diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 13607bb..a09b30e 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -133,12 +133,32 @@ case "$AI_CHOICE" in
     3)
         AI_PROVIDER="ollama"
         AI_MODEL="qwen3.5:2b"
+        # Ollama's install script requires zstd
+        if ! command -v zstd &>/dev/null; then
+            info "Installing zstd (required by Ollama)..."
+            if command -v apt-get &>/dev/null; then
+                apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq zstd 2>&1 | tail -1
+            elif command -v dnf &>/dev/null; then
+                dnf install -y zstd 2>&1 | tail -1
+            elif command -v yum &>/dev/null; then
+                yum install -y zstd 2>&1 | tail -1
+            elif command -v apk &>/dev/null; then
+                apk add zstd 2>&1 | tail -1
+            else
+                warn "Please install zstd manually, then re-run install.sh"
+            fi
+        fi
         info "Installing Ollama..."
         if ! command -v ollama &>/dev/null; then
-            curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh 2>&1 | tail -3
+            curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh 2>&1 | tail -5
         else
             info "Ollama already installed"
         fi
+        # Wait for Ollama to be ready
+        for i in $(seq 1 10); do
+            if ollama --version &>/dev/null; then break; fi
+            sleep 2
+        done
         info "Pulling model $AI_MODEL (this may take a while)..."
         ollama pull "$AI_MODEL" 2>&1 | tail -3
         AI_BASE_URL="http://localhost:11434"