diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c1f44c2..fe84080d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ _**Please be aware that this is a brand new project, in an alpha state, so there
 * PHP 5.3.3+
 * A web server. We prefer nginx.
 * A MySQL server to connect to (doesn't have to be on the same server.)
-* PHPCI needs to be able to run `exec()`, so make sure this is not disabled.
+* PHPCI needs to be able to run `exec()`, so make sure this is not disabled
+* Php-openssl must be available.
 
 
 ####Installing from Github:
diff --git a/console b/console
index f62a3aac..4a0c8120 100755
--- a/console
+++ b/console
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ define('PHPCI_DIR', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
 if (!file_exists(PHPCI_DIR . 'vendor/autoload.php') || !file_exists(PHPCI_DIR . 'composer.phar')) {
     print 'INSTALLING: Composer' . PHP_EOL;
     file_put_contents(PHPCI_DIR . 'composerinstaller.php', file_get_contents('https://getcomposer.org/installer'));
-    shell_exec('php ' . PHPCI_DIR . 'composerinstaller.php');
+    shell_exec('php ' . escapeshellarg(PHPCI_DIR . 'composerinstaller.php'));
     unlink(PHPCI_DIR . 'composerinstaller.php');
 
     print 'RUNNING: Composer' . PHP_EOL;
-    shell_exec('php '.PHPCI_DIR.'composer.phar install');
+    shell_exec('php '.escapeshellarg(PHPCI_DIR.'composer.phar').' install');
 }
 
 require('bootstrap.php');