diff --git a/hardware/sensorTag/package.json b/hardware/sensorTag/package.json
index cd21ff54..cdd7b132 100644
--- a/hardware/sensorTag/package.json
+++ b/hardware/sensorTag/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "node-red-node-sensortag",
     "description": "A Node-RED node to read data from a TI SensorTag",
-    "version": "0.0.16",
+    "version": "0.0.17",
     "keywords": [
         "node-red",
         "sensortag",
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         "sensortag": "~1.2.0"
     },
     "scripts" : {
-        "postinstall" : "scripts/pibt.sh"
+        "postinstall" : "node scripts/checkplatform.js pibt.sh"
     },
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "repository": {
diff --git a/hardware/sensorTag/scripts/checkplatform.js b/hardware/sensorTag/scripts/checkplatform.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59b8cf1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hardware/sensorTag/scripts/checkplatform.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+
+if (process.argv.length === 3) {
+	var command = process.argv[2];
+
+	if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+		var dir = __dirname;
+		var script = spawn(dir + "/" + command);
+		script.on('close',function(code){
+			process.exit(code);
+		});
+	} else {
+		process.exit(0);
+	}
+} else {
+	process.exit(0);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hardware/sensorTag/scripts/pibt.sh b/hardware/sensorTag/scripts/pibt.sh
index 9f78db66..d4acebbc 100755
--- a/hardware/sensorTag/scripts/pibt.sh
+++ b/hardware/sensorTag/scripts/pibt.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-if grep -q ARM /proc/cpuinfo
-then
-    sudo apt-get install libbluetooth-dev libudev-dev pi-bluetooth
-    sudo setcap cap_net_raw+eip $(eval readlink -f `which node`)
-fi
+#sudo apt-get install libbluetooth-dev libudev-dev pi-bluetooth
+ sudo setcap cap_net_raw+eip $(eval readlink -f `which node`)
+