diff --git a/docs/getting-started/install/debian.md b/docs/getting-started/install/debian.md
index 40d4748a8..80d47d299 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/install/debian.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/install/debian.md
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 As of 0.3.18, dokku defaults to being installed via debian package. While certain hosts may require extra work to get running, you may optionally wish to automate the installation of dokku without the use of our `bootstrap.sh` bash script. The following are the steps run by said script:
 
 ```shell
-curl --silent https://get.docker.io/gpg 2> /dev/null | apt-key add - 2>&1 >/dev/null
-curl --silent https://packagecloud.io/gpg.key 2> /dev/null | apt-key add - 2>&1 >/dev/null
+curl -sL https://get.docker.io/gpg 2> /dev/null | sudo apt-key add - 2>&1 >/dev/null
+curl -sL https://packagecloud.io/gpg.key 2> /dev/null | sudo apt-key add - 2>&1 >/dev/null
 
-echo "deb http://get.docker.io/ubuntu docker main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
-echo "deb https://packagecloud.io/dokku/dokku/ubuntu/ trusty main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dokku.list
+echo "deb http://get.docker.io/ubuntu docker main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list >/dev/null
+echo "deb https://packagecloud.io/dokku/dokku/ubuntu/ trusty main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dokku.list >/dev/null
 
-sudo apt-get update > /dev/null
+sudo apt-get update -qq
 sudo apt-get install -qq -y linux-image-extra-`uname -r` apt-transport-https
 sudo apt-get install -qq -y dokku
 ```
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ In case you want to perform an unattended installation of dokku, this is made po
 You can set any of the below options through the `debconf-set-selections` command, for example to enable vhost-based deployments:
 
 ```bash
-echo "dokku dokku/vhost_enable boolean true" | debconf-set-selections
+sudo echo "dokku dokku/vhost_enable boolean true" | debconf-set-selections
 ```
 
 After setting the desired options, proceed with the installation as described above.