diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f75ccb8..0ce674e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.py~
 *.pyc
 logs*
+*.db
diff --git a/GstarCluster.py b/GstarCluster.py
index e925e6a..73aa109 100755
--- a/GstarCluster.py
+++ b/GstarCluster.py
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ class GstarCluster(object):
                 # Set hostname on the machine
                 stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command('echo \"'+host_template+"master\" > /etc/hostname")
                 stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command('hostname \"'+host_template+"master\"")
-			      
+		stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command('apt-get install -y python-paramiko htop') 
+     
 		# Add node to cluster
                 self.cluster[host_template+"master"] = node
 
@@ -156,6 +157,8 @@ class GstarCluster(object):
                 # Set hostname on the machine
                 stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command('echo \"'+host_template+str(i)+"\" > /etc/hostname")
                 stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command('hostname \"'+host_template+str(i)+"\"")
+		stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command('apt-get install -y htop') 
+
                 shutil.copy("./templates/bashrc", "/tmp/bashrc")
 	    	bashrc = "/tmp/bashrc"
 		for line in fileinput.FileInput(bashrc,inplace=1):