diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb22288..4ccd7b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -363,4 +363,4 @@ z.sh
 volumes/
 backup/
 docker-compose.yaml
-
+.venv
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd671dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+
+PWD 									?= pwd_unknown
+
+THIS_FILE								:= $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))
+export THIS_FILE
+TIME									:= $(shell date +%s)
+export TIME
+
+ifeq ($(docker),)
+DOCKER							        := $(shell which docker)
+else
+DOCKER   							    := $(docker)
+endif
+export DOCKER
+
+ifeq ($(compose),)
+DOCKER_COMPOSE						    := $(shell which docker-compose)
+else
+DOCKER_COMPOSE							:= $(compose)
+endif
+export DOCKER_COMPOSE
+
+
+
+PYTHON                                  := $(shell which python)
+export PYTHON
+PYTHON2                                 := $(shell which python2)
+export PYTHON2
+PYTHON3                                 := $(shell which python3)
+export PYTHON3
+
+PIP                                     := $(shell which pip)
+export PIP
+PIP2                                    := $(shell which pip2)
+export PIP2
+PIP3                                    := $(shell which pip3)
+export PIP3
+
+python_version_full := $(wordlist 2,4,$(subst ., ,$(shell python3 --version 2>&1)))
+python_version_major := $(word 1,${python_version_full})
+python_version_minor := $(word 2,${python_version_full})
+python_version_patch := $(word 3,${python_version_full})
+
+my_cmd.python.3 := $(PYTHON3) some_script.py3
+my_cmd := ${my_cmd.python.${python_version_major}}
+
+PYTHON_VERSION                         := ${python_version_major}.${python_version_minor}.${python_version_patch}
+PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR                   := ${python_version_major}
+PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR                   := ${python_version_minor}
+
+export python_version_major
+export python_version_minor
+export python_version_patch
+export PYTHON_VERSION
+
+# PROJECT_NAME defaults to name of the current directory.
+ifeq ($(project),)
+PROJECT_NAME							:= $(notdir $(PWD))
+else
+PROJECT_NAME							:= $(project)
+endif
+export PROJECT_NAME
+
+
+
+
+.PHONY: venv
+venv:
+	test -d .venv || $(PYTHON3) -m virtualenv .venv
+	( \
+	   source .venv/bin/activate; pip install -r requirements.txt; \
+	);
+	@echo "To activate (venv)"
+	@echo "try:"
+	@echo ". .venv/bin/activate"
+	@echo "or:"
+	@echo "make test-venv"
+##:	test-venv            source .venv/bin/activate; pip install -r requirements.txt;
+test-venv:
+	# insert test commands here
+	test -d .venv || $(PYTHON3) -m virtualenv .venv
+	( \
+	   source .venv/bin/activate; pip install -r requirements.txt; \
+	);
+#######################
+.PHONY: prune-network
+prune-network:
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) -p $(PROJECT_NAME) down
+	docker network rm $(PROJECT_NAME)_default 2>/dev/null || echo "retry..."
+#######################
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plebnet_generate.py b/plebnet_generate.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9100161..5a6c301
--- a/plebnet_generate.py
+++ b/plebnet_generate.py
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
-# Generates docker-compose for n nodes.
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Generates docker-compose from command line.
+#
+# For each service identified at command line, this we identify other dependent services and add them to the config.
 
 # +
-from omegaconf import OmegaConf
 import sys
 
+sys.path.append('.')
+sys.path.append("/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages")
+sys.path.append("/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages")
+sys.path.append("/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages")
+sys.path.append("/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages")
+sys.path.append("/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages")
+#print(sys.path)
+
+from omegaconf import OmegaConf
 
 architectures = {
         "Intel x64": 'x86_64-linux-gnu',
@@ -12,8 +23,7 @@
         'ARM64 linux': 'aarch64-linux-gnu',
 }
 
-from omegaconf import OmegaConf
-
+# +
 cli_args = OmegaConf.from_cli()
 
 try:
@@ -62,7 +72,10 @@ def get_service_values(i, node_counts, **kwargs):
 for service in list(conf.services):
     service_nodes = node_counts[service]
     print(service, service_nodes)
-    for i in range(service_nodes):
+    # print(type(service))
+    # print(type(service_nodes))
+    int_node_count = int(service_nodes)
+    for i in range(int_node_count):
         service_values = get_service_values(i, node_counts, TRIPLET=triplet)
         service_name = '{}-{}'.format(service, str(i))
         conf.services[service_name] = get_service(
diff --git a/up-generic.sh b/up-generic.sh
index b8fd092..303eac6 100755
--- a/up-generic.sh
+++ b/up-generic.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-#This is for internal testing only
 : ${TRIPLET:=x86_64-linux-gnu}
-: ${bitcoind=1}
+: ${bitcoind=5}
 : ${lnd=1}
 : ${tor=1}
 
-python plebnet_generate.py TRIPLET=$TRIPLET bitcoind=$bitcoind lnd=$lnd tor=$tor
+$(which python3) plebnet_generate.py TRIPLET=$TRIPLET bitcoind=$bitcoind lnd=$lnd tor=$tor
 
 #Remove
 docker-compose down 
@@ -16,17 +15,18 @@ sudo rm -rf volumes
 mkdir volumes
 for (( i=0; i<=$bitcoind-1; i++ ))
 do
-    mkdir volumes/bitcoin_datadir_$i
+    mkdir -p volumes/bitcoin_datadir_$i
 done
 for (( i=0; i<=$lnd-1; i++ ))
 do
-    mkdir volumes/lnd_datadir_$i
+    mkdir -p volumes/lnd_datadir_$i
 done
+rm -rf   volumes/tor_*dir_*
 for (( i=0; i<=$tor-1; i++ ))
 do
-    mkdir volumes/tor_datadir_$i
-    mkdir volumes/tor_servicesdir_$i
-    mkdir volumes/tor_torrcdir_$i
+    mkdir -p volumes/tor_datadir_$i
+    mkdir -p volumes/tor_servicesdir_$i
+    mkdir -p volumes/tor_torrcdir_$i
 done
 
 docker-compose build --build-arg TRIPLET=$TRIPLET