diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index f2d8a20..9850bd8 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -1,104 +1,458 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-WDEPLOY_VERSION="0.0.4"
-WANSIBLE_REPOSITORY=$(echo "$HOME/wansible")
-DRY_RUN=${DRY_RUN:-}
-while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
-	case "$1" in
-		--dry-run)
-			DRY_RUN=1
-			;;
-		--*)
-			echo "Illegal option $1"
-			;;
-	esac
-	shift $(( $# > 0 ? 1 : 0 ))
-done
-
-command_exists() {
-	command -v "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1
-}
-
-is_dry_run() {
-	if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
-		return 1
-	else
-		return 0
-	fi
-}
-
-check_architecture() {
-    KERNEL_NAME=$(uname -s)
-    HARDWARE_NAME=$(uname -m)
-
-    case "$HARDWARE_NAME" in
-      aarch64*)
-        HARDWARE_NAME="arm64";;
+usage() {
+  this=$1
+  cat <<EOF
+$this: download go binaries for kirychukyurii/wdeploy and install ansible
+
+Usage: $this [-b] bindir [-d] [tag]
+  -b sets bindir or installation directory, defaults to $HOME/.local/bin
+  -d turns on debug logging
+
+  [tag] is a tag from https://github.com/kirychukyurii/wdeploy/releases
+        If tag is missing, then the latest will be used.
+
+EOF
+  exit 2
+}
+
+parse_args() {
+  # BINDIR is ./bin unless set be ENV
+  # over-ridden by flag below
+
+  BINDIR=${BINDIR:-$HOME/.local/bin}
+  while getopts "b:dh?x" arg; do
+    case "$arg" in
+      b) BINDIR="$OPTARG" ;;
+      d) log_set_priority 10 ;;
+      h | \?) usage "$0" ;;
+      x) set -x ;;
     esac
+  done
+  shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+  TAG=$1
 }
 
-ansible_install() {
-    sh_c='sh -c'
-    if is_dry_run; then
-    		sh_c="echo"
+# this function wraps all the destructive operations
+# if a curl|bash cuts off the end of the script due to
+# network, either nothing will happen or will syntax error
+# out preventing half-done work
+execute() {
+  if [[ ":$PATH:" != *":${BINDIR}:"*  ]] ; then
+    log_info "your path is missing ${BINDIR}, you might want to add it."
+    log_info "temporary adding ${BINDIR} to PATH environment"
+    PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin
+    log_debug "PATH: ${PATH}"
+  fi
+
+  tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+  log_debug "downloading files into ${tmpdir}"
+  http_download "${tmpdir}/${TARBALL}" "${TARBALL_URL}"
+  http_download "${tmpdir}/${CHECKSUM}" "${CHECKSUM_URL}"
+  hash_sha256_verify "${tmpdir}/${TARBALL}" "${tmpdir}/${CHECKSUM}"
+  srcdir="${tmpdir}/${NAME}"
+  rm -rf "${srcdir}"
+  (cd "${tmpdir}" && untar "${TARBALL}")
+  test ! -d "${BINDIR}" && install -d "${BINDIR}"
+  for binexe in $BINARIES; do
+    if [ "$OS" = "windows" ]; then
+      binexe="${binexe}.exe"
     fi
+    install "${tmpdir}/${binexe}" "${BINDIR}/"
+    log_info "installed ${BINDIR}/${binexe}"
+  done
+  rm -rf "${tmpdir}"
 
-    echo "# Executing ansible install script"
-    $sh_c "curl -fsSL https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o $HOME/get-pip.py" > /dev/null 2>&1
-    $sh_c "python3 $HOME/get-pip.py --user" > /dev/null 2>&1
+  tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+  log_debug "checking if Ansible is installed"
+  if ! is_command ansible; then
+    http_download "${tmpdir}/${PIP_INSTALL_SCRIPT_NAME}" "${PIP_INSTALL_SCRIPT}"
+    python3 "${tmpdir}/${PIP_INSTALL_SCRIPT_NAME}" --user 1> /dev/null
+    python3 -m pip install --user ansible 1> /dev/null
 
-	if command_exists ansible; then
-		cat >&2 <<-'EOF'
-			Warning: the "ansible" command appears to already exist on this system.
+    if is_command ansible; then
+      log_info "installed Ansible for user via python pip"
+    fi
+  fi
+  http_download "${tmpdir}/${ANSIBLE_REQUIREMENTS_NAME}" "${ANSIBLE_REQUIREMENTS}"
+  log_info "starting galaxy collection install process"
+  ansible-galaxy collection install -r "${tmpdir}/${ANSIBLE_REQUIREMENTS_NAME}" 1> /dev/null
+  log_info "all requested collections are installed"
+  rm -rf "${tmpdir}"
+  
+  wdeploy run --help
+}
 
-			If you already have Ansible installed, this script can cause trouble, which is
-			why we're displaying this warning and provide the opportunity to cancel the
-			installation.
+get_binaries() {
+  case "$PLATFORM" in
+    darwin/amd64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    darwin/arm64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    darwin/armv6) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    darwin/armv7) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    darwin/mips64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    darwin/mips64le) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    darwin/ppc64le) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    darwin/s390x) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    freebsd/386) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    freebsd/amd64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    freebsd/armv6) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    freebsd/armv7) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    freebsd/mips64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    freebsd/mips64le) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    freebsd/ppc64le) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    freebsd/s390x) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    linux/386) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    linux/amd64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    linux/arm64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    linux/armv6) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    linux/armv7) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    linux/mips64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    linux/mips64le) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    linux/ppc64le) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    linux/s390x) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    linux/riscv64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    linux/loong64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    netbsd/386) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    netbsd/amd64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    netbsd/armv6) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    netbsd/armv7) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    windows/386) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    windows/amd64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    windows/arm64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    windows/armv6) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    windows/armv7) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    windows/mips64) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    windows/mips64le) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    windows/ppc64le) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    windows/s390x) BINARIES="wdeploy" ;;
+    *)
+      log_crit "platform $PLATFORM is not supported.  Make sure this script is up-to-date and file request at https://github.com/${PREFIX}/issues/new"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
 
-			If you installed the current Ansible package using this script and are using it
-			again to update Ansible, you can safely ignore this message.
+tag_to_version() {
+  if [ -z "${TAG}" ]; then
+    log_info "checking GitHub for latest tag"
+  else
+    log_info "checking GitHub for tag '${TAG}'"
+  fi
+  REALTAG=$(github_release "$OWNER/$REPO" "${TAG}") && true
+  if test -z "$REALTAG"; then
+    log_crit "unable to find '${TAG}' - use 'latest' or see https://github.com/${PREFIX}/releases for details"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  # if version starts with 'v', remove it
+  TAG="$REALTAG"
+  VERSION=${TAG#v}
+}
 
-			You may press Ctrl+C now to abort this script.
-		EOF
-		( set -x; sleep 5 )
+adjust_format() {
+  # change format (tar.gz or zip) based on OS
+  case ${OS} in
+    windows) FORMAT=zip ;;
+  esac
+  true
+}
 
-		$sh_c 'python3 -m pip install --upgrade --user ansible' > /dev/null 2>&1
-	else
-	    $sh_c 'python3 -m pip install --user ansible' > /dev/null 2>&1
-	fi
+adjust_os() {
+  # adjust archive name based on OS
+  true
 }
 
-wdeploy_clone_repo() {
-    if [ ! -d "$WANSIBLE_REPOSITORY" ]; then
-        $sh_c "mkdir $WANSIBLE_REPOSITORY"
-    fi
+adjust_arch() {
+  # adjust archive name based on ARCH
+  true
+}
 
-    if [ ! -f "$WANSIBLE_REPOSITORY/playbook.yml" ]; then
-        $sh_c "git clone https://github.com/kirychukyurii/wansible.git $WANSIBLE_REPOSITORY" > /dev/null 2>&1
-    fi
+is_command() {
+  command -v "$1" >/dev/null
 }
 
-ansible_collections_install() {
-    $sh_c "ansible-galaxy collection install -r $WANSIBLE_REPOSITORY/requirements.yml > /dev/null" > /dev/null 2>&1
+echoerr() {
+  echo "$@" 1>&2
 }
 
-wdeploy_install() {
-    $sh_c "curl -fsSL https://github.com/kirychukyurii/wdeploy/releases/download/$WDEPLOY_VERSION/wdeploy_${KERNEL_NAME}_$HARDWARE_NAME.tar.gz -o $HOME/wdeploy_$WDEPLOY_VERSION.tar.gz"
-    $sh_c "tar -xf $HOME/wdeploy_$WDEPLOY_VERSION.tar.gz -C $HOME/"
-    $sh_c "rm -f $HOME/wdeploy_$WDEPLOY_VERSION.tar.gz"
-    $sh_c "chmod +x $HOME/wdeploy"
+log_prefix() {
+  echo "$0"
+}
 
-    echo "wdeploy successfully installed on your system."
+_logp=6
+log_set_priority() {
+  _logp="$1"
+}
+
+log_priority() {
+  if test -z "$1"; then
+    echo "$_logp"
+    return
+  fi
+  [ "$1" -le "$_logp" ]
+}
+
+log_tag() {
+  case $1 in
+    0) echo "emerg" ;;
+    1) echo "alert" ;;
+    2) echo "crit" ;;
+    3) echo "err" ;;
+    4) echo "warning" ;;
+    5) echo "notice" ;;
+    6) echo "info" ;;
+    7) echo "debug" ;;
+    *) echo "$1" ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+log_debug() {
+  log_priority 7 || return 0
+  echoerr "$(log_prefix)" "$(log_tag 7)" "$@"
+}
+
+log_info() {
+  log_priority 6 || return 0
+  echoerr "$(log_prefix)" "$(log_tag 6)" "$@"
+}
+
+log_err() {
+  log_priority 3 || return 0
+  echoerr "$(log_prefix)" "$(log_tag 3)" "$@"
+}
+
+log_crit() {
+  log_priority 2 || return 0
+  echoerr "$(log_prefix)" "$(log_tag 2)" "$@"
+}
+
+uname_os() {
+  os=$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+  case "$os" in
+    msys*) os="windows" ;;
+    mingw*) os="windows" ;;
+    cygwin*) os="windows" ;;
+    win*) os="windows" ;;
+  esac
+  echo "$os"
+}
+
+uname_arch() {
+  arch=$(uname -m)
+  case $arch in
+    x86_64) arch="amd64" ;;
+    x86) arch="386" ;;
+    i686) arch="386" ;;
+    i386) arch="386" ;;
+    aarch64) arch="arm64" ;;
+    armv5*) arch="armv5" ;;
+    armv6*) arch="armv6" ;;
+    armv7*) arch="armv7" ;;
+    loongarch64) arch="loong64" ;;
+  esac
+  echo ${arch}
+}
 
-	$sh_c "$HOME/wdeploy run --help"
+uname_os_check() {
+  os=$(uname_os)
+  case "$os" in
+    darwin) return 0 ;;
+    dragonfly) return 0 ;;
+    freebsd) return 0 ;;
+    linux) return 0 ;;
+    android) return 0 ;;
+    nacl) return 0 ;;
+    netbsd) return 0 ;;
+    openbsd) return 0 ;;
+    plan9) return 0 ;;
+    solaris) return 0 ;;
+    windows) return 0 ;;
+  esac
+  log_crit "uname_os_check '$(uname -s)' got converted to '$os' which is not a GOOS value."
+  return 1
 }
 
-# wrapped up in a function so that we have some protection against only getting
-# half the file during "curl | sh"
-check_architecture
-ansible_install
-wdeploy_clone_repo
-ansible_collections_install
-wdeploy_install
+uname_arch_check() {
+  arch=$(uname_arch)
+  case "$arch" in
+    386) return 0 ;;
+    amd64) return 0 ;;
+    arm64) return 0 ;;
+    armv5) return 0 ;;
+    armv6) return 0 ;;
+    armv7) return 0 ;;
+    ppc64) return 0 ;;
+    ppc64le) return 0 ;;
+    mips) return 0 ;;
+    mipsle) return 0 ;;
+    mips64) return 0 ;;
+    mips64le) return 0 ;;
+    s390x) return 0 ;;
+    riscv64) return 0 ;;
+    amd64p32) return 0 ;;
+    loong64) return 0 ;;
+  esac
+  log_crit "uname_arch_check '$(uname -m)' got converted to '$arch' which is not a GOARCH value."
+  return 1
+}
+
+untar() {
+  tarball=$1
+  case "${tarball}" in
+    *.tar.gz | *.tgz) tar --no-same-owner -xzf "${tarball}" ;;
+    *.tar) tar --no-same-owner -xf "${tarball}" ;;
+    *.zip) unzip "${tarball}" ;;
+    *)
+      log_err "untar unknown archive format for ${tarball}"
+      return 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+http_download_curl() {
+  local_file=$1
+  source_url=$2
+  header=$3
+  if [ -z "$header" ]; then
+    code=$(curl -w '%{http_code}' -sL -o "$local_file" "$source_url")
+  else
+    code=$(curl -w '%{http_code}' -sL -H "$header" -o "$local_file" "$source_url")
+  fi
+  if [ "$code" != "200" ]; then
+    log_debug "http_download_curl received HTTP status $code"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  return 0
+}
+
+http_download_wget() {
+  local_file=$1
+  source_url=$2
+  header=$3
+  if [ -z "$header" ]; then
+    wget -q -O "$local_file" "$source_url"
+  else
+    wget -q --header "$header" -O "$local_file" "$source_url"
+  fi
+}
+
+http_download() {
+  log_debug "http_download $2"
+  if is_command curl; then
+    http_download_curl "$@"
+    return
+  elif is_command wget; then
+    http_download_wget "$@"
+    return
+  fi
+  log_crit "http_download unable to find wget or curl"
+  return 1
+}
+
+http_copy() {
+  tmp=$(mktemp)
+  http_download "${tmp}" "$1" "$2" || return 1
+  body=$(cat "$tmp")
+  rm -f "${tmp}"
+  echo "$body"
+}
+
+github_release() {
+  owner_repo=$1
+  version=$2
+  test -z "$version" && version="latest"
+  giturl="https://github.com/${owner_repo}/releases/${version}"
+  json=$(http_copy "$giturl" "Accept:application/json")
+  test -z "$json" && return 1
+  version=$(echo "$json" | tr -s '\n' ' ' | sed 's/.*"tag_name":"//' | sed 's/".*//')
+  test -z "$version" && return 1
+  echo "$version"
+}
+
+hash_sha256() {
+  TARGET=${1:-/dev/stdin}
+  if is_command gsha256sum; then
+    hash=$(gsha256sum "$TARGET") || return 1
+    echo "$hash" | cut -d ' ' -f 1
+  elif is_command sha256sum; then
+    hash=$(sha256sum "$TARGET") || return 1
+    echo "$hash" | cut -d ' ' -f 1
+  elif is_command shasum; then
+    hash=$(shasum -a 256 "$TARGET" 2>/dev/null) || return 1
+    echo "$hash" | cut -d ' ' -f 1
+  elif is_command openssl; then
+    hash=$(openssl -dst openssl dgst -sha256 "$TARGET") || return 1
+    echo "$hash" | cut -d ' ' -f a
+  else
+    log_crit "hash_sha256 unable to find command to compute sha-256 hash"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+hash_sha256_verify() {
+  TARGET=$1
+  checksums=$2
+  if [ -z "$checksums" ]; then
+    log_err "hash_sha256_verify checksum file not specified in arg2"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  BASENAME=${TARGET##*/}
+  want=$(grep "${BASENAME}" "${checksums}" 2>/dev/null | tr '\t' ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
+  if [ -z "$want" ]; then
+    log_err "hash_sha256_verify unable to find checksum for '${TARGET}' in '${checksums}'"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  got=$(hash_sha256 "$TARGET")
+  if [ "$want" != "$got" ]; then
+    log_err "hash_sha256_verify checksum for '$TARGET' did not verify ${want} vs $got"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+PROJECT_NAME="wdeploy"
+OWNER=kirychukyurii
+REPO="wdeploy"
+BINARY=wdeploy
+FORMAT=tar.gz
+OS=$(uname_os)
+ARCH=$(uname_arch)
+PREFIX="$OWNER/$REPO"
+
+# use in logging routines
+log_prefix() {
+	echo "$PREFIX"
+}
+
+PLATFORM="${OS}/${ARCH}"
+GITHUB_DOWNLOAD=https://github.com/${OWNER}/${REPO}/releases/download
+
+uname_os_check "$OS"
+uname_arch_check "$ARCH"
+
+parse_args "$@"
+
+get_binaries
+
+tag_to_version
+
+adjust_format
+
+adjust_os
+
+adjust_arch
+
+log_info "found version: ${VERSION} for ${TAG}/${OS}/${ARCH}"
+
+NAME=${BINARY}-${VERSION}-${OS}-${ARCH}
+TARBALL=${NAME}.${FORMAT}
+TARBALL_URL=${GITHUB_DOWNLOAD}/${TAG}/${TARBALL}
+CHECKSUM=${PROJECT_NAME}-${VERSION}-checksums.txt
+CHECKSUM_URL=${GITHUB_DOWNLOAD}/${TAG}/${CHECKSUM}
+
+PIP_INSTALL_SCRIPT="https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py"
+PIP_INSTALL_SCRIPT_NAME="get-pip.py"
+
+ANSIBLE_REQUIREMENTS="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kirychukyurii/wansible/main/requirements.yml"
+ANSIBLE_REQUIREMENTS_NAME="requirements.yml"
 
+execute
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