diff --git a/build/install_neato.sh b/build/install_neato.sh
index 752767e..c398afb 100755
--- a/build/install_neato.sh
+++ b/build/install_neato.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 PHPCLI='php8.3-cli'
+PHPMBString='php8.3-mbstring'
 
 if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then 
     echo "Please run as root!"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ pushd /opt/neatoDeployments
 /usr/bin/add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y
 /usr/bin/apt-get update
 /usr/bin/dpkg -s $PHPCLI 2>/dev/null >/dev/null || /usr/bin/apt-get install -y $PHPCLI
+/usr/bin/dpkg -s $PHPMBString 2>/dev/null >/dev/null || /usr/bin/apt-get install -y $PHPMBString
 /usr/bin/dpkg -s curl 2>/dev/null >/dev/null || /usr/bin/apt-get install -y curl
 
 chown www-data:www-data neato*