diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 1886e85..0000000
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-pladde.img
-initrd.gz
-vmlinuz
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 63d55c3..08f9909 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-ansible/**/*.retry
+/**/ansible/**/*.retry
 bin
-build
-initrd.gz
-pladde.img
-vmlinuz
+images
+tmp
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 8beb388..0000000
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-FROM debian:stretch
-
-RUN apt-get update \
-	&& apt-get -y install \
-		initramfs-tools \
-		linux-image-amd64 \
-		aria2 \
-		xxd
-
-COPY imagesync.sh /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-premount/
-
-RUN echo 'RESUME=none' > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume \
-	&& mkinitramfs -o /tmp/initrd.gz $(find /boot -name 'vmlinuz-*' -printf '%f\n' | sed 's/^vmlinuz-//')
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b003f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+PACKER_VERSION ?= 1.2.0
+ANNOUNCE ?= udp://10.2.2.1:6969/announce
+WEBSEED ?= http://10.2.2.1
+
+PACKER_DOCKER_IMAGE = labsync-packer
+MKTORRENT_DOCKER_IMAGE = labsync-mktorrent
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -f images/*
+	rm -f tmp/*
+
+.PHONY: dockerimg
+dockerimg:
+	docker build -t "$(PACKER_DOCKER_IMAGE)" --build-arg "PACKER_VERSION=$(PACKER_VERSION)" packer/docker
+	docker build -t "$(MKTORRENT_DOCKER_IMAGE)" mktorrent
+
+images/debian-stretch: dockerimg
+	docker run \
+		-ti \
+		--rm \
+		-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
+		-v "${PWD}/packer:/workdir" \
+		-v "${PWD}/images:/images" \
+		-e "user=`id -u`" \
+		-e "group=`id -g`" \
+		"$(PACKER_DOCKER_IMAGE)" \
+		debian-stretch
+
+#images/debian-stretch.squashfs
+images/debian-stretch.torrent: dockerimg
+	docker run \
+		-ti \
+		--rm \
+		-v "${PWD}/images:/workdir" \
+		-e "user=`id -u`" \
+		-e "group=`id -g`" \
+		-e "ANNOUNCE=$(ANNOUNCE)" \
+		-e "WEBSEED=$(WEBSEED)" \
+		"$(MKTORRENT_DOCKER_IMAGE)" \
+		debian-stretch
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index feef0a4..0000000
--- a/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-docker build -t initramfs:debian .
-docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/artifacts" initramfs:debian sh -c 'cp /boot/vmlinuz-* /artifacts/vmlinuz && cp /tmp/initrd.gz /artifacts'
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..309d726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+version: "3.2"
+
+services:
+  nginx:
+    image: nginx:alpine
+    ports:
+      - 10.2.2.1:80:80
+    volumes:
+      - ./images:/usr/share/nginx/html
+
+  opentracker:
+    build: opentracker
+    image: opentracker:alpine
+    ports:
+      - 10.2.2.1:6969:6969/udp
diff --git a/generate.sh b/generate.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index da53c0e..0000000
--- a/generate.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-echo "building with packer…"
-packer build packer.json
-echo "compressing image…"
-gzip -k -f rootfs.tar
-echo "generate torrent…"
-rm rootfs.torrent
-mktorrent -a udp://tracker.sbruder.de:6969/announce -o rootfs.torrent -l 22 -w 'http://10.2.2.1:8081/rootfs.tar.gz' rootfs.tar.gz
diff --git a/imagesync.sh b/imagesync.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 52de3bd..0000000
--- a/imagesync.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,227 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-case $1 in
-prereqs)
-	##
-	# GET EXECUTED WHEN BUILDING INITRAMFS
-	#
-	. /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions
-	copy_exec /usr/bin/aria2c
-	copy_exec /sbin/sfdisk
-	copy_exec /sbin/mke2fs
-	copy_exec /sbin/e2fsck
-	copy_file cert /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
-        exit 0
-        ;;
-esac
-
-##
-# FUNCTION DEFINITIONS
-##
-
-print_waiting() {
-	echo -en "\033[36m${1}... \033[0m"
-}
-
-print_warning() {
-	echo -e "\n\033[31mWARNING: ${1}\033[0m"
-}
-
-print_done() {
-	echo -e "\033[32mdone.\033[0m"
-}
-
-error_fatal() {
-	print_warning "$1; interrupting startup"
-	while sleep 3600;do sleep 3600;done
-}
-
-##
-# SHOW BRANDING
-##
-
-echo -e '
-Starting
- ""#           #
-   #     mmm   #mmm    mmm   m   m  m mm    mmm
-   #    "   #  #" "#  #   "  "m m"  #"  #  #"  "
-   #    m"""#  #   #   """m   #m#   #   #  #
-   "mm  "mm"#  ##m#"  "mmm"   "#    #   #  "#mm"
-                              m"
-                             ""
-https://gitlab.jalr.de/fablab/initramfs
-'
-
-##
-# READ CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS FROM KERNEL PARAMETERS
-##
-
-print_waiting "Reading configuration parameters"
-set -- $(cat /proc/cmdline)
-for x in "$@"; do
-	case "$(echo $x | cut -d= -f1)" in
-		disk)
-		disk="$(echo $x | cut -d= -f2)"
-		;;
-		root)
-		root="$(echo $x | cut -d= -f2)"
-		;;
-		partsize)
-		partsize="$(echo $x | cut -d= -f2)"
-		;;
-		torrent)
-		torrent="$(echo $x | cut -d= -f2)"
-		;;
-		qemu)
-		qemu="$(echo $x | cut -d= -f2)"
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-
-# Check if mandatory parameters are missing
-
-if [ -z "$disk" ];then
-	error_fatal "The disk parameter is missing"
-fi
-if [ -z "$root" ];then
-	error_fatal "The root parameter is missing"
-fi
-if [ -z "$partsize" ];then
-	error_fatal "The partsize parameter is missing"
-fi
-if [ -z "$torrent" ];then
-	error_fatal "The torrent parameter is missing"
-fi
-print_done
-
-##
-# PARTITIONING OF DISK
-##
-
-size_part_1=$(($partsize * 1024 * 1024 / 512))
-
-parttable="label: dos
-label-id: 0xdeadbeef
-device: $disk
-unit: sectors
-
-$root : start=        2048, size=     $size_part_1, type=83"
-
-readtable="$(sfdisk -d $disk)" # wtf? but it is needed
-
-print_waiting "Checking partition tables"
-if [ "$parttable" != "$readtable" ];then
-	print_done
-	print_waiting "Partition tables do not match; partitioning disk"
-	rewrite_rootfs=true
-sfdisk -q $disk << PARTTABLE
-$parttable
-PARTTABLE
-	print_done
-else
-	print_done
-fi
-
-print_waiting "Checking root filesystem"
-e2fsck -y $root &> /dev/null
-fsck=$?
-if [ "$fsck" != 0 ] && [ "$fsck" != 1 ] || [ "$rewrite_rootfs" == "true" ];then
-	print_done
-	print_waiting "Creating root filesystem"
-	mke2fs -q -F -t ext4 $root
-	print_done
-else
-	print_done
-fi
-
-##
-# TEMPORARY NETWORK CONFIG (only for qemu)
-##
-
-if ! [ -z "$qemu" ];then
-	print_waiting "Setting up temporary network config"
-	ip addr add 10.2.2.2/24 dev ens3
-	ip link set ens3 up
-	print_done
-else
-	print_waiting "Setting up interfaces with DHCP"
-	ipconfig all
-	print_done
-fi
-
-##
-# MOUNT TEMPORARY ROOTFS
-##
-
-print_waiting "Mounting temporary root filesystem"
-mkdir -p /tmp_root
-mount -t ext4 $root /tmp_root
-cd /tmp_root
-print_done
-
-##
-# DOWNLOAD FS IMAGE
-##
-
-print_waiting "Downloading root filesystem image"
-# --allow-overwrite: do not rename the torrent file
-# --check-integrity: verify downloaded file and do not complain about missing controll file
-# --seed-time=0: do not wait until ratio 1, we seed when we’re booted
-# --summary-interval=0: do not show summary while downloading
-# --console-log-level=error: Only show errors
-# --download-result=hide: Do not show download results
-download=true
-while [ "$download" == true ];do
-	aria2c \
-		--allow-overwrite \
-		--check-integrity \
-		--seed-time=0 \
-		--summary-interval=0 \
-		--console-log-level=error \
-		--download-result=hide \
-		$torrent 2>&1 | grep -v 'DHT routing table'
-	if [ $? == 0 ];then
-		download=false
-	else
-		rm rootfs.tar.gz rootfs.torrent
-	fi
-done
-print_done
-
-print_waiting "Comparing installed and remote image"
-if [ -f /tmp_root/.build_uuid ];then
-	cd /tmp
-	tar xzf /tmp_root/rootfs.tar.gz .build_uuid
-	if [ "$(cat .build_uuid)" == "$(cat /tmp_root/.build_uuid)" ];then
-		sync=false
-		print_done
-	else
-		sync=true
-		print_done
-		print_waiting "Deleting old filesystem"
-		cd /tmp_root
-		rm -rf $(tar tzf rootfs.tar.gz|grep '^[^/]*/$' )
-		cd /tmp
-		print_done
-	fi
-	rm .build_uuid
-	cd /tmp_root
-else
-	sync=true
-	print_done
-fi
-
-if [ "$sync" == "true" ];then
-	print_waiting "Extracting root filesystem image"
-	tar xzf rootfs.tar.gz
-	print_done
-fi
-
-##
-# UNMOUNT TEMPORARY ROOTFS
-##
-
-print_waiting "Unmounting temporary root filesystem"
-cd /
-umount /tmp_root
-print_done
diff --git a/mktorrent/Dockerfile b/mktorrent/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6410554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mktorrent/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM alpine
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache mktorrent \
+	&& mkdir /workdir
+
+COPY entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
+
+WORKDIR /workdir
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
+
diff --git a/mktorrent/entrypoint.sh b/mktorrent/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d09f4f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mktorrent/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+NAME="$1"
+
+if [ "$WEBSEED" = "" ]; then
+	echo '$WEBSEED not provided' >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+if [ "$ANNOUNCE" = "" ]; then
+	echo '$ANNOUNCE not provided' >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+TORRENT_FILE="$NAME.torrent"
+WEBSEED_URL="$WEBSEED/$NAME"
+
+if [ -e "$TORRENT_FILE" ]; then rm "$TORRENT_FILE"; fi
+
+mktorrent-borg -a "$ANNOUNCE" -o "$TORRENT_FILE" -l 22 -w "$WEBSEED_URL" "$NAME"
+
+if [ "$user" != "" ] && [ "$group" != "" ]; then
+	chown "$user:$group" "$TORRENT_FILE"
+fi
diff --git a/opentracker/Dockerfile b/opentracker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b7e56a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentracker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM alpine
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache opentracker
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/opentracker"]
diff --git a/ansible/playbook.yml b/packer/ansible/playbook.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ansible/playbook.yml
rename to packer/ansible/playbook.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/auth/tasks/debug.yml b/packer/ansible/roles/auth/tasks/debug.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ansible/roles/auth/tasks/debug.yml
rename to packer/ansible/roles/auth/tasks/debug.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/auth/tasks/main.yml b/packer/ansible/roles/auth/tasks/main.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ansible/roles/auth/tasks/main.yml
rename to packer/ansible/roles/auth/tasks/main.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/base/tasks/filesystem.yml b/packer/ansible/roles/base/tasks/filesystem.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ansible/roles/base/tasks/filesystem.yml
rename to packer/ansible/roles/base/tasks/filesystem.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/packer/ansible/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ansible/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
rename to packer/ansible/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/base/templates/fstab.j2 b/packer/ansible/roles/base/templates/fstab.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from ansible/roles/base/templates/fstab.j2
rename to packer/ansible/roles/base/templates/fstab.j2
diff --git a/ansible/roles/packages/tasks/debian.yml b/packer/ansible/roles/packages/tasks/debian.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ansible/roles/packages/tasks/debian.yml
rename to packer/ansible/roles/packages/tasks/debian.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml b/packer/ansible/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ansible/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml
rename to packer/ansible/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml
diff --git a/packer.json b/packer/debian-stretch.json
similarity index 56%
rename from packer.json
rename to packer/debian-stretch.json
index a24b8ee..392c70a 100644
--- a/packer.json
+++ b/packer/debian-stretch.json
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@
     }
   ],
   "provisioners": [
+    {
+      "type": "shell",
+      "inline": [ "mkdir -p /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-premount/" ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "file",
+      "source": "initramfs/labsync",
+      "destination": "/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "file",
+      "source": "initramfs/labsync-prereqs",
+      "destination": "/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-premount/"
+    },
     {
       "type": "shell",
       "inline": [
@@ -28,9 +42,17 @@
         "echo \"commit tag: {{user `ci_commit_tag`}}\" >> /.build-info",
         "echo \"commit ref name: {{user `ci_commit_ref_name`}}\" >> /.build-info",
         "echo \"commit ref slug: {{user `ci_commit_ref_slug`}}\" >> /.build-info",
-        "apt-get update && apt-get -y install python openssh-server"
+        "apt-get update",
+        "apt-get -y dist-upgrade",
+        "apt-get -y install aria2 initramfs-tools linux-image-amd64 openssh-server python",
+        "echo 'RESUME=none' > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume",
+        "echo squashfs >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules",
+        "echo overlay >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules",
+		"mkdir /artifacts",
+        "mkinitramfs -o /artifacts/initramfs $(find /boot -name 'vmlinuz-*' -printf '%f\\n' | sed 's/^vmlinuz-//')",
+		"cp $(find /boot -name 'vmlinuz-*' | sort -V | tail -n 1) /artifacts/linux"
       ]
-	},
+    },
     {
       "type": "ansible",
       "playbook_file": "ansible/playbook.yml",
diff --git a/packer/docker/Dockerfile b/packer/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b0c57b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+FROM docker:dind
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
+	ansible \
+	openssh-client \
+	squashfs-tools
+
+ARG PACKER_VERSION
+
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/bin \
+	&& wget -O /tmp/packer.zip -c https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/${PACKER_VERSION}/packer_${PACKER_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip \
+	&& unzip /tmp/packer.zip -d /usr/local/bin \
+	&& rm -f /tmp/packer.zip \
+	&& mkdir /workdir
+
+WORKDIR /workdir
+
+COPY entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/packer/docker/entrypoint.sh b/packer/docker/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b0211ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+NAME="$1"
+
+if [ "$NAME" = "" ]; then
+	echo 'no name supplied, stopping.' >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+PACKER_JSON="$NAME.json"
+INITRAMFS_FILE="$NAME.initramfs"
+LINUX_FILE="$NAME.linux"
+SQUASHFS_FILE="$NAME"
+
+packer build "$PACKER_JSON"
+
+mkdir -p build/rootfs
+tar xf build/rootfs.tar -C build/rootfs
+
+mv build/rootfs/artifacts/initramfs "/images/$INITRAMFS_FILE"
+mv build/rootfs/artifacts/linux "/images/$LINUX_FILE"
+
+rm -rf build/rootfs/artifacts
+
+rm -- \
+	build/rootfs/.dockerenv \
+	build/rootfs/initrd.* \
+	build/rootfs/vmlinuz*
+
+if [ -e "/images/$SQUASHFS_FILE" ]; then
+	rm "/images/$SQUASHFS_FILE"
+fi
+
+mksquashfs build/rootfs "/images/$SQUASHFS_FILE" \
+	-comp lzo \
+	-Xcompression-level 9
+
+rm -rf build
+
+if [ "$user" != "" ] && [ "$group" != "" ]; then
+	chown $user:$group \
+		"/images/$INITRAMFS_FILE" \
+		"/images/$LINUX_FILE" \
+		"/images/$SQUASHFS_FILE"
+fi
+
+
diff --git a/packer/initramfs/labsync b/packer/initramfs/labsync
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cb08aca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/initramfs/labsync
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+labsync_mount_root() {
+	##
+	# FUNCTION DEFINITIONS
+	##
+
+	print_waiting() {
+		echo -en "\033[36m${1}... \033[0m"
+	}
+
+	print_warning() {
+		echo -e "\n\033[31mWARNING: ${1}\033[0m"
+	}
+
+	print_done() {
+		echo -e "\033[32mdone.\033[0m"
+	}
+
+	error_fatal() {
+		print_warning "$1; interrupting startup"
+		while sleep 3600;do sleep 3600;done
+	}
+
+	##
+	# SHOW BRANDING
+	##
+
+	echo -e '
+	Starting
+	 ""#           #
+	   #     mmm   #mmm    mmm   m   m  m mm    mmm
+	   #    "   #  #" "#  #   "  "m m"  #"  #  #"  "
+	   #    m"""#  #   #   """m   #m#   #   #  #
+	   "mm  "mm"#  ##m#"  "mmm"   "#    #   #  "#mm"
+								  m"
+								 ""
+	https://gitlab.jalr.de/fablab/initramfs
+	'
+
+	##
+	# READ CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS FROM KERNEL PARAMETERS
+	##
+
+	print_waiting "Reading configuration parameters"
+	set -- $(cat /proc/cmdline)
+	for x in "$@"; do
+		arg="$(echo $x | cut -d= -f1)"
+		case "$arg" in
+			disk|root|partsize|qemu)
+			eval $arg="$(echo $x | cut -d= -f2)"
+			;;
+		esac
+	done
+
+	# Check if mandatory parameters are missing
+
+	if [ -z "$disk" ];then
+		error_fatal "The disk parameter is missing"
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$partsize" ];then
+		error_fatal "The partsize parameter is missing"
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$torrent" ];then
+		error_fatal "The torrent parameter is missing"
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$torrent_file" ];then
+		error_fatal "The torrent_file parameter is missing"
+	fi
+	print_done
+
+	##
+	# PARTITIONING OF DISK
+	##
+
+	size_part_1=$(($partsize * 1024 * 1024 / 512))
+
+	parttable="label: dos
+	label-id: 0xdeadbeef
+	device: $disk
+	unit: sectors
+
+	$root : start=        2048, size=     $size_part_1, type=83"
+
+	readtable="$(sfdisk -d $disk)" # wtf? but it is needed
+
+	print_waiting "Checking partition tables"
+	if [ "$parttable" != "$readtable" ];then
+		print_done
+		print_waiting "Partition tables do not match; partitioning disk"
+		rewrite_rootfs=true
+	sfdisk -q $disk << PARTTABLE
+	$parttable
+PARTTABLE
+		print_done
+	else
+		print_done
+	fi
+
+	##
+	# TEMPORARY NETWORK CONFIG (only for qemu)
+	##
+
+	configure_networking
+
+	#if ! [ -z "$qemu" ];then
+	#	print_waiting "Setting up temporary network config"
+	#	ip addr add 10.2.2.2/24 dev ens3
+	#	ip link set ens3 up
+	#	print_done
+	#else
+	#	print_waiting "Setting up interfaces with DHCP"
+	#	ipconfig all
+	#	print_done
+	#fi
+
+	##
+	# DOWNLOAD SQUASHFS
+	##
+
+	print_waiting "Downloading root filesystem image via $torrent"
+	# --allow-overwrite: do not rename the torrent file
+	# --check-integrity: verify downloaded file and do not complain about missing controll file
+	# --seed-time=0: do not wait until ratio 1, we seed when we’re booted
+	# --summary-interval=0: do not show summary while downloading
+	# --console-log-level=error: Only show errors
+	# --download-result=hide: Do not show download results
+	ip a
+	sleep 1
+
+	#wget -O /tmp/torrent "$torrent"
+
+	(cd /tmp
+		ln -s "${disk}1" "$torrent_file"
+		aria2c \
+			--allow-overwrite \
+			--check-integrity \
+			--seed-time=0 \
+			--summary-interval=10 \
+			--file-allocation=none \
+			--enable-dht=false \
+			"$torrent"
+	)
+	print_done
+
+	modprobe overlay
+	mkdir -p /root
+	mkdir /ro_root /rw_root
+	mount -t squashfs /dev/sda1 /ro_root
+	mke2fs -q -F -t ext4 /dev/sdb1
+	mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /rw_root
+	mkdir -p /rw_root/upper /rw_root/work
+	mount -t overlay overlay -o lowerdir=/ro_root,upperdir=/rw_root/upper,workdir=/rw_root/work /root
+	sleep 10
+
+
+}
+
+labsync_top() {
+	:
+}
+
+labsync_premount() {
+	:
+}
+
+labsync_bottom() {
+	:
+}
+
+mountroot()
+{
+	labsync_mount_root
+}
+
+mount_top()
+{
+	labsync_top
+}
+
+mount_premount()
+{
+	labsync_premount
+}
+
+mount_bottom()
+{
+	labsync_bottom
+}
diff --git a/packer/initramfs/labsync-prereqs b/packer/initramfs/labsync-prereqs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..120cd77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/initramfs/labsync-prereqs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+case $1 in
+	prereqs)
+		##
+		# GETS EXECUTED WHEN BUILDING INITRAMFS
+		##
+		. /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions
+		copy_exec /sbin/mke2fs
+		copy_exec /sbin/e2fsck
+		copy_exec /usr/bin/aria2c
+		copy_exec /sbin/sfdisk
+		copy_file cert /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+		exit 0
+	;;
+esac
+
diff --git a/qemu.sh b/qemu.sh
index 53b7030..26f93eb 100755
--- a/qemu.sh
+++ b/qemu.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,34 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-ifname_tap=taptstsync
-ifname_br=brtstsync
+ifname_tap=taplabsync
+ifname_br=brlabsync
 
-[ -e pladde.img ] || qemu-img create pladde.img 4G
+TORRENT="$1.torrent"
+KERNEL="$1.linux"
+INITRAMFS="$1.initramfs"
+SQUASHFS="$1"
+
+if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
+	echo "you must supply an image name!" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p ./tmp
+[ -e tmp/qemu-disk.img ] || qemu-img create tmp/qemu-disk.img 4G
 
 sudo ip tuntap add dev $ifname_tap mode tap user $USER
 sudo brctl addbr $ifname_br
 sudo brctl addif $ifname_br $ifname_tap
-sudo ip addr add 10.2.2.1/24 dev brtstsync
-sudo ip link set taptstsync up
-sudo ip link set brtstsync up
+sudo ip addr add 10.2.2.1/24 dev $ifname_br
+sudo ip link set taplabsync up
+sudo ip link set brlabsync up
 
 qemu-system-x86_64 \
-	-kernel vmlinuz \
-	-initrd initrd.gz \
-	-drive format=raw,file=pladde.img \
-	-append "disk=/dev/sda root=/dev/sda1 partsize=3072 torrent=http://10.2.2.1:8081/rootfs.torrent qemu quiet" \
-	-curses \
+	-kernel "images/$KERNEL" \
+	-initrd "images/$INITRAMFS" \
+	-drive format=raw,file=tmp/qemu-disk.img \
+	-drive format=raw,file=tmp/qemu-disk2.img \
+	-append "boot=labsync disk=/dev/sda partsize=3072 torrent=http://10.2.2.1/$TORRENT torrent_file=$SQUASHFS quiet vga=792 ip=10.2.2.2:::255.255.255.0:qemumachine:ens3:off" \
 	-enable-kvm \
 	-m 1G \
 	-net nic \