diff --git a/scripts/hb_install.sh b/scripts/hb_install.sh
index 63b31a0..f8b90ca 100755
--- a/scripts/hb_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/hb_install.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ if [ -d /homeassistant ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ $on_ha -eq 1 ]; then
-    echo "Installing under docker on Home Assistant OS, using /config/bin for executables and /config/venvs for virtual environments "
+    # Installing under docker on Home Assistant OS, using /config/bin for executables and /config/venvs for virtual environments 
+    echo "Home Assistant OS detected, installing under docker"
     where="/config/bin"
     venv="/config/venvs"
 else
@@ -53,23 +54,26 @@ else
         venv="$HOME/venvs"
     fi
 fi
-
-echo "Installing heartbeat $what"
+echo "Installing $what to $where"
+if [ ! -z "$venv" ]; then
+    echo "Using virtual environment at $venv/hbd"
+fi
 
 if [ "$venv" != "" ] && [ ! -d  $venv/hbd ]; then
-    set +e
-    python3 -m pip --version > /dev/null 2>&1 
-    rc=$?
-    set -e
     arg=""
-    if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
+    have_pip=$(python3 -c "import pip" 2>/dev/null &> /dev/null && echo "Installed" || echo "Not Installed")
+    if [ "$have_pip" = "Not Installed" ]; then
         # some systems do not have pip installed by default, so we need to fetch get-pip.py and install pip
         echo "pip is not installed, fetching get-pip.py and installing pip"
         arg="--without-pip"
     fi
     mkdir -p $venv
-    have_venv=$(python3 -c "import venv" &> /dev/null && echo "Installed" || echo "Not Installed")
+    have_venv=$(python3 -c "import venv" 2>/dev/null &> /dev/null && echo "Installed" || echo "Not Installed")
     if [ "$have_venv" = "Not Installed" ]; then
+        if [ "$have_pip" = "Not Installed" ]; then
+            echo "python has no venv, and no pip to install virtualenv, cannot continue"
+            exit 1
+        fi
         echo "python venv module not found, installing virtualenv"
         python3 -m pip install --user virtualenv
         python3 -m virtualenv $venv/hbd --system-site-packages $arg
@@ -83,50 +87,30 @@ if [ "$venv" != "" ] && [ ! -d  $venv/hbd ]; then
     deactivate
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$venv" ]; then
-    echo "Installing heartbeat $what globally"
-else
-    echo "Installing heartbeat $what in virtual environment $venv/hbd"
+if [ ! -z "$venv" ]; then
     . $venv/hbd/bin/activate
 fi
 if [ "$what" = "mini" ]; then
-    echo "Installing hbc mini, which has no external dependencies and is meant for quick setup and testing. For the full client with all features, please run this script with the 'client' argument."
     curl -s -o $where/hbc_mini https://git.wrede.ca/andreas/heartbeat/raw/branch/master/scripts/hbc_mini.py
     chmod +x $where/hbc_mini
 else
-    echo "Installing heartbeat $what, which includes the full client with all features. If you want to install the minimal client with no external dependencies, please run this script with the 'mini' argument."
     python3 -mpip install --upgrade --index-url https://git.wrede.ca/api/packages/andreas/pypi/simple/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple hbd[$what]
 fi
 
-if [ "$what" = "server" ]; then
-    rm -f $where/hbd
-    ln -sf $(which hbd) $where/hbd
-    echo "hbd installed, you can run it with \"$where/hbd\" or \"hbd\" if $where is in your PATH"
-elif [ "$what" = "client" ]; then
-    hbc_path=$(which hbc)
-    if [ -z "$hbc_path" ]; then
-        echo "hbc not found in PATH, installation failed"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    if [ "$hbc_path" != "$where/hbc" ]; then
+if [ ! -z "$venv" ]; then
+    echo "linking executables to $where"
+    if [ "$what" = "server" ]; then
+        rm -f $where/hbd
+        ln -sf $(which hbd) $where/hbd
+    elif [ "$what" = "client" ]; then
         rm -f $where/hbc
         ln -sf $(which hbc) $where/hbc
     fi
-    if [ "$prog" != "$where/hb_install.sh" ]; then
-        cp "$prog" $where/hb_install.sh
-        chmod +x $where/hb_install.sh
-    fi
-    if [ $on_ha -eq 1 ]; then
-        echo "restarting hbc "
-        job=$(grep run_hbc configuration.yaml | sed 's/run_hbc://')
-        $job
-    else
-        echo "hbc installed, you can run it with \"$where/hbc\" or \"hbc\" if $where is in your PATH"
-    fi  
-elif [ "$what" = "mini" ]; then
-    hbc_path=$(which hbc_mini)
-    if [ "$hbc_path" != "$where/hbc_mini" ]; then
-       ln -sf $hbc_path $where/hbc_mini
-    fi
-    echo "hbc mini installed, you can run it with \"$where/hbc_mini\" or \"hbc_mini\" if $where is in your PATH"
+    rm -f $where/hb_install.sh
+    ln -sf $(which hb_install.sh) $where/hb_install.sh
 fi
+echo "Installation complete. To upgrade, run the following:"
+echo "    $where/hb_install.sh $what"
+echo "To install on another machine, run the following command on that machine:"
+echo "    curl -s -o $where/hb_install.sh https://git.wrede.ca/andreas/heartbeat/raw/branch/master/scripts/hb_install.sh"
+echo "    and then run $where/hb_install.sh [mini|client]"
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