diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 3df5e25..1352e8f 100644
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ echo " 4. finish setup for tudbut user"
 echo " 5. login on tty7"
 echo " 6. go back to tty1 and do what nixos-edit tells you"
 echo
-echo -n "do you want to reboot now? [Y/n] "
+echo -n "do you want to install and reboot now? [Y/n] "
 read yn
 if [ "$yn" != n ] ; then 
+  nixos-install || exit 1
   echo "rebooting"
   sleep 1
   reboot
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c11a1b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "this is meant to be run from the iso!!!"
+if [ $(whoami) = nixos ] ; then
+  echo "iso detected. continue!"
+else
+  echo "you don't appear to be in the install iso."
+  echo -n "are you SURE??? (y/N) "
+  read sure
+  if ! [ "$sure" = "y" ] ; then
+    echo "ok. exiting."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  echo "i will continue."
+fi
+
+lsblk
+echo -n "> what drive to install on? /dev/"
+read drive
+fdisk "/dev/$drive" << "EOF"
+o
+n
+p
+1
+
+
+a
+w
+EOF > /dev/null || exit 1
+echo "> created DOS partition table on $disk with one bootable partition."
+mkfs.ext4 $disk*1 || exit 1 # /dev/sda 1 or /dev/nvme0n1 p1 => *1 instead of just 1
+echo "> formatted."
+mount $disk*1 /mnt || exit 1
+echo "> mounted."
+cd /mnt/etc/nixos
+echo "> installing git"
+nix-env -i git > /dev/null || exit 1
+echo "> downloading tudbut/nix-setup"
+git clone https://git.tudbut.de/tudbut/nix-setup
+rm configuration.nix
+pushd ; mv $(ls -a) .. ; popd
+echo "> initializing"
+bash init.sh