diff --git a/deployments/datahub/images/default/apt.txt b/deployments/datahub/images/default/apt.txt
index 550845f37..c49e056e3 100644
--- a/deployments/datahub/images/default/apt.txt
+++ b/deployments/datahub/images/default/apt.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-# installing less as more just isn't enough
+# editors, pagers, tools
 less
-
 tar
 vim
 micro
 tini
 locales
+nano
+
+# for ops debugging
+net-tools
 
 # for timing builds
 time