diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2b88960..3cf5df7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ imbuement:
 	@scripts/write-image.sh
 
 preparations:
-	@echo "soon!"
+	@chmod +x scripts/prep-rpi-usb.sh
+	@scripts/prep-rpi-usb.sh
 		
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ce7209..d1cfeb9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ A collection of scripts for working with bare metal.
 `make it-pretty` is meant to be run on a freshly installed operating system.
 It installs some utilities that I rely on for maximum developmental efficiency and generally makes the terminal nicer to look at.
 
-`make acquisition` runs a script that downloads an image and confirms it with a sha256 sum.
+`make acquisition` runs a script that downloads a file (in this case, an RPI image) and confirms it with a sha256 sum.
 
-`make imbuement` Looks for available USBs attached to the device and writes an image to it.
+`make imbuement` looks for available USBs attached to the device and writes an image to it.
+
+`make preparations` configures some basic settings for use on a fresh RPi installation (SSH, hostname)
diff --git a/scripts/prep-rpi-usb.sh b/scripts/prep-rpi-usb.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dd78241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prep-rpi-usb.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Prepares the boot and file system sectors of a Raspberry Pi for on-network use
+# Zen, 2022
+
+# Font decoration for better a e s t h e t i c
+RED="\e[0;91m"
+GREEN="\e[0;92m"
+BLUE="\e[0;94m"
+BOLD="\e[1m"
+ULINE="\e[4m"
+NC="\e[0m"
+
+# ------------------- Step 1 - Select USB -------------------
+
+echo "Looking for USB devices..."
+echo ""
+echo -e "${ULINE}Found these!${NC}"
+lsblk -pdo NAME,MODEL,TRAN | grep usb > usb-list
+i=1
+while read -u 11 line; do
+    echo -e "${BOLD}$i.${NC} $line"
+    i=$((i+1))
+done 11<usb-list
+echo ""
+
+read -p "Which one is your Raspberry Pi USB? type a number, or 'c' to cancel: " -n1 usb
+echo ""
+echo ""
+case $usb in
+    c)
+        exit
+        ;;
+    [1-9])
+        target=$(sed "${usb}q;d" usb-list | awk '{print $1}')
+        echo -e "Targeting ${GREEN}$target${NC} for configuration."
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "lol what the heck does $usb mean"
+        exit
+        ;;
+esac
+rm usb-list
+echo ""
+
+# ------------------- Step 2 - Prepare Boot Sector -------------------
+
+sudo mkdir -p /mnt
+sudo mount ${target}1 /mnt
+read -p "Do you plan on using this RPi as part of a cluster? (y/n): " -n1 boot
+case $boot in
+    y | Y)
+        echo "Configuring for clustering..."
+        sudo bash -c "echo cgroup_enable=cpuset cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory >> /mnt/cmdline.txt"
+        ;;
+esac
+echo ""
+echo "Enabling SSH"
+sudo touch /mnt/ssh
+
+sudo umount ${target}1
+sleep 1
+
+echo "Done with the boot sector."
+echo ""
+
+
+# ------------------- Step 2 - Prepare File System Sector -------------------
+
+sudo mkdir -p /mnt
+sudo mount ${target}2 /mnt
+read -p "Enter a hostname for this device (leave blank to skip): " hostname
+if [[ ! -z $hostname ]]; then
+    sudo bash -c "echo ${hostname} > /etc/hostname"
+    echo "Hostname configured to $hostname"
+fi
+
+sudo umount ${target}2
+sleep 1
+
+echo "Done with the file system, you're ready to go!"
+echo ""