diff --git a/install/tdarr-install.sh b/install/tdarr-install.sh
index f40ecf088..5359e2ad9 100644
--- a/install/tdarr-install.sh
+++ b/install/tdarr-install.sh
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 msg_info "Installing Tdarr"
 mkdir -p /opt/tdarr
 cd /opt/tdarr
-RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://f000.backblazeb2.com/file/tdarrs/versions.json | grep -oP '(?<="Tdarr_Updater": ")[^"]+' | grep linux_x64 | head -n 1)
-curl -fsSL "$RELEASE" -o Tdarr_Updater.zip
+RELEASE=$(curl_with_retry "https://f000.backblazeb2.com/file/tdarrs/versions.json" "-" | grep -oP '(?<="Tdarr_Updater": ")[^"]+' | grep linux_x64 | head -n 1)
+curl_with_retry "$RELEASE" "Tdarr_Updater.zip"
 $STD unzip Tdarr_Updater.zip
 chmod +x Tdarr_Updater
+msg_info "Running Tdarr_Updater (downloading server/node binaries from tdarr.io)"
 $STD ./Tdarr_Updater
 rm -rf /opt/tdarr/Tdarr_Updater.zip
+[[ -f /opt/tdarr/Tdarr_Server/Tdarr_Server && -f /opt/tdarr/Tdarr_Node/Tdarr_Node ]] \
+  || fatal "Tdarr_Updater did not download server binaries — tdarr.io may be blocked by local DNS"
 msg_ok "Installed Tdarr"
 
 setup_hwaccel