diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7d54f4e..47c15003 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ sudo apt-get install python-numpy
 sudo apt-get install libadns1
 sudo apt-get install libadns1-dev
 sudo apt-get install libev-dev (redis-levelDB dependency)
-sudp apt-get install libgmp-dev (redis-levelDB dependency)
+sudo apt-get install libgmp-dev (redis-levelDB dependency)
 ```
 
 Then these modules need to be install with pip inside the virtual environment:
diff --git a/installing_deps.sh b/installing_deps.sh
index 9742a159..5756a1d4 100755
--- a/installing_deps.sh
+++ b/installing_deps.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -x
 sudo apt-get update
 
 sudo apt-get install python-pip python-virtualenv python-dev libfreetype6-dev \
-    screen g++ python-tk unzip
+    screen g++ python-tk unzip libsnappy-dev
 
 #Needed for bloom filters
 sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libfreetype6-dev python-numpy