diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index c118f488f..145e65466 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fi
 
 # checks os and architecture for correct release
 # https://stackoverflow.com/a/8597411 
-echo "Installing & building tailwind..."
+echo "Download tailwind..."
 ASSET="tailwindcss"
 
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ elif [[ "$(uname -m)" == "arm64"* ]]; then
 fi
 
 curl -sLO "https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/latest/download/${ASSET}"
+
+# Check if the download size is greater than 20MB
+if [[ $(stat -c%s "$ASSET") -lt 20000000 ]]; then
+    echo "Error: Downloaded file size is less than 20MB, download not ok."
+    echo "Download url was:$ASSET" 
+    rm "$ASSET"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 chmod +x $ASSET
 mv $ASSET tailwindcss
 
@@ -45,4 +54,4 @@ rm -rf public static/css
 ./tailwindcss -i css/index.css -o ./static/css/index.css --minify
 zola --root $ABS_DIR_OF_SCRIPT build
 
-
+open public/index.html
diff --git a/env.sh b/env.sh
index 11f292b71..770564b1a 100644
--- a/env.sh
+++ b/env.sh
@@ -1 +1,136 @@
 export NAME='threefoldio'
+
+SOURCE=${BASH_SOURCE[0]}
+DIR_OF_THIS_SCRIPT="$( dirname "$SOURCE" )"
+export BASE="$( realpath "$DIR_OF_THIS_SCRIPT" )"
+
+mkdir -p $HOME/hero/bin
+
+get_file_size() {
+    if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+        stat -c%s "$1"
+    elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+        stat -f%z "$1"
+    else
+        echo "Unsupported operating system."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+
+# Add ~/hero/bin to PATH
+export PATH="$HOME/hero/bin:$PATH"
+
+
+# Check if tailwindcss exists in ~/hero/bin
+if [[ ! -f "$HOME/hero/bin/tailwindcss" ]]; then
+    echo "tailwindcss not found in ~/hero/bin. Downloading..."
+    
+    ASSET="tailwindcss"
+
+    if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+        ASSET="$ASSET-linux"
+    elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+        ASSET="$ASSET-macos"
+    fi
+    if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "x86_64"* ]]; then
+        ASSET="$ASSET-x64"
+    elif [[ "$(uname -m)" == "arm64"* ]]; then
+        ASSET="$ASSET-arm64"
+    fi
+
+    pushd /tmp
+    rm -f $ASSET
+    rm -f tailwindcss
+    curl -sLO "https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/latest/download/${ASSET}"
+
+    FILE_SIZE=$(get_file_size "$ASSET")
+    if [[ $FILE_SIZE -lt 20000000 ]]; then
+        echo "Error: Downloaded file size is less than 20MB, download not ok."
+        echo "Download URL was: $ASSET"
+        rm "$ASSET"
+        exit 1
+    fi    
+
+    chmod +x $ASSET
+    rm -rf "$HOME/hero/bin/tailwindcss"
+    mv $ASSET "$HOME/hero/bin/tailwindcss"
+
+    popd
+fi
+
+check_zola() {
+    if command -v zola &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "Zola is already installed."
+        return 0
+    else
+        echo "Zola is not installed. Proceeding with installation."
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# Function to install Zola on Ubuntu
+install_zola_ubuntu() {
+    echo "Installing Zola on Ubuntu..."
+    sudo apt update
+    sudo apt install curl -y
+    ZOLA_DEB=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/getzola/zola/releases/latest | grep "browser_download_url.*_amd64.deb" | cut -d '"' -f 4)
+    curl -LO $ZOLA_DEB
+    sudo dpkg -i $(basename $ZOLA_DEB)
+}
+
+# Function to install Zola on Arch Linux
+install_zola_arch() {
+    echo "Installing Zola on Arch Linux..."
+    sudo pacman -Sy zola
+}
+
+# Function to install Zola on macOS
+install_zola_macos() {
+    echo "Installing Zola on macOS..."
+    if command -v brew &> /dev/null; then
+        brew install zola
+    else
+        echo "Homebrew is not installed. Please install Homebrew first."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+if ! check_zola; then
+    # Detect OS and install Zola
+    if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+        if command -v apt &> /dev/null; then
+            install_zola_ubuntu
+        elif command -v pacman &> /dev/null; then
+            install_zola_arch
+        else
+            echo "Unsupported Linux distribution."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+        install_zola_macos
+    else
+        echo "Unsupported operating system."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Kill any running zola process
+if pgrep zola > /dev/null; then
+    echo "Stopping running zola process..."
+    pkill zola
+fi
+
+# Initialize and configure tailwind if not configured
+echo "Initializing tailwind..."
+if [[ ! -f "tailwind.config.js" ]]; then
+    ~/hero/bin/tailwindcss init
+    sed -i '' "s|  content: \\[\\],|  content: \\['./templates/**/*.html'\\],|g" tailwind.config.js
+fi
+
+# Compile tailwindcss for prod & build project
+echo "Compiling tailwindcss and building zola project..."
+rm -rf public static/css
+tailwindcss -i css/index.css -o ./static/css/index.css --minify
+
+
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index ac927fddf..000503f1d 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,25 +1,10 @@
-# builds if executable isn't foound
-if [[ ! -f "tailwindcss" ]]
-then
-    sh build.sh
-fi
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
 
-# initialized and configures tailwind if not configured
-if [[ ! -f "tailwind.config.js" ]]
-then
-    ./tailwindcss init
-    sed -i '' "s|  content: \\[\\],|  content: \\['./templates/**/*.html'\\],|g" tailwind.config.js
-fi
+export BASE="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+cd "${BASE}"
 
-# compiles tailwind css & launches locally
-rm -rf public static/css
-./tailwindcss -i css/index.css -o ./static/css/index.css --watch & zola serve &
 
-# compiles tailwind css for prod & builds project
-./tailwindcss -i css/index.css -o ./static/css/index.css --minify
-zola build
-
-# kills zola and tw bg processes on interrupt
-trap 'kill $(jobs -p); exit 1' INT
-wait
+source env.sh
 
+zola serve
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