diff --git a/scripts/init.sh b/scripts/init.sh
index 3e19cf36..7ba6c13d 100755
--- a/scripts/init.sh
+++ b/scripts/init.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ set -e
 python3 -m venv venv
 pip=venv/bin/pip
 
-$pip install pyinfra pytest build 'setuptools>=68' tox 
+$pip install pyinfra pytest build 'setuptools>=68' tox deltachat
 $pip install -e deploy-chatmail 
 $pip install -e chatmaild