diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab895db..f514b74 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,10 +1,2 @@
-.
-..
-battery-mon
-data.txt
-bin
-include
-lib
-lib64
-pyvenv.cfg
-share
+# Created by venv; see https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html
+*
diff --git a/install b/install
index da74d6a..d7a0041 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 echo "Installing the battery monitor onto your system..."
+sudo pacman -S acpi
 
 # Get the current working directory and the virtual environment
 CWD=$(pwd)