diff --git a/os/+arch/bootstrap b/os/+arch/bootstrap
index 7d88d0e0..7c8a2958 100755
--- a/os/+arch/bootstrap
+++ b/os/+arch/bootstrap
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # connection, and the harddrives to be set up (and one of the mounted to /mnt).
 
 MOUNT=/mnt
-USERNAME=hlissner
 
 exists() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null; }
 arch() { arch-chroot "$MOUNT" /bin/bash -c "$1"; }
@@ -16,11 +15,28 @@ if ! exists arch-chroot; then
 elif ! grep "$MOUNT " /proc/mounts >/dev/null; then
     >&2 echo "$MOUNT isn't mounted"
     exit 2
-elif ! echo -e "GET http://google.com HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc google.com 80 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+elif ! ping -c1 http://google.com >/dev/null; then
     >&2 echo "No internet connection detected!"
     exit 3
 fi
 
+#
+set -e
+
+## Collect info
+# hostname
+read -rp "Hostname:\t" host
+
+
+#
+echo "$host" > "$MOUNT/etc/hostname"
+
+# ensure keys are up to date
+pacman-key --init
+pacman-key --populate arch-linux
+pacman-key --refresh-keys
+pacman -Syy
+
 # bootstrap
 pac base base-devel intel-ucode
 # device mounting drivers
@@ -28,10 +44,6 @@ pac dosfstools ntfs-3g exfat-utils hfsprogs
 # nc
 pac gnu-netcat
 
-# hostname
-read -p "Enter computer hostname: " host
-echo "$host" > "$MOUNT/etc/hostname"
-
 # networking support
 WIRELESS_DEV=$(ip link | grep wlp | awk '{print $2}'| sed 's/://' | sed '1!d')
 if [[ $WIRELESS_DEV ]]; then
diff --git a/os/+arch/install b/os/+arch/install
index d3d278d4..1d1d6ae6 100755
--- a/os/+arch/install
+++ b/os/+arch/install
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# Provisions arch linux. Should be run from a non-root user, after the bootstrap
+# script (and reboot).
+
 set -e
-shopt -s nullglob
 
 PWD=$(dirname $0)
 
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ exists() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null; }
 #
 ########################################
 
-if ! echo -e "GET http://google.com HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc google.com 80 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+if ! ping -c1 google.com >/dev/null; then
     >&2 echo "No internet connection detected!"
     exit 1
 elif [[ $(id -u) == 0 ]]; then
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ elif [[ $(id -u) == 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Essential utilities
-$pacman -S wget curl tree rsync openssh dnsutils
+$pacman -S wget git curl tree rsync openssh dnsutils
 
 # Set up pacaur (AUR helper)
 if ! exists pacaur; then
@@ -46,37 +48,18 @@ fi
 
 ## Bootstrap
 # Helpful utilities
-$pacaur -S the_silver_searcher fasd tmux hub bc keybase cronie
-sudo systemctl enable cronie.service
+$pacaur -S the_silver_searcher tmux hub bc keybase-bin
 
 if [[ -z $SERVER ]]; then
-    # crontab
-    if exists crontab; then
-        [[ -f $PWD/crontab ]] && crontab $PWD/crontab
-    fi
-
     # desktop essentials
-    $pacman -S xorg-init xorg-server
-    # Desktop manager
-    $pacaur -S lightdm lightdm-webkit2-greeter
-    # Window manager
-    $pacaur -S bspwm sxhkd compton
-    # Taskbar
-    $pacaur -S xcb-proto polybar
-    # Notifications
-    $pacaur -S dunst libnotify
-    # Utilities
-    $pacaur -S rofi feh sxiv maim slop-opengl neofetch-git pass youtube-dl xdotool
-    # Apps
-    $pacaur -S redshift firefox termite
-    # Audio
-    $pacaur -S alsa-utils
-    # Dictionary
-    $pacaur -S dictd dict-gcide
-
-    hookdest=/etc/pacman.d/hooks
-    sudo mkdir -p "$hookdest"
-    for hook in $PWD/$hookdest/*.hook; do
-        [[ -f $hookdest/${hook##*/} ]] || sudo ln -svf $hook $hookdest/
-    done
+    $pacaur -S \
+        xorg-xinit xorg-server \
+        lightdm lightdm-webkit2-greeter \
+        bspwm sxhkd compton \
+        xcb-proto polybar \
+        dunst libnotify \
+        feh sxiv maim slop-opengl neofetch-git pass youtube-dl xdotool \
+        redshift firefox \
+        alsa-utils \
+        dictd dict-gcide
 fi