diff --git a/distributions/build-debian-package.sh b/distributions/build-debian-package.sh
index 4bbb1901..98e6f4c3 100755
--- a/distributions/build-debian-package.sh
+++ b/distributions/build-debian-package.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-red="\e[91m"
-default="\e[39m"
-echo Today \(2019-05-27\) it is maybe best to build the .deb it on Ubuntu 16.04
-echo Since there are no versions specified of the libraries it will takte current
-echo so it would also run on Ubuntu 17,18,19 or Debian 9/10
-echo -e ${red}press a [KEY] to continue or [CTRL]-C to abort${default}
-read -n 1
+#!/bin/sh -e
 
-sudo apt-get install devscripts build-essential lintian dh-make
-sudo apt-get install qtdeclarative5-dev qt5-default libjack-jackd2-dev
+red="\033[91m"
+default="\033[39m"
+
+echo It can be preferential to build the binary packages on a Ubuntu 16.04
+echo system since there are no specific library version dependencies.The
+echo resulting packages will run on Ubuntu 17/18/19/20 or Debian 9/10.
+echo
+echo ${red}Press [ENTER] to continue or [CTRL]-C to abort${default}
+read dummy
+
+sudo apt-get install devscripts build-essential \
+ debhelper libjack-jackd2-dev qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools
 
 mv debian ..
 cd ..
-debuild -us -uc
+debuild -b -us -uc
 mv debian distributions
diff --git a/distributions/debian/control b/distributions/debian/control
index 9f198a9c..77bd912b 100644
--- a/distributions/debian/control
+++ b/distributions/debian/control
@@ -4,15 +4,10 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: "Marc Landolt jr" <debian@marclandolt.ch>
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 9),
- dpkg-dev,
- g++,
- libc6-dev | libc-dev,
  libjack-jackd2-dev,
- make,
- qt5-default,
- qtdeclarative5-dev,
+ qtbase5-dev,
  qttools5-dev-tools,
-Standards-Version: 3.9.5
+Standards-Version: 3.9.7
 Homepage: http://llcon.sourceforge.net/
 Vcs-Git: git://github.com/corrados/jamulus.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/corrados/jamulus
diff --git a/distributions/debian/rules b/distributions/debian/rules
index 2cf5eb13..03a8bdb8 100755
--- a/distributions/debian/rules
+++ b/distributions/debian/rules
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+export QT_SELECT=qt5
+
 %:
 	dh $@