diff --git a/version/0.3.1/INSTALL.sh b/version/0.3.1/INSTALL.sh
index 78ad423e..208aa2fb 100644
--- a/version/0.3.1/INSTALL.sh
+++ b/version/0.3.1/INSTALL.sh
@@ -1618,6 +1618,13 @@ install_openadmin(){
         git clone -b $py_enchoded_for_distro --single-branch https://github.com/stefanpejcic/openadmin $OPENPADMIN_DIR
         cd $OPENPADMIN_DIR
         pip install --default-timeout=3600 -r requirements.txt  > /dev/null 2>&1 || pip install --default-timeout=3600 -r requirements.txt --break-system-packages  > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+     # on debian12 yaml is also needed to read conf files!
+     if [ -f /etc/os-release ] && grep -q "Debian" /etc/os-release; then
+     	apt install python3-yaml -y  > /dev/null 2>&1
+     fi
+
+
     
     cp -fr /usr/local/admin/service/admin.service ${SERVICES_DIR}admin.service  > /dev/null 2>&1
     cp -fr /usr/local/admin/service/watcher.service ${SERVICES_DIR}watcher.service  > /dev/null 2>&1