diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index c850ba8..8ea6494 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -3,38 +3,46 @@
 set -ex
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
-cat ./certs/docker.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
-echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+# let's check to ensure the management machine is on the Baseline ubuntu 21.04
+if ! lsb_release -d | grep -q "Ubuntu 22.04 LTS"; then
+    echo "ERROR: Your machine is not running the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS baseline OS on your management machine."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg ]; then
+    cat ./certs/docker.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
+    echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+fi
 
 sudo apt-get update
 
-sudo apt-get install -y wait-for-it dnsutils rsync sshfs \
-                        apt-transport-https ca-certificates \
-                        curl gnupg lsb-release docker-ce-cli \
-                        docker-ce python3-pip libusb-1.0-0-dev \
-                        pinentry-curses containerd.io docker-compose-plugin \
+sudo apt-get install -y wait-for-it dnsutils rsync sshfs curl gnupg \
+                        apt-transport-https ca-certificates lsb-release \
+                        docker-ce-cli docker-ce containerd.io docker-compose-plugin \
+                        python3-pip python3-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libudev-dev pinentry-curses \
                         libcanberra-gtk-module
-#libudev-dev
 
-# install lxd as a snap if it's not installed. We only really use the LXC part of this package.
+# for trezor installation
+pip3 install setuptools wheel
+pip3 install trezor_agent
+
+if [ ! -f /etc/udev/rules.d/51-trezor.rules ]; then
+    sudo cp ./51-trezor.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/51-trezor.rules
+fi
+
+# install lxd as a snap if it's not installed. We only really use the client part of this package
+# on the management machine.
 if ! snap list | grep -q lxd; then
     sudo snap install lxd
 fi
 
-# let's ensure docker-machine is available. This is only temporary though.
-curl -L "https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.16.2/docker-machine-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" >/tmp/docker-machine &&
-    chmod +x /tmp/docker-machine &&
-    sudo cp /tmp/docker-machine /usr/local/bin/docker-machine
-
-
-# base="https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.16.2"
-# curl -s -L "$base/docker-machine-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" >/tmp/docker-machine
-# sudo mv /tmp/docker-machine /usr/local/bin/docker-machine
-# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-machine
-
-pip3 install trezor_agent
-
-sudo cp ./51-trezor.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/51-trezor.rules
+# TODO WORK ON GETTING RID OF THIS DEPENDENCY
+if [ ! -f /usr/local/bin/docker-machine ]; then
+    # let's ensure docker-machine is available. This is only temporary though.
+    curl -L "https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.16.2/docker-machine-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" >/tmp/docker-machine &&
+        chmod +x /tmp/docker-machine &&
+        sudo cp /tmp/docker-machine /usr/local/bin/docker-machine
+fi
 
 # if there's a ./env file here, let's execute it. Admins can put various deployment-specific things there.
 if [ ! -f "$(pwd)/env" ]; then
@@ -47,9 +55,25 @@ fi
 
 
 # make ss-deploy available to the user
+if ! groups | grep -q docker; then
+    sudo groupadd docker
+fi
 
-sudo groupadd docker
 sudo usermod -aG docker "$USER"
 
-# TODO CHECK IF EXISTS
-echo "alias ss-deploy='/home/$USER/sovereign-stack/deploy.sh \$@'" >> "$HOME/.bashrc"
+# make the Sovereign Stack commands available to the user.
+# we use ~/.bashrc
+ADDED_COMMAND=false
+if ! cat "$HOME/.bashrc" | grep -q "ss-deploy"; then
+    echo "alias ss-deploy='/home/$USER/sovereign-stack/deploy.sh \$@'" >> "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    ADDED_COMMAND=true
+fi
+
+if ! cat "$HOME/.bashrc" | grep -q "ss-cluster"; then
+    echo "alias ss-cluster='/home/$USER/sovereign-stack/cluster.sh \$@'" >> "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    ADDED_COMMAND=true
+fi
+
+if [ "$ADDED_COMMAND" = true ]; then
+    echo "WARNING! You need to run 'source ~/.bashrc' before continuing."
+fi
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