diff --git a/nodebb b/nodebb
index 7399f472ea..2bd42c3b52 100755
--- a/nodebb
+++ b/nodebb
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		npm install
 		# ls -d node_modules/nodebb* | xargs -n1 basename | xargs npm install
 		# ls -d node_modules/nodebb* | xargs -n1 basename | xargs npm update
-		npm i nodebb-theme-vanilla nodebb-theme-lavender
+		npm i nodebb-theme-vanilla nodebb-theme-lavender nodebb-widget-essentials
 		"$node" app --upgrade
 		touch package.json
 		echo -e "\n\e[00;32mNodeBB Dependencies up-to-date!\e[00;00m";