diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index acb0833d..6e331835 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Version 1.2.2
   nodes.
 - Reordered install instructions to avoid problem with npm creating files owned
   by root in the home directory.
+- Swapped curl out with wget in the install instructions as the latter comes
+  pre-installed on Ubuntu.
 
 
 Version 1.2.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3f522dd..7429b797 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ NodeJS does not support EOL ubuntu releases. Make sure you are on the most recen
 
 Master and all slaves:
 
-    sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
-    sudo apt install -y nodejs python-dev git wget curl tar build-essential
+    wget -qO - https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
+    sudo apt install -y nodejs python-dev git build-essential
     git clone -b 1.2.x https://github.com/clusterio/factorioClusterio.git
     cd factorioClusterio
-    curl -o factorio.tar.gz -L https://www.factorio.com/get-download/latest/headless/linux64
+    wget -O factorio.tar.gz https://www.factorio.com/get-download/latest/headless/linux64
     tar -xf factorio.tar.gz
     npm install --only=production
     cp config.json.dist config.json