diff --git a/gotelegram-bot/bot.py b/gotelegram-bot/bot.py
index 999e49a..76581e2 100644
--- a/gotelegram-bot/bot.py
+++ b/gotelegram-bot/bot.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # CONFIGURATION
 # ============================================================================
 
-GOTELEGRAM_VERSION = "2.4.3"
+GOTELEGRAM_VERSION = "2.4.4"
 GOTELEGRAM_CONFIG = "/opt/gotelegram/config.json"
 TELEMT_CONFIG = "/etc/telemt/config.toml"
 TELEMT_SERVICE = "telemt"
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 4e0e8be..f9d880b
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -751,11 +751,21 @@ menu_bot() {
 bot_install() {
     log_step "$(t bot_install_step)"
 
-    # Python
-    if ! command -v python3 &>/dev/null; then
+    # Python + venv + pip (always ensure — python3 can be present without venv/pip)
+    local need_py=0
+    command -v python3 &>/dev/null || need_py=1
+    # python3-venv not having its own command; probe by trying 'python3 -m venv --help'
+    if ! python3 -m venv --help &>/dev/null; then need_py=1; fi
+    # pip check
+    if ! python3 -m pip --version &>/dev/null; then need_py=1; fi
+
+    if [ "$need_py" = "1" ]; then
         log_info "$(t bot_install_python)"
         if command -v apt-get &>/dev/null; then
-            apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq python3 python3-pip python3-venv
+            apt-get update -qq
+            # python3-full pulls venv, pip, distutils — safer than piece-by-piece
+            apt-get install -y -qq python3 python3-venv python3-pip python3-full 2>/dev/null || \
+                apt-get install -y -qq python3 python3-venv python3-pip
         elif command -v dnf &>/dev/null; then
             dnf install -y -q python3 python3-pip
         elif command -v yum &>/dev/null; then
@@ -786,13 +796,45 @@ bot_install() {
     [ -f "$SCRIPT_DIR/templates_catalog.json" ] && \
         cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/templates_catalog.json" "$GOTELEGRAM_DIR/"
 
-    # Venv
-    if [ ! -d "$BOT_DIR/venv" ]; then
+    # Venv — create, and verify pip exists (python3-venv can silently create broken venv)
+    if [ ! -d "$BOT_DIR/venv" ] || [ ! -x "$BOT_DIR/venv/bin/pip" ]; then
         log_info "$(t bot_create_venv)"
-        python3 -m venv "$BOT_DIR/venv"
+        rm -rf "$BOT_DIR/venv"
+        if ! python3 -m venv "$BOT_DIR/venv" 2>/tmp/venv_err; then
+            log_error "venv creation failed: $(cat /tmp/venv_err 2>/dev/null)"
+            # Try to fix by reinstalling python3-venv
+            if command -v apt-get &>/dev/null; then
+                apt-get install --reinstall -y -qq python3-venv python3-pip python3-full 2>/dev/null || true
+                python3 -m venv "$BOT_DIR/venv" || { log_error "venv still broken, aborting"; return 1; }
+            else
+                return 1
+            fi
+        fi
     fi
+
+    if [ ! -x "$BOT_DIR/venv/bin/pip" ]; then
+        log_info "bootstrapping pip via ensurepip..."
+        "$BOT_DIR/venv/bin/python" -m ensurepip --upgrade 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -x "$BOT_DIR/venv/bin/pip" ]; then
+        log_error "pip missing in venv — install python3-venv manually: apt install python3-venv python3-pip"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
     log_info "$(t bot_install_deps)"
-    "$BOT_DIR/venv/bin/pip" install -r "$BOT_DIR/requirements.txt" -q
+    if ! "$BOT_DIR/venv/bin/pip" install -r "$BOT_DIR/requirements.txt" -q 2>/tmp/pip_err; then
+        log_error "pip install failed:"
+        tail -n 5 /tmp/pip_err >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Sanity check: verify critical imports succeed
+    if ! "$BOT_DIR/venv/bin/python" -c "import telegram, toml, dotenv" 2>/tmp/imp_err; then
+        log_error "dependency import check failed:"
+        cat /tmp/imp_err >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
 
     # Configuration
     if [ ! -f "$BOT_DIR/.env" ]; then
@@ -862,14 +904,13 @@ SVCEOF
     has_ids=$(grep "^ALLOWED_IDS=" "$BOT_DIR/.env" 2>/dev/null | cut -d= -f2)
     if [ -z "$has_ids" ]; then
         echo ""
-        echo -e "  ${YELLOW}╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗${NC}"
-        printf "  ${YELLOW}║${NC}  ${BOLD}%-52s${NC}  ${YELLOW}║${NC}\n" "$(t bot_wait_admin_title)"
-        echo -e "  ${YELLOW}║${NC}                                                      ${YELLOW}║${NC}"
-        printf "  ${YELLOW}║${NC}  %s ${CYAN}/start${NC}%*s${YELLOW}║${NC}\n" "$(t bot_wait_admin_msg1)" 0 ""
-        printf "  ${YELLOW}║${NC}  %-52s  ${YELLOW}║${NC}\n" "$(t bot_wait_admin_msg2)"
-        echo -e "  ${YELLOW}║${NC}                                                      ${YELLOW}║${NC}"
-        printf "  ${YELLOW}║${NC}  ${DIM}%-52s${NC}  ${YELLOW}║${NC}\n" "$(t bot_wait_admin_skip)"
-        echo -e "  ${YELLOW}╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝${NC}"
+        # Simple bullet-style block (no box — printf %-Ns breaks on UTF-8 multibyte chars)
+        echo -e "  ${YELLOW}▸${NC} ${BOLD}$(t bot_wait_admin_title)${NC}"
+        echo ""
+        echo -e "    $(t bot_wait_admin_msg1) ${CYAN}/start${NC}"
+        echo -e "    $(t bot_wait_admin_msg2)"
+        echo ""
+        echo -e "    ${DIM}$(t bot_wait_admin_skip)${NC}"
         echo ""
 
         local frames=('⠋' '⠙' '⠹' '⠸' '⠼' '⠴' '⠦' '⠧' '⠇' '⠏')
diff --git a/lib/common.sh b/lib/common.sh
index 536e1a8..9abf57c 100644
--- a/lib/common.sh
+++ b/lib/common.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Colors, logging, spinner, system helpers, v1 compat, i18n-aware
 
 # ── Version ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-GOTELEGRAM_VERSION="2.4.3"
+GOTELEGRAM_VERSION="2.4.4"
 GOTELEGRAM_NAME="GoTelegram"
 
 # ── Пути ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────