diff --git a/functions.py b/functions.py
index 3b5e6e8..37d7d53 100644
--- a/functions.py
+++ b/functions.py
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ def connectToDb():
 		password=dbPass,
 		database=dbName,
 		port=dbPort,
-		pool_name=f"{const.appName}-pool",
-		pool_size=32,
 		autocommit=True
 	)
 	return conn
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 9b89668..f507349 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,31 +1,69 @@
 #!/usr/bin/bash
 
-# work in progress
-id -u catask >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo useradd -r -s /bin/false -m -d /etc/catask -U catask
-# cloning branch dev for now because the installer doesn't exist in main branch yet
-git clone https://git.gay/mst/catask ~/tmp/catask --branch dev
-cd ~/tmp/catask
-
-commit_short_hash=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+working_dir=~/tmp/catask
 bold=$(tput bold)
 normal=$(tput sgr0)
+git_repo_url="https://git.mst.k.vu/mst/catask"
+git_repo_issue_url="${git_repo_url}/issues/new"
 
 echo "--------------------------"
-echo "${bold}Installing CatAsk (commit ${commit_short_hash})...${normal}"
+echo "${bold}Installing CatAsk...${normal}"
 echo "--------------------------"
 echo
+echo "${bold}Cloning the repository...${normal}"
+# this might work... or not, who knows
+id -u catask >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo useradd -r -s /bin/false -m -d /etc/catask -U catask
+# cloning dev branch for now because the installer doesn't exist in main branch yet
+git clone $git_repo_url $working_dir --branch dev
+cd $working_dir
+echo
 echo "${bold}Creating & activating virtual environment...${normal}"
 python3 -m venv venv && . venv/bin/activate
 echo
 echo "${bold}Installing required packages...${normal}"
+echo
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # move to /etc/catask after installing packages
-sudo cp -r ~/tmp/catask/ /etc/catask/
+sudo mv $working_dir /etc/
+working_dir="/etc/catask"
+
+# check if redis is installed
+if ! command -v redis-cli 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
+
+	echo
+	echo "${bold}Installing Redis...${normal}"
+	# grab variables from os-release file
+	. /etc/os-release
+	os_like=$ID_LIKE
+	case "$os_like" in
+		debian)
+			# standard redis install instructions from https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/install/install-redis/install-redis-on-linux/#install-on-ubuntudebian
+			sudo apt-get install lsb-release curl gpg
+			curl -fsSL https://packages.redis.io/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg
+			sudo chmod 644 /usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg
+			echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.redis.io/deb $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/redis.list
+			sudo apt-get update
+			sudo apt-get install redis
+			;;
+		fedora)
+			# standard redis install instructions from https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/install/install-redis/install-redis-on-linux/#install-on-red-hatrocky
+			sudo dnf install redis
+			sudo systemctl enable redis
+			sudo systemctl start redis
+			;;
+		# if id isn't like debian or fedora
+		*)
+			echo "Distribution '$os_like' isn't yet supported. File an issue at ${git_repo_issue_url}"
+			;;
+	esac
+
+fi
 
 echo
 echo "${bold}Configuring CatAsk...${normal}"
-cp .env.example .env; cp config.example.json config.json
+cd $working_dir
+cp $working_dir/.env.example $working_dir/.env; cp $working_dir/config.example.json $working_dir/config.json
 echo
 read -n 1 -s -r -p "Press any key to open main config file..."
 nano config.json
@@ -33,10 +71,10 @@ read -n 1 -s -r -p "Press any key to open .env config file..."
 nano .env
 
 echo
-echo 'Initializing the database...'
+echo "${bold}Initializing the database...${normal}"
 if flask init-db; then : ; else
-	echo 'If the error is "MySQL Connection not available." then you can safely ignore it'
-	echo 'Otherwise, create an issue at https://git.mst.k.vu/mst/catask/issues/new'
+	# echo 'If the error is "MySQL Connection not available." then you can safely ignore it'
+	echo "Otherwise, create an issue at ${git_repo_issue_url}"
 	read -p "Proceed? (y/N) " proceed_after_error
 	proceed_after_error="${proceed_after_error,,}"
 	echo $proceed_after_error
@@ -49,7 +87,7 @@ fi
 
 read -p "Do you want to install CatAsk as a systemd service? (Y/n) " sysd_service_input
 
-if [[ "$sysd_service_input" == 'n' ]]; then
+if [[ "${sysd_service_input,,}" == 'n' ]]; then
 	echo "Start CatAsk with: ${bold}gunicorn -w 4 app:app -b 127.0.0.1:5000${normal}"
 	echo "Replace ${bold}127.0.0.1:5000${normal} with address where CatAsk will run"
 	exit 0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dc2224d..fa69d5e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ bleach
 pathlib
 Flask-Compress
 gunicorn
+Flask-Limiter