diff --git a/Qortal-Setup-Linux.sh b/Qortal-Setup-Linux.sh
index 8f745ff..b0b3775 100644
--- a/Qortal-Setup-Linux.sh
+++ b/Qortal-Setup-Linux.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,67 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -e
+#set -e
 trap 'echo -e "\n${RED}❌ Setup cancelled by user. Exiting...${NC}"; exit 1' INT
 
+
+function print_gradient_progress_bar() {
+# Function to print a gradient progress bar based on a given percentage
+local percent=$1
+local total_steps=50
+local filled_steps=$((percent * total_steps / 100))
+local character="🮆"
+progress_bar=""
+
+for ((j=0; j<filled_steps; j++)); do  # Calculate the color transition for each filled character
+r=$((35 + (75 * j / total_steps)))
+g=$((206 - (206 * j / total_steps)))
+b=255  # Keep blue constant
+progress_bar+="\033[38;2;${r};${g};${b}m${character}\033[0m"  # Append the colored character to the progress bar
+done
+for ((j=filled_steps; j<total_steps; j++)); do progress_bar+=" "; done  # Fill the remaining characters with spaces
+printf "\r${progress_bar} ${percent}%%"
+}
+
+function print_gradient_text() {
+local text="$1"
+local start_r="$2"  # Starting red color
+local start_g="$3"  # Starting green color
+local start_b="$4"  # Starting blue color
+local end_r="$5" # Ending red color
+local end_g="$6" # Ending green color
+local end_b="$7" # Ending blue color
+local length=${#text}
+for ((i=0; i<length; i++)); do
+# Calculate the color transition
+r=$((start_r + (end_r - start_r) * i / length))
+g=$((start_g + (end_g - start_g) * i / length))
+b=$((start_b + (end_b - start_b) * i / length))
+# Print the character with the calculated color
+printf "\033[38;2;${r};${g};${b}m${text:i:1}\033[0m"
+done
+echo  # Move to the next line after printing the text
+}
+
+
+function wget_dl_with_progressbar() {
+# The argument needs to be an URL (link), example: wget_dl_with_progressbar "https://www.some.com/file.txt"
+wget "$1" 2>&1 | while read -r line; do
+if [[ $line =~ ([0-9]+)% ]]; then
+percent=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+pline=$(echo $line | grep -E "% " | awk -F ' ' '{print $7}' | grep -E -o '[0-9]+')
+print_gradient_progress_bar $pline
+fi
+done
+}
+
+
 # Color Codes
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
 YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
 CYAN='\033[0;36m'
 RED='\033[0;31m'
 NC='\033[0m'
+start_color=(35 206 255)  # Sky blue
+end_color=(100 112 240) # Lilac
 
 intro_block='
 ---------------------------------------- 
@@ -76,18 +130,18 @@ echo -e "${YELLOW}📋 Detected distro:${NC} ${GREEN}${DISTRO}${NC} ${CYAN}${VER
 # Install Required Packages
 echo -e "${CYAN}🔧 Installing dependencies...${NC}"
 case "$DISTRO" in
-    ubuntu|debian)
+    ubuntu|debian|linuxmint)
         sudo apt update
-        sudo apt install -y openjdk-17-jre curl unzip libfuse2 jq zlib1g-dev imagemagick
+        sudo apt install -y openjdk-17-jre curl unzip libfuse2 jq zlib1g-dev imagemagick wget
         ;;
     fedora)
-        sudo dnf install -y java-17-openjdk curl unzip fuse jq zlib-devel ImageMagick
+        sudo dnf install -y java-17-openjdk curl unzip fuse jq zlib-devel ImageMagick wget
         ;;
     arch)
-        sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm jre17-openjdk curl unzip fuse2 jq zlib imagemagick
+        sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm jre17-openjdk curl unzip fuse2 jq zlib imagemagick wget
         ;;
     alpine)
-        sudo apk add --no-cache openjdk17 curl unzip fuse jq zlib-dev imagemagick
+        sudo apk add --no-cache openjdk17 curl unzip fuse jq zlib-dev imagemagick wget
         ;;
     *)
         echo -e "${RED}⚠️ Unsupported distro: ${DISTRO}. Please install openjdk-17, curl, unzip, jq, zlib1g-dev and fuse manually.${NC}"
@@ -123,7 +177,7 @@ if [ -d "$HOME/qortal" ]; then
         BACKUP_EXECUTED=false
         QORTAL_CORE_GOOD=true
     else
-        echo "${RED}⚠️ Qortal Core is not fully synced.${NC} ${CYAN}Proceeding...Will stop Qortal, backup existing data, and continue...${NC}"
+        echo -e "${RED}⚠️ Qortal Core is not fully synced.${NC} ${CYAN}Proceeding...Will stop Qortal, backup existing data, and continue...${NC}"
     
         if pgrep -f "qortal.jar" > /dev/null && curl -s "http://localhost:12391/admin/status" | grep -q "height"; then
             if [ -f "${HOME}/qortal/stop.sh" ]; then
@@ -144,14 +198,15 @@ if [ -d "$HOME/qortal" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$QORTAL_CORE_GOOD" == "false" ]; then
-    echo "${GREEN}Downloading Qortal Core...${NC}"
-    curl -LO https://github.com/Qortal/qortal/releases/latest/download/qortal.zip
+print_gradient_text "Downloading Qortal Core, please wait." "${start_color[0]}" "${start_color[1]}" "${start_color[2]}" "${end_color[0]}" "${end_color[1]}" "${end_color[2]}"
+    wget_dl_with_progressbar "https://github.com/Qortal/qortal/releases/latest/download/qortal.zip"
     unzip qortal.zip
     rm qortal.zip
     chmod +x "$HOME/qortal/"*.sh
     chmod +x "$HOME/qortal/qort"
 fi
 
+
 # Download Architecture-specific Qortal Hub
 echo -e "\n ${CYAN}Checking for Desktop Environment..."
 if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ] || [ -n "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" ] || [ -n "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" ]; then
@@ -171,8 +226,9 @@ if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ] || [ -n "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" ] || [ -n "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP"
         HUB_URL="https://github.com/Qortal/Qortal-Hub/releases/latest/download/Qortal-Hub.AppImage"
     fi
 
-    echo -e "\n ${CYAN}⬇️ Downloading Qortal Hub...${NC}"
-    curl -LO "$HUB_URL"
+    echo -e "\n"
+    print_gradient_text "⬇️ Downloading Qortal Hub..." "${start_color[0]}" "${start_color[1]}" "${start_color[2]}" "${end_color[0]}" "${end_color[1]}" "${end_color[2]}"
+    wget_dl_with_progressbar "$HUB_URL"
     if [ -f "${HOME}/qortal/Qortal-Hub" ]; then
         echo -e "\n ${GREEN} Existing Hub config found, re-configuring..."
         rm -rf Qortal-Hub
@@ -205,7 +261,7 @@ if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ] || [ -n "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" ] || [ -n "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP"
 [Desktop Entry]
 Name=Qortal
 Comment=Qortal Applications
-Icon=qortal-logo
+Icon=${HOME}/Pictures/icons/qortal-hub-app-logo.png
 Type=Directory
 EOL
 
@@ -216,7 +272,7 @@ EOL
 Name=Qortal Hub
 Comment=Launch Qortal Hub
 Exec=$HOME/qortal/Qortal-Hub$SANDBOX_FLAG
-Icon=qortal-hub
+Icon=${HOME}/Pictures/icons/qortal-hub-app-logo.png
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
 Categories=Qortal;
@@ -321,3 +377,4 @@ else
     echo -e "\n ${GREEN}curl -L -o ~/auto-fix-qortal.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crowetic/QORTector-scripts/main/auto-fix-qortal.sh && chmod +x ~/auto-fix-qortal.sh && cd && ./auto-fix-qortal.sh${NC}"
 fi
 
+