diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb3dc13..3c841b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ main
 *.iso
 nimd
 main
-boot.sh
 rootfs
 packervm
 test
@@ -14,7 +13,5 @@ initrd*
 vmlinuz-linux
 vmlinuz*
 debian*
-start.sh
-rebuild.sh
 vm.qcow2
 *.tar.*
diff --git a/scripts/boot.sh b/scripts/boot.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6c9064c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/boot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+trap cleanup SIGINT SIGTERM ERR EXIT
+
+script_dir=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd -P)
+
+usage() {
+  cat << EOF 
+Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h] [-v] [-m] [-b] -k kernel -i initrd -r rootfs
+
+Alpinemini vm
+
+Available options:
+
+-h, --help      Print this help and exit
+-v, --verbose   Print script debug info
+-k, --kernel 	Specify kernel file
+-i, --initrd 	Specify initrd file
+-m, --memory    Set maximum vm memory
+-b, --build 	Build a new disk (and then boot)
+EOF
+  exit
+}
+
+cleanup() {
+  trap - SIGINT SIGTERM ERR EXIT
+}
+
+setup_colors() {
+  if [[ -t 2 ]] && [[ -z "${NO_COLOR-}" ]] && [[ "${TERM-}" != "dumb" ]]; then
+    NOFORMAT='\033[0m' RED='\033[0;31m' GREEN='\033[0;32m' ORANGE='\033[0;33m' BLUE='\033[0;34m' PURPLE='\033[0;35m' CYAN='\033[0;36m' YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+  else
+    NOFORMAT='' RED='' GREEN='' ORANGE='' BLUE='' PURPLE='' CYAN='' YELLOW=''
+  fi
+}
+
+msg() {
+  echo >&2 -e "${1-}"
+}
+
+die() {
+  local msg=$1
+  local code=${2-1}
+  msg "$msg"
+  exit "$code"
+}
+
+parse_params() {
+  build=0
+  rootfs=''
+  kernel=''
+  initrd=''
+  memory=''
+
+  while :; do
+    case "${1-}" in
+    -h | --help) usage ;;
+    -v | --verbose) set -x ;;
+    --no-color) NO_COLOR=1 ;;
+    -b | --build) build=1 ;; # build disk
+    -k | --kernel) # kernel file
+      kernel="${2-}"
+      shift
+      ;;
+    -i | --initrd) # initrd file
+      initrd="${2-}"
+      shift
+      ;;
+    -m | --memory) # max memory
+      memory="${2-}"
+      shift
+      ;;
+    -?*) die "Unknown option: $1" ;;
+    *) break ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+  done
+
+  args=("$@")
+
+  # check required params and arguments
+  [[ -z "${kernel-}" ]] && die "${RED}Missing required parameter:${NOFORMAT} kernel"
+  [[ -z "${initrd-}" ]] && die "${RED}Missing required parameter:${NOFORMAT} initrd"
+
+  return 0
+}
+setup_colors
+parse_params "$@"
+
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v qemu-system-x86_64)" ]; then
+  echo '${RED}Error:${NOFORMAT} unable to find qemu-system-x86_64, please install it first.' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v qemu-img)" ]; then
+  echo '${RED}Error:${NOFORMAT} unable to find qemu-img, please install it first.' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+
+if [[ $build -eq 1 ]]
+then
+ msg "${CYAN}Building disk... Please wait${NOFORMAT}"
+ qemu-img create -f qcow2 vm.qcow2 800M
+ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256M -smp 1 -drive file=packervm/packer.qcow2,if=virtio,readonly=on -drive file=vm.qcow2,if=virtio -enable-kvm -fsdev local,id=rootfs_dev,path=rootfs,security_model=none -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=rootfs_dev,mount_tag=rootfs -display none
+fi
+
+qemumem=''
+if ! [[ $memory -eq "" ]]
+ then
+   qemumem="-m ${memory}"
+fi
+
+qemu-system-x86_64 -net nic,model=virtio,netdev=user.0 -netdev user,id=user.0 -drive file=vm.qcow2,if=virtio -enable-kvm -kernel ${kernel} -initrd ${initrd} ${qemumem}  -append 'root=/dev/vda1 rw quiet modules=ext4 console=ttyS0,9600 console=ttyS0 init=/bin/nimd'
diff --git a/scripts/rebuild.sh b/scripts/rebuild.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..61b6012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rebuild.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+nim -o:rootfs/bin/nimd -d:release --gc:orc --opt:size --passL:"-static" compile src/main.nim
+nim -o:rootfs/bin/nimdown -d:release --gc:orc --opt:size --passL:"-static" compile src/programs/poweroff.nim
+nim -o:rootfs/bin/nimhalt -d:release --gc:orc --opt:size --passL:"-static" compile src/programs/halt.nim
+nim -o:rootfs/bin/nimreboot -d:release --gc:orc --opt:size --passL:"-static" compile src/programs/reboot.nim
+mkdir -p rootfs/etc/nimd
+cp nimd.conf rootfs/etc/nimd/nimd.conf
+./boot.sh --kernel vmlinuz-linux --initrd initrd-linux.img --memory 1G --build
diff --git a/scripts/start.sh b/scripts/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5372785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./boot.sh --kernel vmlinuz-linux --initrd initrd-linux.img --memory 1G