diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl b/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
index a9dfb9d1..ba0984e9 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ cd utils
 make all
 cp copernicus clortho autocons ../opt/confluent/bin
 cd ..
-for os in rhvh4 el7 el8 suse15 ubuntu20.04; do
+for os in rhvh4 el7 genesis el8 suse15 ubuntu20.04; do
     mkdir ${os}out
     cd ${os}out
     cp -a ../opt .
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ cp -a esxi7out esxi6out
 cp -a esxi7 esxi6
 
 %install
-for os in rhvh4 el7 el8 suse15 ubuntu20.04 esxi6 esxi7; do
+for os in rhvh4 el7 el8 genesis suse15 ubuntu20.04 esxi6 esxi7; do
     mkdir -p %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy/$os/initramfs
     mkdir -p %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy/$os/profiles
     cp ${os}out/addons.* %{buildroot}/opt/confluent/lib/osdeploy/$os/initramfs
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/bin/rungenesis b/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/bin/rungenesis
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2abe094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/bin/rungenesis
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+mkdir -p /etc/confluent
+/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd --daemon
+udevadm trigger
+udevadm trigger --type=devices --action=add
+udevadm settle
+cat > /etc/ssh/sshd_config << EOF
+HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
+HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
+HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
+PermitRootLogin yes
+AuthorizedKeysFile      .ssh/authorized_keys
+EOF
+if ! grep console= /proc/cmdline >& /dev/null; then
+    autocons=$(/opt/confluent/bin/autocons)
+    echo console=$autocons |sed -e 's!/dev/!!' >> /tmp/01-autocons.conf
+    autocons=${autocons%,*}
+    echo $autocons > /tmp/01-autocons.devnode
+    if [ ! -z "$autocons" ]; then
+        echo "Using console $(cat /tmp/01-autocons.conf)"
+        tmux a <> $autocons >&0 2>&1 &
+    fi
+else
+    tmux a <> /dev/tty1 >&0 2>&1 &
+fi
+(ssh-keygen -A; /usr/sbin/sshd) &
+TRIES=0
+while ! grep ^EXTMGRINFO: /etc/confluent/confluent.info | awk -F'|' '{print $3}' | grep 1 >& /dev/null && [ "$TRIES" -lt 15 ]; do
+    TRIES=$((TRIES + 1))
+    cd /sys/class/net
+    for i in *; do
+        ip link set $i up
+    done
+    /opt/confluent/bin/copernicus -t > /etc/confluent/confuent.info
+done
+ip addr|grep inet |awk '{print $2}' | sed -e 's!/.*!!'
+nodename=$(grep ^NODENAME /etc/confluent/confluent.info|awk '{print $2}')
+hostname $nodename
+cat /tls/*.pem > /etc/confluent/ca.pem
+cat /tls/*.0 >> /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
+/usr/libexec/platform-python /opt/confluent/bin/apiclient /confluent-api/self/deploycfg > /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg
+ifidx=$(cat /tmp/confluent.ifidx)
+ifname=$(ip link |grep ^$ifidx:|awk '{print $2}')
+ifname=${ifname%:}
+if [ "$autoconfigmethod" = "dhcp" ]; then
+    echo -n "Attempting to use dhcp to bring up $ifname..."
+    dhclient $ifname
+    echo "Complete:"
+    ip addr show dev $ifname
+else
+    v4addr=$(grep ^ipv4_address: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg)
+    v4addr=${v4addr#ipv4_address: }
+    v4gw=$(grep ^ipv4_gateway: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg)
+    v4gw=${v4gw#ipv4_gateway: }
+    if [ "$v4gw" = "null" ]; then
+        v4gw=""
+    fi
+    v4nm=$(grep ^prefix: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg)
+    v4nm=${v4nm#prefix: }
+    echo "Setting up $ifname as static at $v4addr/$v4nm"
+    ip addr add dev $ifname/$v4nm
+    if [ ! -z "$v4gw" ]; then
+        ip route add default via $v4gw
+    fi
+fi
+for pubkey in /etc/ssh/ssh_host*key.pub; do
+    certfile=${pubkey/.pub/-cert.pub}
+    /usr/libexec/platform-python /opt/confluent/bin/apiclient /confluent-api/self/sshcert $pubkey > $certfile
+    echo HostCertificate $certfile >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+done
+killall sshd
+/usr/sbin/sshd
+while :; do
+    bash
+done
+
+    
+
+
+
+
+cd -
+
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-genesis.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-genesis.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b739c49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-genesis.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+root=1
+rootok=1
+netroot=genesis
+clear
+echo PS1="'"'[genesis running on \H \w]$ '"'" >> ~/.bashrc
+echo PS1="'"'[genesis running on \H \w]$ '"'" >> ~/.bash_profile
+mkdir -p /etc/ssh
+mkdir -p /var/tmp/
+mkdir -p /var/empty/sshd
+sed -i '/^root:x/d' /etc/passwd
+echo root:x:0:0::/:/bin/bash >> /etc/passwd
+echo sshd:x:30:30:SSH User:/var/empty/sshd:/sbin/nologin >> /etc/passwd
+tmux -L console new-sessiod /bin/rungenesis
diff --git a/genesis/97genesis/install-base b/genesis/97genesis/install-base
index b912a8ad..2db23b0f 100644
--- a/genesis/97genesis/install-base
+++ b/genesis/97genesis/install-base
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dracut_install chmod ifconfig whoami route head tail basename /etc/redhat-releas
 dracut_install dmidecode /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6
 dracut_install ps free find
 inst /bin/bash /bin/sh
-inst_hook cmdline 10 $moddir/cmdline.sh
+#inst_hook cmdline 10 $moddir/cmdline.sh # moved to addons.cpio
 dracut_install killall chown chroot dd expr kill parted rsync shutdown sort blockdev findfs insmod lvm pivot_root
 dracut_install /etc/udev/hwdb.bin
 dracut_install /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids
diff --git a/genesis/buildgenesis.sh b/genesis/buildgenesis.sh
index e94f0b4f..cb984db0 100644
--- a/genesis/buildgenesis.sh
+++ b/genesis/buildgenesis.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,11 @@ dracut --xz -N -m "genesis base" -f boot/initramfs/distribution $(uname -r)
 cp -f /boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r) boot/kernel
 cp /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI boot/efi/boot
 cp /boot/efi/EFI/centos/grubx64.efi boot/efi/boot/grubx64.efi
+tar cf ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/confluent-genesis.tar boot
+rpmbuild -bb confluent-genesis.spec
 rm -rf /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/97genesis
 cd -
+# getting src rpms would be nice, but centos isn't consistent..
+# skipcpio | xzcat | cpio -dumiv
+# dnf download --source $(rpm -qf $(find . -type f | sed -e 's/^.//') |sort -u|grep -v 'not owned')
+