diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 2456437c2..94828320d 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+yum autoremove epel-release -y
+rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
+rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo.rpmsave
+yum install epel-release -y
+#some provider's centos7 template come with incorrect or misconfigured epel.repo
 yum clean all
 yum update -y
 yum install wget which curl -y
@@ -9,4 +14,4 @@ tar xzvf install.tar.gz
 cd install
 chmod +x install.py
 server_ip="$(wget -qO- http://whatismyip.akamai.com/)"
-python install.py $server_ip
\ No newline at end of file
+python install.py $server_ip