diff --git a/src/sbbs3/install/sbbsinst.c b/src/sbbs3/install/sbbsinst.c
index 4f75f2a6c02d8b7e617758e2e3143bfb4d66b06f..82addbb0d5435a82dc8d669f6d283a390b077ee3 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/install/sbbsinst.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/install/sbbsinst.c
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 int exec(char* cmd)
 {
 	printf("%s\n",cmd);
+	fflush(stdout);
 	return(system(cmd));
 }