diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4877074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*~
+*.deb
diff --git a/mpi.sh b/mpi.sh
index da18263..e79bed0 100755
--- a/mpi.sh
+++ b/mpi.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ NAME_PPA_PAPIRUS="PPA-Papirus"
 NAME_EXT_RUST="Rust-Lang"
 NAME_EXT_NODE="Node.js"
 NAME_EXT_DOCKER="Docker"
+NAME_EXT_GITKRAKEN="Gitkraken"
 NAME_SCRIPT_UPDATE="Update-Script"
 NAME_SCRIPT_KERNEL="Kernel-Script"
 
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ function install_ext_node()
 {
 	echo -e "\nInstalling Node.js"
 	sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y curl
-	curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash -
+	curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | sudo -E bash -
 	sudo apt install -y nodejs
 	echo "Node.js insalled"
 }
@@ -306,6 +307,22 @@ function install_ext_docker()
 	echo "Docker installed"
 }
 
+##
+# External: Gitkraken installation.
+##
+function install_ext_gitkraken()
+{
+	echo -e "\nInstalling Gitkraken"
+	sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y curl
+	curl -sL -o gitkraken.deb https://release.gitkraken.com/linux/gitkraken-amd64.deb | sudo -E bash -
+	# using dpkg to force install gitkraken over older versions
+	sudo dpkg -i gitkraken.deb
+	echo "Gitkraken insalled"
+}
+
+
+
+
 ## Warning msg on start
 if [ $DIST_N == "Ubuntu" ]
 then
@@ -336,6 +353,7 @@ $NAME_PPA_PAPIRUS " - Papirus icon Theme" OFF \
 $NAME_EXT_RUST " - Install Rust Language" OFF \
 $NAME_EXT_NODE " - Install Node.js" OFF \
 $NAME_EXT_DOCKER " - Install Docker" OFF \
+$NAME_EXT_GITKRAKEN " - Install Gitkraken" OFF \
 $NAME_SCRIPT_UPDATE " - A system update script" OFF \
 $NAME_SCRIPT_KERNEL " - A script to remove unused kernels " OFF \
 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
@@ -427,6 +445,9 @@ if [ $exitstatus = 0 ]; then
 	case "${DISTROS[@]}" in *$NAME_EXT_DOCKER*)
 		install_ext_docker ;; esac
 
+	case "${DISTROS[@]}" in *$NAME_EXT_GITKRAKEN*)
+		install_ext_gitkraken ;; esac
+
 else
     	echo "Package installation aborted."
 fi