diff --git a/install b/install
index e5c329903..b5a3e73d9 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ echo -e "        \/            \/                       \/        \/    \n"
 
 if [ "$ignore_dependencies" = "f" ]; then
     set +e
+    loudCmd "apt-get update"
     if [ -z "${dist}" ]; then
         loudCmd "apt-get -y --force-yes install lsb-release"
         dist=`lsb_release -ds | awk '{print tolower($1);}'`
@@ -299,7 +300,6 @@ if [ "$ignore_dependencies" = "f" ]; then
     loud "-----------------------------------------------------"
 
     verbose "\n * Reading requirements-${dist,,}-${code,,}.apt..."
-    loudCmd "apt-get update"
     if [ -f ${SCRIPT_DIR}/installer/lib/requirements-${dist,,}-${code,,}.apt ]; then
         loudCmd "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y -m --force-yes install $(grep -vE '^\s*#' ${SCRIPT_DIR}/installer/lib/requirements-${dist,,}-${code,,}.apt | tr '\n' ' ')"
     else
diff --git a/installer/apache/airtime-vhost b/installer/apache/airtime-vhost
index fa982a97b..791450f8e 100644
--- a/installer/apache/airtime-vhost
+++ b/installer/apache/airtime-vhost
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@
       RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
       RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
       Order allow,deny
-      Allow from all
-
-      Require all granted
+      <IfVersion < 2.4>
+          Allow from all
+      </IfVersion>
+      <IfVersion >= 2.4>
+          Require all granted
+      </IfVersion>
 
   </Directory>
 </VirtualHost>
diff --git a/installer/apache/airtime-vhost-2.4 b/installer/apache/airtime-vhost-2.4
index a1060d875..3d8a337d3 100644
--- a/installer/apache/airtime-vhost-2.4
+++ b/installer/apache/airtime-vhost-2.4
@@ -2,13 +2,32 @@
    ServerAdmin foo@bar.org
    DocumentRoot WEB_ROOT
    php_admin_value upload_tmp_dir /tmp
+   php_value post_max_size 500M
+   php_value upload_max_filesize 500M
+   php_value request_order "GPC"
+   php_value session.gc_probability 0
+   php_value session.auto_start 0
+   
+   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
+   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
+   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
+   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
+   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
+   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
+   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
+   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
+   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
+   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/json
 
   <Directory WEB_ROOT>
       DirectoryIndex index.php
       AllowOverride all
       Order allow,deny
-      Allow from all
-
-      Require all granted
+      <IfVersion < 2.4>
+          Allow from all
+      </IfVersion>
+      <IfVersion >= 2.4>
+          Require all granted
+      </IfVersion>
   </Directory>
 </VirtualHost>