diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
index 0dd93153..621d2817 100755
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ b/bin/build.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,5 @@ MNML_PATH=$(realpath "$DIR/../")
 VERSION=$(<"$MNML_PATH/VERSION")
 
 make server
-cp -R "$MNML_PATH/server/target/release" "/usr/local/mnml/build/server/$VERSION"
-
 make client
-cp -R "$MNML_PATH/client/dist" "/usr/local/mnml/build/client/$VERSION"
 
diff --git a/bin/deploy.sh b/bin/deploy.sh
index 15d8a8fa..9ae5875d 100755
--- a/bin/deploy.sh
+++ b/bin/deploy.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,24 @@ DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
 MNML_PATH=$(realpath "$DIR/../")
 VERSION=$(<"$MNML_PATH/VERSION")
 
-echo "syncing /usr/local/mnml/build/server/$VERSION"
-rsync -a --delete --delete-excluded "/usr/local/mnml/build/server/$VERSION" mnml:"/usr/local/mnml/build/server/"
+SERVER_BIN_DIR="/usr/local/mnml/bin"
+CLIENT_DIST_DIR="/var/lib/mnml/client"
+CLIENT_PUBLIC_DIR="/var/lib/mnml/public/current"
 
-echo "syncing /usr/local/mnml/build/client/$VERSION"
-rsync -a --delete --delete-excluded "/usr/local/mnml/build/client/$VERSION" mnml:"/usr/local/mnml/build/client/"
+# server updates
+echo "syncing server $VERSION "
+rsync -a --delete --delete-excluded "$MNML_PATH/server/target/release/mnml" mnml:"$SERVER_BIN_DIR/$VERSION"
+ssh -q mnml ln -nfs "$SERVER_BIN_DIR/$VERSION" "$SERVER_BIN_DIR/mnml"
+ssh -q mnml ls -lah "$SERVER_BIN_DIR"
+
+# client updates
+echo "syncing client $VERSION"
+rsync -a --delete --delete-excluded "$MNML_PATH/client/dist" mnml:"$CLIENT_DIST_DIR/$VERSION"
+ssh -q mnml ln -nfs "$CLIENT_DIST_DIR/$VERSION" "$CLIENT_PUBLIC_DIR"
+ssh -q mnml ls -lah "/var/lib/mnml/public"
+
+echo "restarting mnml service"
+ssh -q -t mnml sudo service mnml restart && sleep 1 && systemctl --no-pager status mnml
+
+echo "restarting nginx service"
+ssh -q -t mnml sudo service nginx restart && sleep 1 && systemctl --no-pager status nginx
diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/mnml.service b/etc/systemd/system/mnml.service
index 1b60ed47..fd859f8d 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/system/mnml.service
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/mnml.service
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ ExecStart=/usr/local/mnml/bin/mnml
 KillMode=process
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartPreventExitStatus=255
-Type=notify
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index ef32077c..17bd6446 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ name = "mnml"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["ntr <ntr@smokestack.io>"]
 
+# makes sure to include openssl links in runtime path
+# [profile.release]
+# rpath = true
+
+# [profile.dev]
+# rpath = true
+
 [dependencies]
 rand = "0.6"
 uuid = { version = "0.5", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
@@ -37,4 +44,5 @@ crossbeam-channel = "0.3"
 stripe-rust = { version = "0.10.4", features = ["webhooks"] }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
-# stripe-rust = { git = "https://github.com/margh/stripe-rs.git" }
\ No newline at end of file
+# stripe-rust = { git = "https://github.com/margh/stripe-rs.git" }
+