diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ In order to download the model weights and tokenizers, please visit the [Meta we
 
 Once your request is approved, you will receive a signed URL over email. Then run the download.sh script, passing the URL provided when prompted to start the download. Make sure that you copy the URL text itself, **do not use the 'Copy link address' option** when you right click the URL. If the copied URL text starts with: https://download.llamameta.net, you copied it correctly. If the copied URL text starts with: https://l.facebook.com, you copied it the wrong way.
 
-Pre-requisites: make sure you have `wget` and `md5sum` installed. Then to run the script: `bash download.sh`.
+Pre-requisites: make sure you have `wget` and `md5sha1sum` installed. For Mac you can alternatively run pre.sh assuming homebrew is already installed in your mac. 
+Then to run the script: `bash download.sh`.
 
 Keep in mind that the links expire after 24 hours and a certain amount of downloads. If you start seeing errors such as `403: Forbidden`, you can always re-request a link.
 
diff --git a/pre-requisite.txt b/pre-requisite.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..395bd9f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre-requisite.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+wget
+md5sha1sum
diff --git a/pre.sh b/pre.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..783af56e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+while read package; do brew install $package; done < pre-requisite.txt