diff --git a/scripts/install_debian.sh b/scripts/install.sh
similarity index 83%
rename from scripts/install_debian.sh
rename to scripts/install.sh
index 75fb057..9c78152 100755
--- a/scripts/install_debian.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -51,38 +51,63 @@ else
     echo -e "${ORANGE}Please look up how to install Python 3.9 or later for your specific operating system.${NC}"
     exit 1
 fi
-
 #
-# Install needed system packages
+# Get os package manager
 #
-# Run apt-get update
-echo -e "${GREEN}Updating apt-get cache...${NC}"
-sudo apt-get update || exit 1
+if [[ -f /etc/os-release ]]; then
+    source /etc/os-release
+    if [[ "$ID_LIKE" == *"debian"* ]]; then
+        pkg_manager="apt-get"
+        update_cmd="sudo $pkg_manager update"
+        install_cmd="sudo $pkg_manager install -y"
+    elif [[ "$ID_LIKE" == *"arch"* ]]; then
+        pkg_manager="pacman"
+        update_cmd="sudo $pkg_manager -Sy"
+        install_cmd="sudo $pkg_manager -S --noconfirm"
+    else
+        echo -e "${ORANGE}Your operating system is not supported. Either try to install manually or reach out to spoolman github for support.${NC}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
 
-install_packages=0
+# Run pkg manager update
+echo -e "${GREEN}Updating $pkg_manager cache...${NC}"
+$update_cmd || exit 1
+packages=""
 if ! python3 -c 'import venv, ensurepip' &>/dev/null; then
     echo -e "${ORANGE}Python venv module is not accessible. Installing venv...${NC}"
-    install_packages=1
+    if [[ "$pkg_manager" == "apt-get" ]]; then
+        packages+="python3-venv"
+    elif [[ "$pkg_manager" == "pacman" ]]; then
+        packages+="python-virtualenv"
+    fi
 fi
 
 if ! command -v pip3 &>/dev/null; then
     echo -e "${ORANGE}Python pip is not installed. Installing pip...${NC}"
-    install_packages=1
+    if [[ "$pkg_manager" == "apt-get" ]]; then
+        packages+="python3-pip"
+    elif [[ "$pkg_manager" == "pacman" ]]; then
+        packages+="python-pip"
+    fi
 fi
 
 if ! command -v pg_config &>/dev/null; then
     echo -e "${ORANGE}pg_config is not available. Installing libpq-dev...${NC}"
-    install_packages=1
+    if [[ "$pkg_manager" == "apt-get" ]]; then
+        packages+="libpq-dev"
+    elif [[ "$pkg_manager" == "pacman" ]]; then
+        packages+="postgresql-libs"
+    fi
 fi
 
 if ! command -v unzip &>/dev/null; then
     echo -e "${ORANGE}unzip is not available. Installing unzip...${NC}"
-    install_packages=1
+    packages+="unzip"
 fi
 
-if [ "$install_packages" -eq 1 ]; then
-    # sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip python3-venv libpq-dev unzip || exit 1
+if [[ -n "$packages" ]]; then
+    $install_cmd $packages || exit 1
 fi
 
 #
@@ -114,11 +139,15 @@ fi
 echo -e "${GREEN}Installing system-wide pip packages needed for Spoolman...${NC}"
 if [[ $is_externally_managed_env ]]; then
     echo -e "${GREEN}Installing the packages using apt-get instead of pip since pip is externally managed...${NC}"
-    apt_packages=("python3-setuptools" "python3-wheel")
-    sudo apt-get install -y "${apt_packages[@]}" || exit 1
+    if [[ "$pkg_manager" == "apt-get" ]]; then
+        packages="python3-setuptools python3-wheel"
+    elif [[ "$pkg_manager" == "pacman" ]]; then
+        packages="python-setuptools python-wheel"
+    fi
+    $install_cmd $packages || exit 1
 else
-    packages=("setuptools" "wheel")
-    for package in "${packages[@]}"; do
+    packages="setuptools wheel"
+    for package in $packages; do
         if ! pip3 show "$package" &>/dev/null; then
             echo -e "${GREEN}Installing $package...${NC}"
             pip3 install --user "$package" || exit 1
@@ -138,9 +167,8 @@ fi
 # Install Spoolman
 #
 
-# Install PDM dependencies
+# Install dependencies
 echo -e "${GREEN}Installing Spoolman backend and its dependencies...${NC}"
-
 # Create venv if it doesn't exist
 if [ ! -d ".venv" ]; then
     python3 -m venv .venv || exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/install_arch.sh b/scripts/install_arch.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c40c2c..0000000
--- a/scripts/install_arch.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,208 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# ANSI color codes
-GREEN='\033[0;32m'
-ORANGE='\033[0;33m'
-CYAN='\033[0;36m'
-NC='\033[0m' # No Color
-
-# CD to project root if we're in the scripts dir
-current_dir=$(pwd)
-if [ "$(basename "$current_dir")" = "scripts" ]; then
-    cd ..
-fi
-
-#
-# Python version verification
-#
-if ! command -v python3 &>/dev/null; then
-    echo -e "${ORANGE}Python 3 is not installed or not found. Please install at least Python 3.9 before you continue.${NC}"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-python_version=$(python3 --version) || exit 1
-version_number=$(echo "$python_version" | awk '{print $2}')
-IFS='.' read -r major minor patch <<< "$version_number"
-
-if [[ "$major" -eq 3 && "$minor" -ge 9 ]]; then
-    echo -e "${GREEN}Python 3.9 or later is installed (Current version: $version_number)${NC}"
-else
-    if [[ -f /etc/os-release ]]; then
-        source /etc/os-release
-        if [[ "$VERSION_CODENAME" == "buster" ]]; then
-            echo -e "${ORANGE}Python 3.9 or later is not installed (Current version: $version_number)${NC}"
-            echo -e "${ORANGE}You are running an outdated version of Debian/Raspbian (Buster). If you upgrade to Bullseye, you will get the correct python version. Please see guides online on how to upgrade your operating system.${NC}"
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    fi
-    echo -e "${ORANGE}Current version of Python ($version_number) is too old for Spoolman.${NC}"
-    echo -e "${ORANGE}Please look up how to install Python 3.9 or later for your specific operating system.${NC}"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-#
-# Install needed system packages
-#
-# Run pacman update
-echo -e "${GREEN}Updating pacman cache...${NC}"
-sudo pacman -Syyu || exit 1
-
-install_packages=0
-if ! python3 -c 'import venv, ensurepip' &>/dev/null; then
-    echo -e "${ORANGE}Python venv module is not accessible. Installing venv...${NC}"
-    install_packages=1
-fi
-
-if ! command -v pip3 &>/dev/null; then
-    echo -e "${ORANGE}Python pip is not installed. Installing pip...${NC}"
-    install_packages=1
-fi
-
-if ! command -v pg_config &>/dev/null; then
-    echo -e "${ORANGE}pg_config is not available. Installing postgresql-libs...${NC}"
-    install_packages=1
-fi
-
-if ! command -v unzip &>/dev/null; then
-    echo -e "${ORANGE}unzip is not available. Installing unzip...${NC}"
-    install_packages=1
-fi
-
-if [ "$install_packages" -eq 1 ]; then
-    # sudo pacman update
-    sudo pacman -S python-pip python-virtualenv postgresql-libs unzip --noconfirm || exit 1
-fi
-
-#
-# Update pip
-#
-echo -e "${GREEN}Updating pip...${NC}"
-
-# Run pip upgrade command and capture stdout
-upgrade_output=$(python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade pip 2>&1)
-exit_code=$?
-
-#
-# Install various pip packages if needed
-#
-echo -e "${GREEN}Installing system-wide python packages needed for Spoolman...${NC}"
-packages=("python-setuptools" "python-wheel" "python-pdm")
-for package in "${packages[@]}"; do
-    if ! pacman -Ss "$package" &>/dev/null; then
-        echo -e "${GREEN}Installing $package...${NC}"
-        sudo pacman -S "$package" --noconfirm || exit 1
-    fi
-done
-
-#
-# Add python bin dir to PATH if needed
-#
-user_python_bin_dir=$(python3 -m site --user-base)/bin
-if [[ ! "$PATH" =~ "$user_python_bin_dir" ]]; then
-    echo -e "${ORANGE}WARNING: $user_python_bin_dir is not in PATH, this will make it difficult to run PDM commands. Temporarily adding $user_python_bin_dir to PATH...${NC}"
-    echo -e "${ORANGE}To make this permanent, add the following line to your .bashrc or .zshrc file:${NC}"
-    echo -e "${ORANGE}export PATH=$user_python_bin_dir:\$PATH${NC}"
-    export PATH=$user_python_bin_dir:$PATH
-fi
-
-#
-# Install Spoolman
-#
-
-# Install PDM dependencies
-echo -e "${GREEN}Installing Spoolman backend and its dependencies using PDM...${NC}"
-
-# Force PDM to use venv. The default is virtualenv which has had some compatibility issues
-pdm config venv.backend venv || exit 1
-pdm sync --prod --no-editable || exit 1
-
-#
-# Initialize the .env file if it doesn't exist
-#
-if [ ! -f ".env" ]; then
-    echo -e "${ORANGE}.env file not found. Creating it...${NC}"
-    cp .env.example .env
-fi
-
-#
-# Install systemd service
-#
-echo -e "${CYAN}Do you want to install Spoolman as a systemd service? This will automatically start Spoolman when your server starts. (y/n)${NC}"
-read choice
-
-if [ "$choice" == "y" ] || [ "$choice" == "Y" ]; then
-    systemd_user_dir="$HOME/.config/systemd/user"
-    service_name="Spoolman"
-
-    # Check if user-level systemd service exists and remove it
-    if [ -f "$systemd_user_dir/$service_name.service" ]; then
-        echo -e "${ORANGE}User-level systemd service already installed. Removing the existing service.${NC}"
-        systemctl --user stop Spoolman  # Stop the service if it's running
-        systemctl --user disable Spoolman  # Disable the service
-        rm "$systemd_user_dir/$service_name.service"  # Remove the user-level service unit file
-        systemctl --user daemon-reload  # Reload the systemd user service manager
-    fi
-
-    # Get the parent directory of the installer script
-    script_dir=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
-    spoolman_dir=$(dirname "$script_dir")
-
-    # Verify that we found the right spoolman dir by checking for the existence of pyproject.toml
-    if [ ! -f "$spoolman_dir/pyproject.toml" ]; then
-        echo -e "${ORANGE}Could not automatically find the Spoolman directory. Please specify the path to the Spoolman directory (the directory containing pyproject.toml):${NC}"
-        read spoolman_dir
-        # Expand the path
-        spoolman_dir=$(eval echo "$spoolman_dir")
-        # Verify again
-        if [ ! -f "$spoolman_dir/pyproject.toml" ]; then
-            echo -e "${ORANGE}Could not find pyproject.toml in $spoolman_dir. Aborting installation.${NC}"
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    fi
-
-    # Define the systemd service unit file
-    service_unit="[Unit]
-Description=Spoolman
-
-[Service]
-Type=simple
-ExecStart=$spoolman_dir/scripts/start.sh
-WorkingDirectory=$spoolman_dir
-User=$USER
-Restart=always
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=default.target
-"
-
-    # Create the systemd service unit file
-    service_file="/etc/systemd/system/$service_name.service"
-    echo "$service_unit" | sudo tee "$service_file" > /dev/null
-
-    # Reload the systemd user service manager
-    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-
-    # Enable and start the service
-    sudo systemctl enable "$service_name"
-    sudo systemctl start "$service_name"
-
-    # Load .env file now
-    set -o allexport
-    source .env
-    set +o allexport
-
-    local_ip=$(hostname)
-
-    echo -e "${GREEN}Spoolman systemd service has been installed and Spoolman is now starting.${NC}"
-    echo -e "${GREEN}Spoolman will soon be reachable at ${ORANGE}http://$local_ip:$SPOOLMAN_PORT${NC}"
-    echo -e "${GREEN}Please note that the displayed IP address may be incorrect for your setup. If needed, replace it manually with the correct IP.${NC}"
-    echo -e "${GREEN}You can start/restart/stop the service by running e.g. '${CYAN}sudo systemctl stop Spoolman${GREEN}'${NC}"
-    echo -e "${GREEN}You can disable the service from starting automatically by running '${CYAN}sudo systemctl disable Spoolman${GREEN}'${NC}"
-    echo -e "${GREEN}You can view the Spoolman logs by running '${CYAN}sudo journalctl -u Spoolman${GREEN}'${NC}"
-else
-    echo -e "${ORANGE}Skipping systemd service installation.${NC}"
-    echo -e "${ORANGE}You can start Spoolman manually by running 'bash scripts/start.sh'${NC}"
-fi
-
-echo -e "${GREEN}Spoolman has been installed successfully!${NC}"
-echo -e "${GREEN}If you want to connect to an external database, you can edit the .env file and restart the service.${NC}"