diff --git a/portable_computing_toolkit_installer/ui/installer_wizard.py b/portable_computing_toolkit_installer/ui/installer_wizard.py
index a1685e0..a3b02f9 100644
--- a/portable_computing_toolkit_installer/ui/installer_wizard.py
+++ b/portable_computing_toolkit_installer/ui/installer_wizard.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ except ImportError:
         raise #require win32api and win32file on windows
 
 from validators.location_validator import Location_Validator
+from .menu_iterator import MenuIterator
 
 class InstallerWizard(QtWidgets.QWizard):
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
@@ -162,14 +163,15 @@ class InstallerWizard(QtWidgets.QWizard):
             placement = [level.capitalize().strip() for level in info["category"].split(".") if level] + [name]
             
             root = self.selection_menu.invisibleRootItem()
-            children = [root.child(i) for i in range(root.childCount())]
+            #children = [root.child(i) for i in range(root.childCount())]
+            children = list(MenuIterator(root, QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItemIterator.All))
             while placement:
                 current_level = placement.pop()
 
                 if current_level in [child.text(0) for child in children]:
                     root = list(filter(lambda child: child.text(0) == current_level, children)).pop()
                 else:
-                    new_item = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem(root)
+                    new_item = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem(root, QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem.Type)
                     new_item.setText(0, current_level)
                     new_item.setFlags(QtCore.Qt.ItemIsSelectable|QtCore.Qt.ItemIsUserCheckable|QtCore.Qt.ItemIsEnabled)
                     new_item.setCheckState(0, QtCore.Qt.Unchecked)
@@ -187,7 +189,6 @@ class InstallerWizard(QtWidgets.QWizard):
                                 new_item.setCheckState(0, QtCore.Qt.Checked)
                         except KeyError:
                             pass
-                        info["widget"] = new_item
                     else:
                         new_item.setFlags(new_item.flags()|QtCore.Qt.ItemIsAutoTristate)
                     
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ class InstallerWizard(QtWidgets.QWizard):
         """
         if not icon_url: 
             icon_url = QtCore.QUrl(f"http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain={QtCore.QUrl(tree_item.data(1, QtCore.Qt.ToolTipRole)).toString()}")
-        icon_request = self._network_manager.get(QtNetwork.QNetworkRequest(icon_url))
+        icon_request = self._network_manager.get(QtNetwork.QNetworkRequest(QtCore.QUrl(icon_url)))
         #when download is complete, validates request returned without error and sets icon
         icon_request.finished.connect(lambda: self._set_icon(tree_item, icon_request)) 
 
@@ -239,3 +240,12 @@ class InstallerWizard(QtWidgets.QWizard):
             pixmap.loadFromData(request.readAll())
             tree_item.setIcon(0, QtGui.QIcon(pixmap))
 
+    def _get_selections(self):
+        """Returns a subset of the supported tools whose corresponding item was selected by the user.
+        """
+        selected_iterator = MenuIterator(self.selection_menu, QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItemIterator.Checked|QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItemIterator.NoChildren)
+        try:
+            selected_tools = {item.text(0):self.__tools__[item.text(0)] for item in selected_iterator}
+        except KeyError as e:
+            self._display_error(f"Unknown tool selected.", e)
+        return selected_tools
diff --git a/portable_computing_toolkit_installer/ui/menu_iterator.py b/portable_computing_toolkit_installer/ui/menu_iterator.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f61450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/portable_computing_toolkit_installer/ui/menu_iterator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
+
+
+class MenuIterator(QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItemIterator):
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        super().__init__(*args)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self
+    
+    def __next__(self):
+        value = self.value()
+        if not value:
+            raise StopIteration
+        else:
+            self += 1
+        return value