diff --git a/app-check b/app-check
index b1291aa..bdf46ef 100644
--- a/app-check
+++ b/app-check
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ if ! hash rigctl 2>/dev/null; then
 else
 	echo "Checking Rig Control"
 	RIG=$(rigctl --version | grep Hamlib | sed s/"rigctl(d),\ Hamlib\ "//)
+	CURRENT=$(rigctl --version | sed 's/rigctl Hamlib //' | cut -d " " -f1)
 	NEWRIG=$(curl -s https://sourceforge.net/projects/hamlib/files/latest/download |
 		grep -o https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/hamlib/hamlib/[0-9].[0-9] |
 		head -n 1 | awk -F "/" '{print $7}')
diff --git a/functions/base.function b/functions/base.function
index 8322bfa..a6e7249 100644
--- a/functions/base.function
+++ b/functions/base.function
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ VARA() {
 HAMLIB() {
     PACKAGE=hamlib
     CLEANSOURCE
-    sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0 libusb-1.0-0-dev
+    sudo apt install -y libusb-1.0-0 libusb-1.0-0-dev swig
     cd ${BUILDDIR} || return
     NEWRIG=$(curl -s https://sourceforge.net/projects/hamlib/files/latest/download |
         grep -o https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/hamlib/hamlib/[0-9].[0-9] |
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ HAMLIB() {
     tar -xzf hamlib-${NEWRIG}.tar.gz
     rm hamlib-${NEWRIG}.tar.gz
     cd hamlib-${NEWRIG} || return
-    ./configure
+    ./configure --with-python-binding
     make
     sudo make install
     sudo ldconfig