diff --git a/bin/server.sh b/bin/server.sh
index 9dc1e06f..6a015ac7 100755
--- a/bin/server.sh
+++ b/bin/server.sh
@@ -4,71 +4,10 @@
 DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
 MNML_PATH=$(realpath "$DIR/../")
 
-MNML_CONF="/etc/mnml/mnml.conf"
+cd $MNML_PATH/server
+echo "building /usr/local/mnml/bin/$VERSION"
+cargo build --release
+cp -r target/release/mnml /usr/local/mnml/bin/$VERSION
 
-if [ ! -f $MNML_CONF ]; then
-    echo "-----------------------------------------------"
-    echo "creating an env file in $MNML_CONF"
-    echo "-----------------------------------------------"
-
-    sudo mkdir -p /etc/mnml/
-    sudo chown mnml:
-    echo "export MNML_USER=mnml" >> $MNML_CONF
-    echo "export MNML_PG_PASSWORD=\"$(openssl rand -hex 16)\"" >> $MNML_CONF
-    echo "export MNML_PG_HOST=\"localhost\"" >> $MNML_CONF
-fi
-
-source $MNML_CONF
-
-sudo adduser $MNML_USER
-
-# DIRECTORY SETUP
-
-#       /var/lib/mnml
-# contains img data, client builds
-sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/mnml
-mkdir -p /var/lib/mnml/public/imgs
-mkdir -p /var/lib/mnml/data
-sudo chown -R $MNML_USER: /var/lib/mnml
-
-#       /var/log/mnml
-sudo mkdir -p /var/log/mnml
-sudo chown -R $MNML_USER: /var/log/mnml
-
-#       /usr/local/mnml
-sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/mnml
-sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/mnml
-sudo chown -R $MNML_USER: /usr/local/mnml
-
-# SERVICES
-sudo cp $MNML_PATH/etc/systemd/system/mnml.service /etc/systemd/system
-
-# POSTGRES SETUP
-sudo -u postgres createdb mnml
-sudo -u postgres createuser --encrypted mnml
-
-echo "DATABASE_URL=postgres://mnml:$MNML_PG_PASSWORD@$MNML_PG_HOST/mnml" > $MNML_PATH/server/.env
-
-sudo -u postgres psql -c "alter user mnml with encrypted password '$MNML_PG_PASSWORD';"
-
-cd $MNML_PATH/ops && npm run migrate
-
-# RUST SETUP
-# cargo build
-# cp -r $MNML_PATH/server/target/release /opt/mnml/bin
-
-# NGINX
-if [ ! -f $MNML_PATH/etc/nginx/sites-available/mnml.gg.nginx.conf ]; then
-    echo "-----------------------------------------------"
-    echo "using development nginx config"
-    echo "$MNML_PATH/etc/nginx/sites-available/mnml.gg.nginx.conf"
-    echo "-----------------------------------------------"
-
-    cp $MNML_PATH/etc/nginx/sites-available/mnml.gg.DEV.nginx.conf $MNML_PATH/etc/nginx/sites-available/mnml.gg.nginx.conf
-fi
-
-sudo cp $MNML_PATH/etc/nginx/sites-available/mnml.gg.nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available
-sudo ln -nfs /etc/nginx/sites-available/mnml.gg.nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/mnml.gg.nginx.conf
-# cd $MNML_PATH/client && npm run build
-
-sudo service nginx restart
+echo "linking current version"
+ln -nfs "/usr/local/mnml/bin/$VERSION" /usr/local/mnml/bin/mnml