diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index dba8bbb..63160e4 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -46,13 +46,6 @@ if [ "$DISTRO" = "debian" ]; then
 	sudo apt upgrade -yqqq
 	echo apt upgrade complete
 
-	# more cleanup
-	#sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -yqqq
-	#sudo apt-get clean -yqqq
-	#sudo apt-get autoclean -yqqq
-
-	# check for sudo install and fail if not
-
 	# install curl
 	if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' curl 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then
 		echo curl already installed
@@ -80,8 +73,6 @@ elif [ "$DISTRO" = "arch" ]; then
 	sudo pacman -Syu 1>/dev/null
 	echo pacman update complete
 
-	# todo: detect whether AUR is enabled here and fail if not. might be in /etc/pacman.conf.
-
 	# install curl
 	if [ $(sudo pacman -Qs curl >/dev/null | grep -c "local/curl" ) -eq 0 ]; then
 		echo curl already installed
@@ -166,25 +157,12 @@ if [ $(npm --v  2>/dev/null | grep -c "8\.") -eq 1 ]; then
 	NPMVERSION=`npm -v`
 	echo npm v$NPMVERSION already installed
 else
-	#curl -L https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sh # this line might not be needed
 	npm install -g npm # why doesn't the npm install script install the current version?
 fi
 
-# clone the ao-cli repository
-cd ~
-if find "ao-cli" -mindepth 1 -print -quit 2>/dev/null | grep -q .; then
-	echo ao-cli git repository already cloned
-else
-	git clone http://git.coalitionofinvisiblecolleges.org:3009/autonomousorganization/ao-cli.git
-fi
-
-# install project dependencies
-cd ~/ao-cli
+# install ao-cli official current version via npm
+npm i -g @autonomousorganization/ao-cli
 
-if [ $(npm list --depth 0 ao-cli | grep -c "@autonomousorganization/ao-cli") -eq 1 ]; then
-	echo ao-cli node module already installed
-else
-	npm install
-fi
+echo ao-cli is installed
 
-echo ao-cli is installed
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+ao-cli
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