diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d0c875c703..430cd0508b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ The fastest and most reliable way to get started with OneUptime is signing up fo
 
 ### Open-source hobby single-server deploy with Docker Compose.
 
-Deploy a single-server instance with docker compose on Debian / Ubuntu (we only support Debian / Ubuntu as of today). We recommend OneUptime on 16 GB / 8 Core Ubuntu Server. However you can run an instance on a much smaller server.
+Deploy a single-server instance with docker compose on Debian / Ubuntu / RHEL with Docker (we only support Debian / Ubuntu and RHEL derivatives with docker installed as of today). We recommend OneUptime on 16 GB / 8 Core Ubuntu Server. However you can run an instance on a much smaller server.
 
 Please make sure you have: 
 - Docker and Docker Compose installed.
diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index 15e21ad5b5..68576cfede 100644
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -25,17 +25,29 @@ if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-# If linux
-if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "darwin"* ]]; then
+
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+  local DISTRIB=$(awk -F= '/^ID/{print $2}' /etc/os-release)
+  if [[ ${DISTRIB} = "ubuntu"* ]]; then
+    echo "Grabbing latest apt caches"
+    sudo apt-get update
+  elif [[ ${DISTRIB} = "debian"* ]]; then
     echo "Grabbing latest apt caches"
     sudo apt update
+  fi
 fi
 
+
 # clone oneuptime
 echo "Installing OneUptime 🟢"
 if [[ ! $(which git) ]]; then
-    if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "darwin"* ]]; then
+    if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+      local DISTRIB=$(awk -F= '/^ID/{print $2}' /etc/os-release)
+      if [[ ${DISTRIB} = "ubuntu"* ]] || [[ ${DISTRIB} = "debian"* ]]; then
         sudo apt install -y git
+      elif [[ ${DISTRIB} = "fedora"* ]] || [[ ${DISTRIB} = "almalinux"* ]] || [[ ${DISTRIB} = "rockylinux"* ]] || [[ ${DISTRIB} = "rhel"* ]]; then
+        sudo dnf install git -y
+      fi
     fi
     if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
         brew install git
@@ -88,11 +100,16 @@ if [[ ! $(which node) && ! $(node --version) ]]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-
-if [[ ! $(which npm) && ! $(npm --version) ]]; then
-    if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "darwin"* ]]; then
+if [[ ! $(which npm) ]]; then
+    if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+      local DISTRIB=$(awk -F= '/^ID/{print $2}' /etc/os-release)
+      if [[ ${DISTRIB} = "ubuntu"* ]] || [[ ${DISTRIB} = "debian"* ]]; then
         echo "Setting up NPM"
         sudo apt-get install -y npm
+      elif [[ ${DISTRIB} = "fedora"* ]] || [[ ${DISTRIB} = "almalinux"* ]] || [[ ${DISTRIB} = "rockylinux"* ]] || [[ ${DISTRIB} = "rhel"* ]]; then
+        echo "Setting up NPM"
+        sudo dnf install -y npm
+      fi
     fi
 fi