diff --git a/apps/ramp-server/install.R b/apps/ramp-server/install.R
index 8e14457..20062aa 100644
--- a/apps/ramp-server/install.R
+++ b/apps/ramp-server/install.R
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 library(devtools)
 
-#install_github("ncats/RaMP-DB", force = TRUE, dependencies=TRUE)
+# install dependency BiocManager
+if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
+  install.packages("BiocManager")
+BiocManager::install("BiocFileCache", ask=FALSE)
 
 # test sqlite branch
 install_github("ncats/RaMP-DB@sqlite", force = TRUE, dependencies=TRUE)