diff --git a/ct/karakeep.sh b/ct/karakeep.sh
index 94744c1ee..ebceaea3f 100644
--- a/ct/karakeep.sh
+++ b/ct/karakeep.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,25 @@ function update_script() {
     if grep -q '^ExecStart=/usr/bin/node\s\+dist/index\.mjs$' /etc/systemd/system/karakeep-workers.service; then
       sed -i -E 's#^(ExecStart=/usr/bin/node\s+dist/)index\.mjs$#\1index.js#' /etc/systemd/system/karakeep-workers.service
       systemctl daemon-reload
+    fi    
+    
+    if [ ! -f /usr/bin/karakeep ]; then
+      cat <<'EOF' >/usr/bin/karakeep
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import('/opt/karakeep/apps/cli/dist/index.mjs')
+EOF
+      chmod +x /usr/bin/karakeep
+    fi
+
+    if ! command -v pip >/dev/null 2>&1 || ! pip show yt-dlp-ejs >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      msg_info "Installing external JavaScript Extension for yt-dlp"
+      ensure_dependencies python3-pip
+      $STD pip install -U yt-dlp-ejs
+      msg_ok "Installed external JavaScript Extension for yt-dlp"
+    fi
+
+    if ! command -v deno &>/dev/null; then
+      fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "deno" "denoland/deno" "prebuild" "latest" "/usr/local/bin" "deno-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"
     fi
 
     CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "karakeep" "karakeep-app/karakeep" "tarball"
diff --git a/install/karakeep-install.sh b/install/karakeep-install.sh
index 6a68bd47a..0417d87f4 100644
--- a/install/karakeep-install.sh
+++ b/install/karakeep-install.sh
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ $STD apt install -y \
   chromium \
   graphicsmagick \
   ghostscript \
+  python3-pip \
   ffmpeg
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "monolith" "Y2Z/monolith" "singlefile" "latest" "/usr/bin" "monolith-gnu-linux-x86_64"
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "yt-dlp" "yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds" "singlefile" "latest" "/usr/bin" "yt-dlp_linux"
+fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "deno" "denoland/deno" "prebuild" "latest" "/usr/local/bin" "deno-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"
 setup_meilisearch
 
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "karakeep" "karakeep-app/karakeep" "tarball"
@@ -32,6 +34,10 @@ cd /opt/karakeep
 MODULE_VERSION="$(jq -r '.packageManager | split("@")[1]' /opt/karakeep/package.json)"
 NODE_VERSION="24" NODE_MODULE="pnpm@${MODULE_VERSION}" setup_nodejs
 
+msg_info "Installing external JavaScript Extension for yt-dlp"
+$STD pip install -U yt-dlp-ejs
+msg_ok "Installed external JavaScript Extension for yt-dlp"
+
 msg_info "Installing karakeep"
 export PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD="true"
 export PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD="true"
@@ -47,6 +53,11 @@ cd /opt/karakeep/apps/cli
 $STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 $STD pnpm build
 $STD pnpm store prune
+cat <<'EOF' >/usr/bin/karakeep
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import('/opt/karakeep/apps/cli/dist/index.mjs')
+EOF
+chmod +x /usr/bin/karakeep
 
 export DATA_DIR=/opt/karakeep_data
 karakeep_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 36 | cut -c1-24)