diff --git a/scripts/ansible b/scripts/ansible
index 868ed67cc..63565717e 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible
+++ b/scripts/ansible
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ URL="NA"
 # TODO add check for version - to revese patching if upgrading
 if [ $(which ansible-playbook) ]; then
     VER=`ansible --version|head -n 1|cut -f 2 -d " "`
-    GOOD_VER="$VER | grep 2.4 | wc -l"
+    GOOD_VER=`echo $VER | grep 2.4 | wc -l`
     if [ $VER = "2.2.0.0" ]; then
         echo "Ansible $VER installed updating to 2.4.0"
         pip install --upgrade ansible==2.4.0 --disable-pip-version-check
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ fi
 if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
 # might pickup usbmount confirm ppa location
     echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu xenial main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+    apt-get -y install dirmngr
     apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367
     apt-get -y update
     apt-get -y install ansible git python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
 fi
 if [ `grep -qi ubuntu /etc/lsb-release` ] ||  [ `grep -qi ubuntu /etc/os-release` ]; then
     echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu xenial main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+    apt-get -y install dirmngr
     apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367
     apt-get -y update
 # confirm PPA location
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ fi
 # Has 2.2.1
 if [ `grep -qi raspbian /etc/*elease` ]; then
     echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu xenial main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+    apt-get -y install dirmngr
     apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367
     apt-get -y update
     apt-get -y install ansible git python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch