diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 04febe57..129f88fd 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ FTLinstall() {
   local binary="${1}"
   local latesttag
   echo ":::"
-  echo -n "::: Installing FTL ... "
+  echo -n "::: Installing FTL... "
 
   latesttag=$(curl -sI https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/releases/latest | grep "Location" | awk -F '/' '{print $NF}')
   # Tags should always start with v, check for that.
@@ -1165,10 +1165,12 @@ FTLinstall() {
     echo "failed (error in getting latest release location from GitHub)"
     return 1
   fi
-  if curl -sSL --fail "https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/releases/download/${latesttag%$'\r'}/${binary}" -o "/tmp/pihole-FTL"; then
+  if curl -sSL --fail "https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/releases/download/${latesttag%$'\r'}/${binary}" -o "/tmp/${binary}"; then
+    # Get sha1 of the binary we just downloaded for verification.
+    curl -sSL --fail "https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/releases/download/${latesttag%$'\r'}/${binary}.sha1" -o "/tmp/${binary}.sha1"
     # Check if we just downloaded text, or a binary file.
-    if ! grep -qI '.' /tmp/pihole-FTL; then
-      echo "done"
+    if sha1sum -c "${binary}".sha1; then
+      echo -n "transferred... "
       install -m 0755 /tmp/pihole-FTL /usr/bin
       touch /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /var/run/pihole-FTL.pid /var/run/pihole-FTL.port
       chmod 0666 /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /var/run/pihole-FTL.pid /var/run/pihole-FTL.port
@@ -1177,7 +1179,7 @@ FTLinstall() {
       echo "failed (download of binary from Github failed)"
       return 1
     fi
-    echo "done"
+    echo "done."
   else
     echo "failed (URL not found.)"
   fi