RELEASE_URL="https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest"
+
+  if exists wget; then
+    RELEASE_INFO=$(wget --quiet -O - "$RELEASE_URL")          # Get latest release from GitHub API
+  else
+    RELEASE_INFO=$(curl --silent "$RELEASE_URL")				# Get latest release from GitHub API
+  fi
+
+  echo "$RELEASE_INFO" |
+      grep '"tag_name":' |                      # Get tag line
+      sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/'   # Pluck JSON value
+}
+
+MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE=$(get_latest_release "guardicore/monkey")
 
 # Monkey binaries
 LINUX_32_BINARY_NAME="monkey-linux-32"
-LINUX_32_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$($MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE)/monkey-linux-32"
+LINUX_32_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE/monkey-linux-32"
 export LINUX_32_BINARY_URL
 export LINUX_32_BINARY_NAME
 
 LINUX_64_BINARY_NAME="monkey-linux-64"
-LINUX_64_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$($MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE)/monkey-linux-64"
+LINUX_64_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE/monkey-linux-64"
 export LINUX_64_BINARY_URL
 export LINUX_64_BINARY_NAME
 
 WINDOWS_32_BINARY_NAME="monkey-windows-32.exe"
-WINDOWS_32_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$($MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE)/monkey-windows-32.exe"
+WINDOWS_32_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE/monkey-windows-32.exe"
 export WINDOWS_32_BINARY_URL
 export WINDOWS_32_BINARY_NAME
 
 WINDOWS_64_BINARY_NAME="monkey-windows-64.exe"
-WINDOWS_64_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$($MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE)/monkey-windows-64.exe"
+WINDOWS_64_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE/monkey-windows-64.exe"
 export WINDOWS_64_BINARY_URL
 export WINDOWS_64_BINARY_NAME
 
 # Other binaries for monkey
-TRACEROUTE_64_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$($MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE)/traceroute64"
+TRACEROUTE_64_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE/traceroute64"
 export TRACEROUTE_64_BINARY_URL
-TRACEROUTE_32_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$($MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE)/traceroute32"
+TRACEROUTE_32_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE/traceroute32"
 export TRACEROUTE_32_BINARY_URL
-SAMBACRY_64_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$($MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE)/sc_monkey_runner64.so"
+SAMBACRY_64_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE/sc_monkey_runner64.so"
 export SAMBACRY_64_BINARY_URL
-SAMBACRY_32_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$($MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE)/sc_monkey_runner32.so"
+SAMBACRY_32_BINARY_URL="https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/releases/download/$MONKEY_LATEST_RELEASE/sc_monkey_runner32.so"
 export SAMBACRY_32_BINARY_URL
diff --git a/deployment_scripts/deploy_linux.sh b/deployment_scripts/deploy_linux.sh
index d13478018..728e2f52d 100755
--- a/deployment_scripts/deploy_linux.sh
+++ b/deployment_scripts/deploy_linux.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ is_root() {
 
 has_sudo() {
   # 0 true, 1 false
-  timeout 1 sudo id && return 0 || return 1
+  return $(sudo -nv > /dev/null 2>&1)
 }
 
 handle_error() {
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ log_message() {
   echo -e "DEPLOYMENT SCRIPT: $1"
 }
 
+if is_root; then
+  log_message "Please don't run this script as root"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 config_branch=${2:-"develop"}
 config_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/guardicore/monkey/${config_branch}/deployment_scripts/config"
 
@@ -62,14 +67,9 @@ ISLAND_BINARIES_PATH="$ISLAND_PATH/cc/binaries"
 INFECTION_MONKEY_DIR="$monkey_home/monkey/infection_monkey"
 MONKEY_BIN_DIR="$INFECTION_MONKEY_DIR/bin"
 
-if is_root; then
-  log_message "Please don't run this script as root"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-HAS_SUDO=$(has_sudo)
-if [[ ! $HAS_SUDO ]]; then
-  log_message "You need root permissions for some of this script operations. Quiting."
+if ! has_sudo; then
+  log_message "You need root permissions for some of this script operations. \
+Run \`sudo -v\`, enter your password, and then re-run this script."
   exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -110,13 +110,16 @@ if [[ ${python_cmd} == "" ]]; then
   log_message "Python 3.7 command not found. Installing python 3.7."
   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
   sudo apt-get update
-  sudo apt install python3.7 python3.7-dev
+  sudo apt-get install -y python3.7 python3.7-dev
   log_message "Python 3.7 is now available with command 'python3.7'."
   python_cmd="python3.7"
 fi
 
 log_message "Installing build-essential"
-sudo apt install build-essential
+sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
+
+log_message "Installing python3-distutils"
+sudo apt-get install -y python3-distutils
 
 log_message "Installing or updating pip"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ requirements_island="$ISLAND_PATH/requirements.txt"
 ${python_cmd} -m pip install -r "${requirements_island}" --user --upgrade || handle_error
 
 log_message "Installing monkey requirements"
-sudo apt-get install libffi-dev upx libssl-dev libc++1
+sudo apt-get install -y libffi-dev upx libssl-dev libc++1
 requirements_monkey="$INFECTION_MONKEY_DIR/requirements.txt"
 ${python_cmd} -m pip install -r "${requirements_monkey}" --user --upgrade || handle_error
 
@@ -162,15 +165,19 @@ chmod a+x "$ISLAND_BINARIES_PATH/$LINUX_64_BINARY_NAME"
 
 # If a user haven't installed mongo manually check if we can install it with our script
 if ! exists mongod; then
+  log_message "Installing libcurl4"
+  sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4
+
   log_message "Installing MongoDB"
   "${ISLAND_PATH}"/linux/install_mongo.sh ${MONGO_PATH} || handle_error
 fi
 log_message "Installing openssl"
-sudo apt-get install openssl
+sudo apt-get install -y openssl
 
 # Generate SSL certificate
 log_message "Generating certificate"
 
+chmod u+x "${ISLAND_PATH}"/linux/create_certificate.sh
 "${ISLAND_PATH}"/linux/create_certificate.sh ${ISLAND_PATH}/cc
 
 # Update node