diff --git a/common/apps/snap/barrier.sh b/common/apps/barrier.sh
similarity index 64%
rename from common/apps/snap/barrier.sh
rename to common/apps/barrier.sh
index 6883483..e73ad68 100644
--- a/common/apps/snap/barrier.sh
+++ b/common/apps/barrier.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 install_barrier() {
     echo "Installing barrier"
-    sudo snap install barrier
+    sudo apt-get install barrier -y
 }
diff --git a/common/apps/snap/vscode.sh b/common/apps/snap/vscode.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 13136a0..0000000
--- a/common/apps/snap/vscode.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-install_vscode() {
-    echo "Installing VS Code"
-    sudo snap install --classic code
-}
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diff --git a/common/apps/vscode.sh b/common/apps/vscode.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d153633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/apps/vscode.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+install_vscode() {
+    echo "Installing VS Code"
+    curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
+    sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main"
+    sudo apt-get update
+    sudo apt-get install code -y
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/scripts/first_install.sh b/common/scripts/first_install.sh
index 49b31ed..f89a000 100644
--- a/common/scripts/first_install.sh
+++ b/common/scripts/first_install.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 first_install() {
     echo 'Installing useful apps'
 
-    sudo apt-get install net-tools nano htop tree zip unzip -y
+    sudo apt-get install net-tools nano htop tree zip unzip curl wget -y
 }