diff --git a/deployment/deployment_defaults.sh b/deployment/deployment_defaults.sh
index b72147a..4cf6e3b 100755
--- a/deployment/deployment_defaults.sh
+++ b/deployment/deployment_defaults.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export INCUS_CONFIG_PATH="$SS_ROOT_PATH/incus"
 export SS_CACHE_PATH="$SS_ROOT_PATH/cache"
 
 
+
 export REMOTE_HOME="/home/ubuntu"
 export REMOTE_DATA_PATH="$REMOTE_HOME/ss-data"
 export REMOTE_DATA_PATH_LETSENCRYPT="$REMOTE_DATA_PATH/letsencrypt"
diff --git a/deployment/down.sh b/deployment/down.sh
index c7b2a67..a891e62 100755
--- a/deployment/down.sh
+++ b/deployment/down.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if incus remote get-default -q | grep -q "local"; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-KEEP_DOCKER_VOLUME=true
+KEEP_ZFS_STORAGE_VOLUMES=true
 OTHER_SITES_LIST=
 SKIP_BTCPAY_SERVER=false
 SKIP_WWW_SERVER=false
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ LNPLAY_SERVER_MAC_ADDRESS=
 for i in "$@"; do
     case $i in
         --purge)
-            KEEP_DOCKER_VOLUME=false
+            KEEP_ZFS_STORAGE_VOLUMES=false
             shift
         ;;
         --skip-btcpayserver)
@@ -62,13 +62,16 @@ source ./project/domain_env.sh
 
 source ./domain_list.sh
 
+
+
+
 SERVERS=
-if [ "$SKIP_BTCPAY_SERVER" = false ] && [ -n "$WWW_SERVER_MAC_ADDRESS" ]; then
-    SERVERS="btcpayserver"
+if [ "$SKIP_WWW_SERVER" = false ] && [ -n "$WWW_SERVER_MAC_ADDRESS" ]; then
+    SERVERS="www $SERVERS"
 fi
 
-if [ "$SKIP_WWW_SERVER" = false ] && [ -n "$BTCPAY_SERVER_MAC_ADDRESS" ]; then
-    SERVERS="www $SERVERS"
+if [ "$SKIP_BTCPAY_SERVER" = false ] && [ -n "$BTCPAY_SERVER_MAC_ADDRESS" ]; then
+    SERVERS="btcpayserver"
 fi
 
 if [ "$SKIP_LNPLAY_SERVER" = false ] && [ -n "$LNPLAY_SERVER_MAC_ADDRESS" ]; then
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ if [ "$SKIP_LNPLAY_SERVER" = false ] && [ -n "$LNPLAY_SERVER_MAC_ADDRESS" ]; the
 fi
 
 
+
 for VIRTUAL_MACHINE in $SERVERS; do
 
     INCUS_VM_NAME="$VIRTUAL_MACHINE-${PRIMARY_DOMAIN//./-}"
@@ -95,8 +99,7 @@ for VIRTUAL_MACHINE in $SERVERS; do
         incus profile delete "$INCUS_VM_NAME"
     fi
 
-    if [ "$KEEP_DOCKER_VOLUME" = false ]; then
-
+    if [ "$KEEP_ZFS_STORAGE_VOLUMES" = false ]; then
         # d for docker; b for backup; s for ss-data
         for DATA in docker backup ss-data; do
             VOLUME_NAME="$VIRTUAL_MACHINE-$DATA"
@@ -109,10 +112,6 @@ for VIRTUAL_MACHINE in $SERVERS; do
                 fi
             fi
         done
-    else
-        # we maintain the volumes
-        # TODO make a snapshot on all the zfs storage volumes.
-        echo "TODO: create snapshot of ZFS volumes and pull them to mgmt machine."
     fi
 done
 
diff --git a/deployment/remote.sh b/deployment/remote.sh
index 603641c..a81cfde 100755
--- a/deployment/remote.sh
+++ b/deployment/remote.sh
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ profiles:
   name: default
 EOF
 
+ssh ubuntu@"$FQDN" incus project list -q >> /dev/null
+
 # ensure the incus service is available over the network, then add a incus remote, then switch the active remote to it.
 if wait-for-it -t 20 "$FQDN:8443"; then
     # before we add the remote, we need a trust token from the incus server
@@ -234,8 +236,4 @@ if ! incus storage list --format csv | grep -q ss-base; then
     #     done
     # done
 
-else
-    echo "WARNING! The host '$FQDN' appears to have Sovereign Stack worksloads already provisioned."
-    echo "INFO: Here are your current Deployments."
-    incus project list -q
 fi