diff --git a/sources/identity/.gitignore b/sources/identity/.gitignore
index e8a6738a..437fce1b 100644
--- a/sources/identity/.gitignore
+++ b/sources/identity/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ./init
 ./.init
+.link
+./.link
 ./provider/static/init
 ./provider/data/
 ./provider/stream/
diff --git a/sources/identity/bootstrap-init.sh b/sources/identity/bootstrap-init.sh
index a3bb93c3..49409a16 100644
--- a/sources/identity/bootstrap-init.sh
+++ b/sources/identity/bootstrap-init.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ if [ -n "$5" ]; then
   BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT="$5"
 fi
 if [ -z "$BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT" ]; then
-  # BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT="bootstrap.sh"
-  BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT="init.template.sh"
+  BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT="bootstrap.sh"
 fi
 if [ -n "$6" ]; then
   BOOTSTRAP_HOST="$6"
@@ -36,9 +35,32 @@ fi
 if [ -z "$BOOTSTRAP_HOST" ]; then
   BOOTSTRAP_HOST="localhost:3333"
 fi
+if [ -n "$7" ]; then
+  BOOTSTRAP_PROVIDER_SCRIPT="$7"
+fi
+if [ -z "$BOOTSTRAP_PROVIDER_SCRIPT" ]; then
+  BOOTSTRAP_PROVIDER_SCRIPT="provider.sh"
+fi
+if [ -n "$8" ]; then
+  TURSO_HOST=$8
+fi
+if [ -z "$TURSO_HOST" ]; then
+  echo "TURSO_HOST not set"
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [ -n "$9" ]; then
+  TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN=$9 # really shouldn't do this it's viewable in ps, etc.
+fi
+if [ -z "$TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN" ]; then
+  echo "TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN not set"
+  exit 1
+fi
 apt update
 apt install -y git
 git clone "$BOOTSTRAP_REPO"
 cd "$BOOTSTRAP_DIR"
+chmod +x "./$BOOTSTRAP_PROVIDER_SCRIPT"
+"TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN=$TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN" "TURSO_HOST=$TURSO_HOST" "PORT=3333" "INIT_URL=$BOOTSTRAP_HOST/init" ./"$BOOTSTRAP_PROVIDER_SCRIPT" &
+sleep 15
 chmod +x "./$BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT"
-"./$BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT" "$BOOTSTRAP_HOST"
+source "./$BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT" "$BOOTSTRAP_HOST"
diff --git a/sources/identity/bootstrap.sh b/sources/identity/bootstrap.sh
index cfd68452..3bed4de2 100644
--- a/sources/identity/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/sources/identity/bootstrap.sh
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ apt update
 apt install -y curl
 curl -o "$BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT" "http://$BOOTSTRAP_HOST/$BOOTSTRAP_URL_PATH/$BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT"
 chmod +x "./$BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT"
-"./$BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT"
+source "./$BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT"
diff --git a/sources/identity/go.mod b/sources/identity/go.mod
index a068378c..bbbb7444 100644
--- a/sources/identity/go.mod
+++ b/sources/identity/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/go-jose/go-jose.v2 v2.6.3
 )
 
-replace github.com/charmbracelet/charm => github.com/developing-today-forks/charm v0.12.7-0.20240310061729-3b7e199cf626
+replace github.com/charmbracelet/charm => github.com/developing-today-forks/charm v0.12.7-0.20240312075138-411f9ff4f8ac
 
 require (
 	github.com/FZambia/eagle v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/sources/identity/go.sum b/sources/identity/go.sum
index 065c8252..99bb5d44 100644
--- a/sources/identity/go.sum
+++ b/sources/identity/go.sum
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/developing-today-forks/charm v0.12.7-0.20240310061729-3b7e199cf626 h1:VGhRmEVrZAzupFbnlwBHa+JpwffnJCukj4jtojsQI94=
-github.com/developing-today-forks/charm v0.12.7-0.20240310061729-3b7e199cf626/go.mod h1:6xzxrach+U21VLDQYKlWRMq+Basc95gD4AQ8v7LLEhE=
+github.com/developing-today-forks/charm v0.12.7-0.20240312075138-411f9ff4f8ac h1:tPq59hN7UOMb0D4LKjS2ZG+OYFUvzKf/A4pxCDarZYQ=
+github.com/developing-today-forks/charm v0.12.7-0.20240312075138-411f9ff4f8ac/go.mod h1:6xzxrach+U21VLDQYKlWRMq+Basc95gD4AQ8v7LLEhE=
 github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3 v3.2103.5 h1:ylPa6qzbjYRQMU6jokoj4wzcaweHylt//CH0AKt0akg=
 github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3 v3.2103.5/go.mod h1:4MPiseMeDQ3FNCYwRbbcBOGJLf5jsE0PPFzRiKjtcdw=
 github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.1.1 h1:6CWw5tJNgpegArSHpNHJKldNeq03FQCwYvfMVWajOK8=
diff --git a/sources/identity/init.template.sh b/sources/identity/init.template.sh
index 3d4b781c..e8b89291 100644
--- a/sources/identity/init.template.sh
+++ b/sources/identity/init.template.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# must be bash because we source a bashrc file
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
   CHARM_URL="$1"
 fi
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ export CHARM_URL
 if [ -n "$2" ]; then
   CHARM_LINK_URL="$2"
 fi
-if [ -n "{{CHARM_LINK_URL}}" ] && [ "{{CHARM_LINK_URL}}" != "\{\{CHARM_LINK_URL\}\}" ]; then
+if [ -z "$CHARM_LINK_URL" ] && [ -n "{{CHARM_LINK_URL}}" ] && [ "{{CHARM_LINK_URL}}" != "\{\{CHARM_LINK_URL\}\}" ]; then
   CHARM_LINK_URL="{{CHARM_LINK_URL}}"
 fi
 if [ -z "$CHARM_LINK_URL" ] || [ "$CHARM_LINK_URL" = "\{\{CHARM_LINK_URL\}\}" ]; then
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ if [ -z "$CHARM_LINK_URL" ] || [ "$CHARM_LINK_URL" = "\{\{CHARM_LINK_URL\}\}" ];
       IP="127.0.0.1"
     fi
   fi
+  PORT=3333
   CHARM_LINK_URL="http://$IP:$PORT/link"
   echo "No charm link provided"
   echo "Using default link: $CHARM_LINK_URL"
@@ -32,9 +34,13 @@ fi
 export CHARM_LINK_URL
 /boot/dietpi/dietpi-software uninstall 103 104 # ramlog dropbear
 /boot/dietpi/dietpi-software install 188 # go (git by dependency)
-source /etc/bash.bashrc
+if [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ]; then
+  source /etc/bash.bashrc
+else
+  echo "/etc/bash.bashrc does not exist, continuing without sourcing it."
+fi
 mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
-curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
+curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | gpg --batch --yes --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
 echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_21.x nodistro main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
 apt update
 apt install -y curl nodejs npm ucspi-tcp unzip
@@ -55,15 +61,49 @@ if [ ! -d "code" ]; then
 else
   echo "code directory already exists"
 fi
-cd code/source/identity
+cd code/src/identity
 chmod +x *.ps1
 ./build-libsql.ps1
-CHARM_LINK=$(curl -sL "$CHARM_LINK_URL")
-if [ -z "$CHARM_LINK" ]; then
-  echo "Failed to obtain charm link"
-  exit 1
+"CHARM_LINK_URL=$CHARM_LINK_URL" ./provider.sh &
+get_http_status() {
+    local url=$1
+    curl -o /dev/null -s -w "%{http_code}\n" "$url"
+}
+
+start_time=$(date +%s)
+
+while : ; do
+    current_time=$(date +%s)
+    elapsed_time=$((current_time - start_time))
+
+    if [ "$elapsed_time" -ge 60 ]; then
+        echo "1 minute has elapsed, stopping."
+        break
+    fi
+
+    http_status=$(get_http_status "$CHARM_LINK_URL")
+    echo "Checking URL: $CHARM_LINK_URL - HTTP status: $http_status"
+
+    if [ "$http_status" -eq 405 ]; then
+        echo "Received 405 code, exiting."
+        break
+    fi
+
+    sleep 2
+done
+if [ "$elapsed_time" -ge 60 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to obtain charm link"
+    exit 1
+fi
+response=$(curl -sL "$CHARM_LINK_URL" --data-urlencode "keys=$(./identity charm keys --simple | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//')")
+
+if [ -n "$response" ]; then
+    CHARM_LINK=$response
+else
+    echo "Failed to obtain charm link"
+    exit 1
 fi
-./identity charm link "$CHARM_LINK"
+./identity charm link -d "$CHARM_LINK"
 ./identity charm kv sync
 ./identity charm kv get dt.identity.init > .init
 chmod +x .init
diff --git a/sources/identity/provider.sh b/sources/identity/provider.sh
index cd40b2a0..32b5e9cb 100644
--- a/sources/identity/provider.sh
+++ b/sources/identity/provider.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
   CHARM_DIR="$1"
 fi
+random() {
+  echo $(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=64 2>/dev/null | xxd -p)
+}
 if [ -z "$CHARM_DIR" ]; then
   CHARM_DIR=~$USER/code/source/identity/data/charms/$(random)
 fi
@@ -31,17 +34,19 @@ if [ -z "$TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN" ]; then
   echo "TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN not set"
   exit 1
 fi
-random() {
-  echo $(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=64 2>/dev/null | xxd -p)
-}
-IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
-if [ "$(expr substr "$IP" 1 4)" = "172." ]; then
-  IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $2}')
+if [ -n "$6" ]; then
+  CHARM_LINK_URL=$6
+fi
+if [ -z "$CHARM_LINK_URL" ]; then
+  IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
   if [ "$(expr substr "$IP" 1 4)" = "172." ]; then
-    IP="127.0.0.1"
+    IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $2}')
+    if [ "$(expr substr "$IP" 1 4)" = "172." ]; then
+      IP="127.0.0.1"
+    fi
   fi
+  CHARM_LINK_URL="http://$IP:$PORT/link"
 fi
-CHARM_LINK_URL="http://$IP:$PORT/link"
 cp -f ./init.template.sh ./provider/static/init
 sed -i "s|{{CHARM_DIR}}|$CHARM_DIR|g" ./provider/static/init
 sed -i "s|{{CHARM_LINK_URL}}|$CHARM_LINK_URL|g" ./provider/static/init
diff --git a/sources/identity/provider/pages/link.sh b/sources/identity/provider/pages/link.sh
index 95ec7b24..74cb86fc 100644
--- a/sources/identity/provider/pages/link.sh
+++ b/sources/identity/provider/pages/link.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,29 @@ random() {
   echo $(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=64 2>/dev/null | xxd -p)
 }
 for key in "${!FORM_DATA[@]}"; do
-  if [[ "$key" == "link" ]]; then
-    echo "CHARM_DIR=$CHARM_DIR/$(random)"
-    CHARM_DIR=$CHARM_DIR/$(random) ~$USER/code/source/identity/identity charm link ${FORM_DATA[$key]}
-    if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
-      respond 200 "${FORM_DATA[$key]}"
+  if [[ "$key" == "keys" ]]; then
+    CHARM_DIR=$CHARM_DIR/$(random)
+    mkdir -p "$CHARM_DIR"
+    LINK_CODE_PATH=$CHARM_DIR/.link
+    rm -rf "$LINK_CODE_PATH"
+    ./identity charm link -d -o "$LINK_CODE_PATH" -keys "${FORM_DATA[$key]}" &
+
+    max_wait=60 # seconds
+    wait_interval=1 # seconds
+    elapsed_time=0
+
+    while [[ ! -f "$LINK_CODE_PATH" && $elapsed_time -lt $max_wait ]]; do
+      sleep $wait_interval
+      ((elapsed_time+=wait_interval))
+    done
+
+    if [[ -f "$LINK_CODE_PATH" ]]; then
+      LINK_CODE=$(cat "$LINK_CODE_PATH")
+      if [[ -z "$LINK_CODE" ]]; then
+        respond 405 "Failure."
+      else
+        respond 200 "$LINK_CODE"
+      fi
     else
       respond 405 "Failure."
     fi
diff --git a/sources/identity/web/templates/main_templ.go b/sources/identity/web/templates/main_templ.go
index 199e6a4f..525f2043 100644
--- a/sources/identity/web/templates/main_templ.go
+++ b/sources/identity/web/templates/main_templ.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Code generated by templ - DO NOT EDIT.
 
-// templ: version: v0.2.543
+// templ: version: v0.2.598
 package templates
 
 //lint:file-ignore SA4006 This context is only used if a nested component is present.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func Layout(title string, metaTags, bodyContent templ.Component) templ.Component
 		var templ_7745c5c3_Var2 string
 		templ_7745c5c3_Var2, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(title)
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `web\templates\main.templ`, Line: 13, Col: 17}
+			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `web/templates/main.templ`, Line: 13, Col: 17}
 		}
 		_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var2))
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
diff --git a/sources/identity/web/templates/pages/index_templ.go b/sources/identity/web/templates/pages/index_templ.go
index dbc3cf75..3e9b8e36 100644
--- a/sources/identity/web/templates/pages/index_templ.go
+++ b/sources/identity/web/templates/pages/index_templ.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Code generated by templ - DO NOT EDIT.
 
-// templ: version: v0.2.543
+// templ: version: v0.2.598
 package pages
 
 //lint:file-ignore SA4006 This context is only used if a nested component is present.