diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fbf2ef2..1585eed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ build:
 run:
 	@go run $(SRC_LOCATION) --config-file $(PWD)/config.json --slack-token $(SLACK_TOKEN)
 
+.PHONY: run-version
+run:
+	@go run $(SRC_LOCATION) --version
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	echo "Removing any existing go-binaries"
diff --git a/cmd/bashbot/bashbot.go b/cmd/bashbot/bashbot.go
index 7b0d017..5949cf5 100644
--- a/cmd/bashbot/bashbot.go
+++ b/cmd/bashbot/bashbot.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var help bool
 var getVersion bool
 var configFile string
 var slackToken string
+var installVendorDependenciesFlag bool
 var sendMessageChannel string
 var sendMessageText string
 var sendMessageEphemeral bool
@@ -94,6 +95,15 @@ type Parameter struct {
 	Source      string   `json:"source,omitempty"`
 }
 
+type Dependencies struct {
+	Dependencies []Dependency `json:"dependencies"`
+}
+
+type Dependency struct {
+	Name    string `json:"name"`
+	Install string `json:"install"`
+}
+
 type Channel struct {
 	Id                 string `json:"id"`
 	Created            int    `json:"created"`
@@ -190,6 +200,36 @@ func getAdmin() Admin {
 	return Admins.Admins[0]
 }
 
+func installVendorDependencies() bool {
+	log.Debug("installVendorDependencies()")
+	jsonFile, err := os.Open(configFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+	}
+	defer jsonFile.Close()
+
+	byteValue, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(jsonFile)
+	var Dependencies Dependencies
+	json.Unmarshal(byteValue, &Dependencies)
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(Dependencies.Dependencies); i++ {
+		log.Info(Dependencies.Dependencies[i].Name)
+
+		words := strings.Fields(Dependencies.Dependencies[i].Install)
+		var tcmd []string
+
+		for index, element := range words {
+			log.Debug(strconv.Itoa(index) + ": " + element)
+			tcmd = append(tcmd, element)
+		}
+		cmd := []string{"bash", "-c", "pushd vendor && " + strings.Join(tcmd, " ") + " && popd"}
+		log.Debug(strings.Join(cmd, " "))
+		ret := shellOut(cmd)
+		log.Info(ret)
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func stringInSlice(a string, list []string) bool {
 	for _, b := range list {
 		if b == a {
@@ -622,11 +662,12 @@ to run bash commands or scripts based on a configuration file.
 func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&configFile, "config-file", "", "[REQUIRED] Filepath to config.json file")
 	flag.StringVar(&slackToken, "slack-token", "", "[REQUIRED] Slack token used to authenticate with api")
+	flag.BoolVar(&installVendorDependenciesFlag, "install-vendor-dependencies", false, "Cycle through dependencies array in config file to install extra dependencies")
 	flag.StringVar(&sendMessageChannel, "send-message-channel", "", "Send stand-alone slack message to this channel (requires -send-message-text)")
 	flag.StringVar(&sendMessageText, "send-message-text", "", "Send stand-alone slack message (requires -send-message-channel)")
 	flag.BoolVar(&sendMessageEphemeral, "send-message-ephemeral", false, "Send stand-alone ephemeral slack message to a specific user (requires -send-message-channel -send-message-text and -send-message-user)")
 	flag.StringVar(&sendMessageUser, "send-message-user", "", "Send stand-alone ephemeral slack message to this slack user (requires -send-message-channel -send-message-text and -send-message-ephemeral)")
-	flag.StringVar(&logLevel, "log-level", "info", "Log level to display (info,debug,warn,error)")
+	flag.StringVar(&logLevel, "log-level", "info", "Log elevel to display (info,debug,warn,error)")
 	flag.StringVar(&logFormat, "log-format", "text", "Display logs as json or text")
 	flag.BoolVar(&help, "help", false, "Help/usage information")
 	flag.BoolVar(&getVersion, "version", false, "Get current version")
@@ -641,6 +682,7 @@ func main() {
 		fmt.Println("bashbot-" + operatingSystem + "-" + systemArchitecture + "\t" + Version)
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
+
 	initLog(logLevel, logFormat)
 	if configFile == "" {
 		usage()
@@ -661,6 +703,14 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	if installVendorDependenciesFlag {
+		if !installVendorDependencies() {
+			log.Error("Failed to install dependencies")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
 	admin = getAdmin()
 	api = slack.New(slackToken)
 
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 67d23d8..22c492e 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -19,16 +19,19 @@ if [ -z "$SLACK_TOKEN" ]; then
   echo "SLACK_TOKEN is not set. Please set it and try again."
   exit 1
 fi
-# Install vendor dependencies
-pushd scripts
-  ./get-vendor-dependencies.sh $BASHBOT_CONFIG_FILEPATH ../vendor
-popd
+mkdir -p vendor
 
 # If the log-level doesn't exist, set it to 'info'
 LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-info}
 # If the log-format doesn't exist, set it to 'text'
 LOG_FORMAT=${LOG_FORMAT:-text}
 
+# Run install-vendor-dependencies path
+bashbot \
+  --config-file "$BASHBOT_CONFIG_FILEPATH" \
+  --slack-token "$SLACK_TOKEN" \
+  --install-vendor-dependencies
+
 # Run Bashbot binary passing the config file and the Slack token
 bashbot \
   --config-file "$BASHBOT_CONFIG_FILEPATH" \
diff --git a/scripts/get-vendor-dependencies.sh b/scripts/get-vendor-dependencies.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4adba0a..0000000
--- a/scripts/get-vendor-dependencies.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-set -eou pipefail
-
-config_file="${1:-}"
-vendor_dir="${2:-}"
-
-if [[ -z "$config_file" ]]; then
-    echo "Must pass config file as first argument"
-    exit 0
-fi
-if ! [[ -f "$config_file" ]]; then
-    echo "Must pass config file as first argument."
-    exit 0
-fi
-if [[ -z "$vendor_dir" ]]; then
-    echo "Must pass vendor directory as second argument"
-    exit 0
-fi
-if ! [[ -d "$vendor_dir" ]]; then
-    echo "Must pass vendor directory as second argument"
-    exit 0
-fi
-cd $vendor_dir && rm -rf *
-echo "Installing Dependencies..."
-jq -c '.dependencies[]' $config_file
-for dep in $(jq -r '.dependencies[] | @base64' $config_file); do
-  echo "---------------------"
-    _jq() {
-     echo ${dep} | base64 -d | jq -r ${1}
-    }
-
-  this_name=$(_jq '.name')
-  this_install=$(_jq '.install')
-
-  echo "$this_name"
-  echo "$this_install"
-  eval $this_install
-done
-echo "Dependencies installed."