diff --git a/install.bat b/install.bat
index 5571188..bee48f6 100644
--- a/install.bat
+++ b/install.bat
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ if "%OCR_READY%"=="0" (
 echo.
 echo Verifying all dependencies...
 set "ALL_OK=1"
-for %%M in (cv2 mss numpy discord transitions rapidfuzz) do (
+for %%M in (cv2 mss numpy transitions rapidfuzz) do (
     set "PATH=%TESS_PATH%;%PATH%"
     "%CONDA_EXE%" run -n botty python -c "import %%M" >nul 2>&1
     if !errorlevel! neq 0 (
@@ -337,6 +337,17 @@ for %%M in (cv2 mss numpy discord transitions rapidfuzz) do (
         echo   %%M: OK
     )
 )
+:: discord.py imports aiohttp which calls ssl.create_default_context() at import
+:: time. A malformed cert in the Windows store triggers ASN1 NOT_ENOUGH_DATA.
+:: The bot patches this at runtime via _patch_ssl(); check import with the patch.
+set "PATH=%TESS_PATH%;%PATH%"
+"%CONDA_EXE%" run -n botty python -c "import ssl; ssl.SSLContext.load_default_certs = lambda *a, **kw: None; import discord" >nul 2>&1
+if !errorlevel! neq 0 (
+    echo FAILED: discord
+    set "ALL_OK=0"
+) else (
+    echo   discord: OK
+)
 if "%OCR_READY%"=="0" set "ALL_OK=0"
 
 if "%ALL_OK%"=="1" (