diff --git a/scripts/install-cargo-packages.sh b/scripts/install-cargo-packages.sh
index 582a439..1c360e6 100755
--- a/scripts/install-cargo-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-cargo-packages.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # shellcheck source=shared.sh
 source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 
+msg "Starting to install rust/cargo packages"
+
 ! have cargo && {
   msg "cargo could not be found. installing cargo with rustup.rs"
   curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- --no-modify-path
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@ source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 source "$CARGO_HOME/env"
 
 packages=(
+  # An incremental parsing system for programming tools
+  "tree-sitter-cli"
   # a subprocess caching utility
   "bkt"
   # a structural diff that understands syntax
diff --git a/scripts/install-npm-packages.sh b/scripts/install-npm-packages.sh
index 8c6afae..c6c58d8 100755
--- a/scripts/install-npm-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-npm-packages.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # shellcheck source=shared.sh
 source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 
+msg "Starting to install npm packages"
+
 ! have npm && msg_err "npm could not be found." && exit 0
 
 packages=(
diff --git a/scripts/install-pip-packages.sh b/scripts/install-pip-packages.sh
index 5362e85..14b7305 100755
--- a/scripts/install-pip-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-pip-packages.sh
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 
 msg "Starting to install pip packages"
 
-! have pip && {
-  msg_err "Could not find pip, something really terrible is going on." && exit 1
+! have python3 && {
+  msg_err "Could not find python3, something really terrible is going on." && exit 1
 }
 
 packages=(
   "pipx"
   "libtmux"
+  "ensurepath"
 )
 
 for pkg in "${packages[@]}"; do
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@ for pkg in "${packages[@]}"; do
   echo ""
 done
 
-msg_yay "Run pip package installation"
+msg_yay "Run pip package installations"
diff --git a/tools/requirements-pipx.txt b/tools/requirements-pipx.txt
index f6e702d..6e7e34e 100644
--- a/tools/requirements-pipx.txt
+++ b/tools/requirements-pipx.txt
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-ensurepath
 openapi-python-client
-libtmux