diff --git a/setup/file_hosting_servers.rst b/setup/file_hosting_servers.rst
index eaef2e9b89..a1e9776a92 100644
--- a/setup/file_hosting_servers.rst
+++ b/setup/file_hosting_servers.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Edit /etc/hosts and put in FQDN in the appropriate places, for example::
     46.28.49.116 download.calibre-ebook.com download
 
 echo "Asia/Kolkata" > /etc/timezone && dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata && ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
+apt-get update
 apt-get install vim nginx zsh python-lxml python-mechanize iotop htop smartmontools mosh git ntp
 chsh -s /bin/zsh
 mkdir -p /root/staging /root/work/vim /srv/download /srv/manual