diff --git a/ct/privatebin.sh b/ct/privatebin.sh
index 226aa5df7..cad70707c 100644
--- a/ct/privatebin.sh
+++ b/ct/privatebin.sh
@@ -27,22 +27,25 @@ function update_script() {
     msg_error "No ${APP} Installation Found!"
     exit
   fi
+
   RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk '{print substr($2, 2, length($2)-3) }')
-  if [[ ! -f /opt/${APP}_version.txt ]] || [[ "${RELEASE}" != "$(cat /opt/${APP}_version.txt)" ]]; then
-    msg_info "Updating ${APP} to v${RELEASE}"
-    echo "${RELEASE}" >/opt/${APP}_version.txt
+  if [[ ! -f ~/.privatebin ]] || [[ "${RELEASE}" != "$(cat ~/.privatebin)" ]]; then
+    msg_info "Creating backup"
     cp -f /opt/privatebin/cfg/conf.php /tmp/privatebin_conf.bak
-    curl -fsSL "https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/archive/refs/tags/${RELEASE}.zip" -o $(basename "https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/archive/refs/tags/${RELEASE}.zip")
-    $STD unzip ${RELEASE}.zip
+    msg_ok "Backup created"
+
     rm -rf /opt/privatebin/*
-    mv PrivateBin-${RELEASE}/* /opt/privatebin/
+    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "privatebin" "PrivateBin/PrivateBin" "tarball"
+
+    msg_info "Configuring ${APP}"
+    mkdir -p /opt/privatebin/data
     mv /tmp/privatebin_conf.bak /opt/privatebin/cfg/conf.php
     chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/privatebin
-    chmod -R 0755 /opt/privatebin/data
-    echo "${RELEASE}" >/opt/${APP}_version.txt
-    rm -rf ${RELEASE}.zip PrivateBin-${RELEASE}
+    chmod -R 0755 /opt/privatebin/data}
     systemctl reload nginx php8.2-fpm
-    msg_ok "Updated ${APP} to v${RELEASE}"
+    msg_ok "Configured ${APP}"
+
+    msg_ok "Successfully updated"
   else
     msg_ok "No update required. ${APP} is already at v${RELEASE}"
   fi
diff --git a/install/privatebin-install.sh b/install/privatebin-install.sh
index 7e5487228..4f606462d 100644
--- a/install/privatebin-install.sh
+++ b/install/privatebin-install.sh
@@ -16,20 +16,11 @@ update_os
 msg_info "Installing Dependencies"
 $STD apt-get install -y \
   nginx \
-  php8.2-fpm \
-  php8.2-{common,cli,gd,mbstring,xml,fpm,curl,zip} \
   openssl
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
-msg_info "Installing PrivateBin"
-RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name"' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')
-echo "${RELEASE}" >/opt/${APPLICATION}_version.txt
-mkdir -p /opt/privatebin
-cd /opt/privatebin
-curl -fsSL "https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/archive/refs/tags/${RELEASE}.zip" -o "${RELEASE}.zip"
-$STD unzip ${RELEASE}.zip
-mv PrivateBin-${RELEASE}/* .
-msg_ok "Installed PrivateBin"
+PHP_VERSION="8.2" PHP_MODULE="common,fpm" setup_php
+fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "privatebin" "PrivateBin/PrivateBin" "tarball"
 
 msg_info "Generating Universal SSL Certificate"
 mkdir -p /etc/ssl/privatebin
@@ -96,12 +87,10 @@ rm -f /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
 systemctl reload nginx
 msg_ok "Nginx Configured"
 
+motd_ssh
+customize
+
 msg_info "Cleaning up"
-rm -rf /opt/privatebin/${RELEASE}.zip
-rm -rf /opt/privatebin/PrivateBin-${RELEASE}
 $STD apt-get -y autoremove
 $STD apt-get -y autoclean
 msg_ok "Cleaned"
-
-motd_ssh
-customize