diff --git a/deployment/deploy_vm.sh b/deployment/deploy_vm.sh
index daf33aa..c69d2c4 100755
--- a/deployment/deploy_vm.sh
+++ b/deployment/deploy_vm.sh
@@ -53,31 +53,35 @@ if ! incus list --format csv | grep -q "$INCUS_VM_NAME"; then
         SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB="$BTCPAYSERVER_SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB"
         DOCKER_DISK_SIZE_GB="$BTCPAYSERVER_DOCKER_DISK_SIZE_GB"
     fi
-    
-    DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME="$VIRTUAL_MACHINE-docker"
-    if ! incus storage volume list ss-base | grep -q "$DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME"; then
-        incus storage volume create ss-base "$DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME" --type=block
+
+    SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME=
+    BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME=
+    if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" != lnplayserver ]; then
+        DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME="$VIRTUAL_MACHINE-docker"
+        if ! incus storage volume list ss-base | grep -q "$DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME"; then
+            incus storage volume create ss-base "$DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME" --type=block
+        fi
+
+        # TODO ensure we are only GROWING the volume--never shrinking
+        incus storage volume set ss-base "$DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME" size="${DOCKER_DISK_SIZE_GB}GB"
+
+        SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME="$VIRTUAL_MACHINE-ss-data"
+        if ! incus storage volume list ss-base | grep -q "$SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME"; then
+            incus storage volume create ss-base "$SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME" --type=filesystem
+        fi
+
+        # TODO ensure we are only GROWING the volume--never shrinking per zfs volume docs.
+        incus storage volume set ss-base "$SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME" size="${SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB}GB"
+
+        BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME="$VIRTUAL_MACHINE-backup"
+        if ! incus storage volume list ss-base | grep -q "$BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME"; then
+            incus storage volume create ss-base "$BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME" --type=filesystem
+        fi
+
+        incus storage volume set ss-base "$BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME" size="${BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB}GB"
+
     fi
 
-    # TODO ensure we are only GROWING the volume--never shrinking
-    incus storage volume set ss-base "$DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME" size="${DOCKER_DISK_SIZE_GB}GB"
-
-    SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME="$VIRTUAL_MACHINE-ss-data"
-    if ! incus storage volume list ss-base | grep -q "$SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME"; then
-        incus storage volume create ss-base "$SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME" --type=filesystem
-    fi
-
-    # TODO ensure we are only GROWING the volume--never shrinking per zfs volume docs.
-    incus storage volume set ss-base "$SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME" size="${SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB}GB"
-
-
-    BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME="$VIRTUAL_MACHINE-backup"
-    if ! incus storage volume list ss-base | grep -q "$BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME"; then
-        incus storage volume create ss-base "$BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME" --type=filesystem
-    fi
-
-    incus storage volume set ss-base "$BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME" size="${BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB}GB"
-
 
     bash -c "./stub_profile.sh --vm=$VIRTUAL_MACHINE --incus-hostname=$INCUS_VM_NAME --ss-volume-name=$SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME --backup-volume-name=$BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME"
 
@@ -89,8 +93,10 @@ if ! incus list --format csv | grep -q "$INCUS_VM_NAME"; then
     # and so we can set DNS internally.
     incus config set "$INCUS_VM_NAME" "volatile.enp5s0.hwaddr=$MAC_ADDRESS_TO_PROVISION"
 
-    # attack the docker block device.
-    incus storage volume attach ss-base "$DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME" "$INCUS_VM_NAME"
+    if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" != lnplayserver ]; then
+        # attack the docker block device.
+        incus storage volume attach ss-base "$DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME" "$INCUS_VM_NAME"
+    fi
 
     # if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = btcpayserver ]; then
     #     # attach any volumes
@@ -110,7 +116,9 @@ if ! incus list --format csv | grep -q "$INCUS_VM_NAME"; then
     # scan the remote machine and install it's identity in our SSH known_hosts file.
     ssh-keyscan -H "$FQDN" >> "$SSH_HOME/known_hosts"
 
-    ssh "$FQDN" "sudo chown ubuntu:ubuntu $REMOTE_DATA_PATH"
-    ssh "$FQDN" "sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu $REMOTE_BACKUP_PATH"
+    if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" != lnplayserver ]; then
+        ssh "$FQDN" "sudo chown ubuntu:ubuntu $REMOTE_DATA_PATH"
+        ssh "$FQDN" "sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu $REMOTE_BACKUP_PATH"
+    fi
 
 fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/deployment_defaults.sh b/deployment/deployment_defaults.sh
index 30f6975..b72147a 100755
--- a/deployment/deployment_defaults.sh
+++ b/deployment/deployment_defaults.sh
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ export BTCPAYSERVER_SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB=20
 export BTCPAYSERVER_BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB=20
 export BTCPAYSERVER_DOCKER_DISK_SIZE_GB=30
 
-export LNPLAY_SERVER_SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB=20
-export LNPLAY_SERVER_BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB=20
-export LNPLAY_SSERVER_DOCKER_DISK_SIZE_GB=100
-
 export WWW_HOSTNAME="www"
 export BTCPAY_SERVER_HOSTNAME="btcpayserver"
 export LNPLAY_SERVER_HOSTNAME="lnplayserver"
@@ -46,7 +42,6 @@ export NOSTR_HOSTNAME="relay"
 
 export REGISTRY_URL="https://index.docker.io/v1"
 
-
 export BTCPAY_SERVER_CPU_COUNT="4"
 export BTCPAY_SERVER_MEMORY_MB="4096"
 export WWW_SERVER_CPU_COUNT="4"
@@ -54,4 +49,3 @@ export WWW_SERVER_MEMORY_MB="4096"
 export LNPLAY_SERVER_CPU_COUNT="4"
 export LNPLAY_SERVER_MEMORY_MB="4096"
 export DOCKER_IMAGE_CACHE_FQDN="registry-1.docker.io"
-
diff --git a/deployment/stub_profile.sh b/deployment/stub_profile.sh
index c08290f..1804567 100755
--- a/deployment/stub_profile.sh
+++ b/deployment/stub_profile.sh
@@ -182,8 +182,13 @@ if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" != base ]; then
     preserve_hostname: true
     fqdn: ${FQDN}
 
-    resize_rootfs: false
+EOF
+fi
 
+if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = www ] || [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = btcpayserver ]; then
+    # all other machines that are not the base image
+    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
+    resize_rootfs: false
     disk_setup:
       /dev/sdb:
         table_type: 'gpt'
@@ -238,21 +243,40 @@ if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = www ]; then
 EOF
 fi
 
-
 # All profiles get a root disk and cloud-init config.
 cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
 description: Default incus profile for ${FILENAME}
 devices:
+
+EOF
+
+if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = lnplayserver ]; then
+    # All profiles get a root disk and cloud-init config.
+    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
   root:
     path: /
     pool: ss-base
     type: disk
+    size: 20GiB
+EOF
+else
+    # All profiles get a root disk and cloud-init config.
+    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
+  root:
+    path: /
+    pool: ss-base
+    type: disk
+EOF
+
+fi
+
+cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
   config:
     source: cloud-init:config
     type: disk
 EOF
 
-if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" != base ]; then
+if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = www ] || [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = btcpayserver ]; then
     cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
   ss-data:
     path: ${REMOTE_DATA_PATH}
@@ -278,7 +302,8 @@ name: ${FILENAME}
 EOF
 
 else
-# If we are deploying a VM that attaches to the network underlay.
+
+    # all other vms attach to the network underlay
     cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
   enp5s0:
     nictype: macvlan
@@ -316,4 +341,3 @@ else
     # configure the profile with our generated cloud-init.yml file.
     incus profile edit "$INCUS_HOSTNAME" < "$YAML_PATH"
 fi
-
diff --git a/deployment/up.sh b/deployment/up.sh
index d3c7db2..d1e5b8e 100755
--- a/deployment/up.sh
+++ b/deployment/up.sh
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ EOL
 PROJECT_NAME="$(incus info | grep "project:" | awk '{print $2}')"
 export PROJECT_NAME="$PROJECT_NAME"
 export PROJECT_PATH="$PROJECTS_PATH/$PROJECT_NAME"
-export SKIP_BTCPAYSERVER="$SKIP_BTCPAYSERVER"
-export SKIP_WWW="$SKIP_WWW"
+export SKIP_BTCPAY_SERVER="$SKIP_BTCPAY_SERVER"
+export SKIP_WWW_SERVER="$SKIP_WWW_SERVER"
 export SKIP_LNPLAY_SERVER="$SKIP_LNPLAY_SERVER"
 
 
@@ -439,6 +439,19 @@ CHANNEL_SETUP=none
 LNPLAY_SERVER_PATH=${SITES_PATH}/${PRIMARY_DOMAIN}/lnplayserver
 EOL
 
+        INCUS_VM_NAME="${LNPLAY_SERVER_FQDN//./-}"
+        if ! incus image list -q --format csv | grep -q "$INCUS_VM_NAME"; then
+            # do all the docker image creation steps, but don't run services.
+            bash -c "./project/lnplay/up.sh -y --no-services"
+
+            # stop the instance so we can get an image yo
+            incus stop "$INCUS_VM_NAME"
+
+            # create the incus image.
+            incus publish -q --public "$INCUS_VM_NAME" --alias="$INCUS_VM_NAME" --compression none
+        fi
+        
+        # bring up lnplay services.
         bash -c "./project/lnplay/up.sh -y"
     fi
 fi