diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b44d8c0..75c1cf0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here. The format follows
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- The `install.sh` one-line installer no longer aborts when the OpenShell installer it invokes
+  reports its gateway as unreachable. That health check cannot pass until the driver's `setup`
+  runs afterwards, so its non-zero exit is expected; the installer now tolerates it (after
+  confirming the `openshell` binary was installed) and continues on to install the driver and
+  run `setup`, which brings the gateway up. Without this, a fresh `curl … | sh` left OpenShell
+  and apple/container installed but the driver never set up.
+
 ## [0.2.3] - 2026-08-02
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index e96b72a..97549d5 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -137,7 +137,12 @@ check_openshell() {
 	fi
 	info "OpenShell is not installed (https://github.com/NVIDIA/OpenShell)"
 	if confirm "Install OpenShell now (runs the official installer)?"; then
-		curl -LsSf "$OPENSHELL_INSTALL_URL" | sh
+		# The official installer starts and health-checks the gateway, which
+		# cannot pass until this driver's `setup` runs afterwards — so a
+		# non-zero exit here is expected. Tolerate it and verify the binary
+		# landed instead; `setup` (run later) brings the gateway up.
+		curl -LsSf "$OPENSHELL_INSTALL_URL" | sh || true
+		need openshell || err "OpenShell installation failed"
 	else
 		err "OpenShell is required"
 	fi