diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 22acfc4d..ab232802 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ repos:
       - id: regen-protobuf
         name: Regenerate protobuf files
         files: server/api/
-        entry: bash generate.bash
+        entry: bash server/api/generate.bash
         language: system
         pass_filenames: false
         stages: [commit]
diff --git a/server/api/installBuf.bash b/server/api/installBuf.bash
index e6be4984..4c0712bc 100755
--- a/server/api/installBuf.bash
+++ b/server/api/installBuf.bash
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
+echo making sure that this script is run from $BASEDIR
+pushd $BASEDIR > /dev/null
+
+echo downloading...
 go get github.com/bufbuild/buf/cmd/buf \
+       github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2/protoc-gen-grpc-gateway \
+       github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2/protoc-gen-openapiv2 \
        google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go \
        google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc
 
+echo installing...
 go install \
        github.com/bufbuild/buf/cmd/buf \
        github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2/protoc-gen-grpc-gateway \
@@ -11,4 +19,8 @@ go install \
        google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go \
        google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc
 
+
+echo tidiing up
 go mod tidy
+
+popd