diff --git a/helper-scripts/nextcloud.sh b/helper-scripts/nextcloud.sh
index 31cdb6a4..50fcbab3 100755
--- a/helper-scripts/nextcloud.sh
+++ b/helper-scripts/nextcloud.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=nextcloud/server versioning=semver extractVersion=^v(?<version>.*)$
 NEXTCLOUD_VERSION=25.0.3
 
-for bin in curl dirmngr; do
-  if [[ -z $(which ${bin}) ]]; then echo "Cannot find ${bin}, exiting..."; exit 1; fi
+echo -ne "Checking prerequisites..."
+sleep 1
+for bin in curl dirmngr tar bzip2; do
+  if [[ -z $(which ${bin}) ]]; then echo -ne "\r\033[31mCannot find ${bin}, exiting...\033[0m\n"; exit 1; fi
 done
+echo -ne "\r\033[32mFound all prerequisites! Continuing...\033[0m\n"
 
 [[ -z ${1} ]] && NC_HELP=y
 
@@ -215,5 +218,4 @@ elif [[ ${NC_RESETPW} == "y" ]]; then
       read -p "Enter the username: " NC_USER
     done
     docker exec -it -u www-data $(docker ps -f name=php-fpm-mailcow -q) /web/nextcloud/occ user:resetpassword ${NC_USER}
-
 fi