diff --git a/ingredients/copper b/ingredients/copper
index 00ecd3e..cae4db6 100644
--- a/ingredients/copper
+++ b/ingredients/copper
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ locate_torrc() {
         elif [ -f /etc/tor/torrc ]; then
             TORRCPATH='/etc/tor/torrc'
         else
-            echo -e "${RED}Uh oh...${RESET} I couldn't figure out where your torrc file is. That might cause some issues"
+            say "${RED}Uh oh...${RESET} I couldn't figure out where your torrc file is. That might cause some issues"
             sleep 3
-            echo "Anyways..."
+            say "Anyways..."
             sleep 2
         fi
     fi
 
-    echo -e "Your torrc is located at ${BLUE}${TORRCPATH}${RESET}"
+    say "Your torrc is located at ${BLUE}${TORRCPATH}${RESET}"
     remember "TORRCPATH=${TORRCPATH}"
 }
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ configure_tor() {
             sudo sed -i "s#USER#${USER}#g" torrc-template
             sudo sed -i "s#HOME#${HOME}#g" torrc-template
             sudo mv torrc-template $TORRCPATH
-            echo -e "${GREEN}Torrc file reset!${RESET}"
+            say "${GREEN}Torrc file reset!${RESET}"
             ;;
         '*')
             echo "Okay, we'll leave it as is."
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ configure_tor() {
     esac
     echo ""
 
-    echo -e "Tor configuration ${GREEN}complete!${RESET}"
+    say "Tor configuration ${GREEN}complete!${RESET}"
 }
 
 get_external_ip() {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ get_external_ip() {
             ;;
         "*")
             #install_if_needed dig
-            echo "Not yet supported! Feel free to help out here :)"
+            say "Not yet supported! Feel free to help out here :)"
             ;;
     esac
 
@@ -196,10 +196,21 @@ configure_domain_for_site() {
 }
 
 enable_ssl() {
-    if [ ! -z $SSL ]; then
-        echo "We've already gone through the SSL enabling process! Skipping"
-    else 
-        if [ ! -z $DOMAIN ]; then                                                                                                                                                                                                        
+    if [ -n "$SSL" ]; then
+        say "We've already gone through the SSL enabling process!"
+        ask_for reenable "Would you like to do it again? ${BLUE}(y/n)${RESET}: "
+        case $reenable in
+            "y"|"Y")
+                forget "SSL"
+                ;;
+            "n"|"N")
+                say "skipping!"
+                ;;
+        esac
+    fi
+
+    if [ -z "$SSL" ]; then
+        if [ ! -z "$DOMAIN" ]; then                                                                                                                                                                                                        
             ask_for ssl "Would you like to enable SSL via Certbot? (y/n): "
             say ""
             case $ssl in                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
@@ -220,7 +231,7 @@ enable_ssl() {
         fi  
     fi
 
-    if [ -z $DOMAIN ]; then
+    if [ -z "$DOMAIN" ]; then
         ACCESS_POINT=http://localhost
     else
         if [ -z $SSL ]; then
@@ -229,6 +240,7 @@ enable_ssl() {
             ACCESS_POINT=https://$DOMAIN
         fi
     fi
+
     remember "ACCESS_POINT=${ACCESS_POINT}"
 }
 
diff --git a/ingredients/gold b/ingredients/gold
index eb678a5..1731e1b 100644
--- a/ingredients/gold
+++ b/ingredients/gold
@@ -22,7 +22,18 @@ install_bitcoin() {
     fi
 
     # This still relies on package management though
-    install_if_needed boost autoconf
+    case $DISTRO in
+        "arch")
+            install_if_needed boost autoconf
+            ;;
+         "debian")
+             install_if_needed build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config bsdmainutils python3 libssl-dev libevent-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev libminiupnpc-dev libzmq3-dev libqt5gui5 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler git libsqlite3-dev ccache
+             ;;
+         *)
+             say "hol up, I don't know what to do with $DISTRO"
+             ask_for nothing "press enter to continue, at your own PERIL!!"
+             ;;
+     esac
 
     tar -xvf 🜍/bitcoin-22.0.tar.gz
     sleep 1
@@ -32,13 +43,14 @@ install_bitcoin() {
     ./configure --without-bdb # Someday, someone will complain here
     make 
     sudo make install
+    cd ..
     rm -rf bitcoin-22.0
 }
 
 install_lightning() {
     say "${BOLD}Installing lightningd${RESET}"
     git clone https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning.git ./lightning
-    pushd ./lightning
+    cd lightning
     git checkout v0.10.2
     ./configure
 
@@ -48,7 +60,7 @@ install_lightning() {
     pip install --user mrkd
     make
     sudo make install
-    popd
+    cd ..
     rm -rf lightning 
 }
 
@@ -67,14 +79,9 @@ install_clboss() {
 }
 
 configure_bitcoin() {
+    say "${BOLD}Configuring Bitcoin${RESET}"
     mkdir -p ~/.bitcoin
 
-    AUTHDEETS=$(python3 scripts/rpcauth.py ao)
-    AUTHLINE=$(say "$AUTHDEETS" | sed '2q;d' )
-    PASSLINE=$(say "$AUTHDEETS" | sed '4q;d' )
-
-    remember "BTC_PASS=${PASSLINE}"
-
     if  [ -f $HOME/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf ]; then
         say "Looks like you already have a ${BLUE}bitcoin.conf${RESET} file!"
         say ""
@@ -95,27 +102,54 @@ configure_bitcoin() {
         say 'Created default bitcoin config'
     fi
 
-    sed -i "s/BTC_LOGIN/${AUTHLINE}/" $HOME/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
+    if [ -n "$BTC_PASS" ]; then
+        ask_for new_deets "Would you like to generate new authentication credentials for bitcoin? ${BLUE} (y/n): ${RESET}"
+        case $new_deets in
+            "y"|"Y")
+                AUTHDEETS=$(python3 scripts/rpcauth.py ao)
+                AUTHLINE=$(say "$AUTHDEETS" | sed '2q;d' )
+                PASSLINE=$(say "$AUTHDEETS" | sed '4q;d' )
+                NEWCREDS=1
+
+                remember "BTC_PASS=${PASSLINE}"
+                say "${GREEN}New credentials!${RESET}"
+                ;;
+            "n"|"N")
+                say "Skipping re-credentulation"
+                ;;
+        esac
+    else
+        AUTHDEETS=$(python3 scripts/rpcauth.py ao)
+        AUTHLINE=$(say "$AUTHDEETS" | sed '2q;d' )
+        PASSLINE=$(say "$AUTHDEETS" | sed '4q;d' )
+        NEWCREDS=1
+
+        remember "BTC_PASS=${PASSLINE}"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "$NEWCREDS" ]; then
+        sed -iE -e "s/BTC_LOGIN|^rpcauth.*/${AUTHLINE}/" $HOME/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
+    fi
     say ""
 
     ask_for prune "Next question - would you like to operate bitcoin in pruned mode? \
-This reduces its file size from ~500GB to something more portable ${BLUE}(y/n)${RESET}: "
-    say ""
-    case $prune in
-        y | Y)
-            say "Let's ${GREEN}enable pruning${RESET} to keep the file size down, then."
-            prune_size=0
-            while [ "$prune_size" -lt 550 ]; do
-                ask_for prune_size "How many Mb are you willing to put towards btc? Min 550: "
-            done
-
-            sed -i "s/txindex=1/prune=${prune_size}/" $HOME/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
-            ;;
-        *)
-            say "Okay great! We'll leave the bitcoin config it as it is."
-            ;;
-    esac
-}
+        This reduces its file size from ~500GB to something more portable ${BLUE}(y/n)${RESET}: "
+            say ""
+            case $prune in
+                y | Y)
+                    say "Let's ${GREEN}enable pruning${RESET} to keep the file size down, then."
+                    prune_size=0
+                    while [ "$prune_size" -lt 550 ]; do
+                        ask_for prune_size "How many Mb are you willing to put towards btc? Min 550: "
+                    done
+
+                    sed -i "s/txindex=1/prune=${prune_size}/" $HOME/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
+                    ;;
+                *)
+                    say "Okay great! We'll leave the bitcoin config it as it is."
+                    ;;
+            esac
+        }
 
 configure_lightning() {
     mkdir -p $HOME/.lightning
diff --git a/ingredients/lead b/ingredients/lead
index 2afd74c..ae420c4 100644
--- a/ingredients/lead
+++ b/ingredients/lead
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ install_if_needed() {
         case $DISTRO in
             "debian")
                 # TODO Better installation detection than check_for
-                if dpkg -l | grep -q "$package"; then
+                if dpkg -l | awk '{ print $2 }' | grep -q "^${package}"; then
                     say "$package already installed!"
                 else
                     say "installing $package"
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0167764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "Alchemy",
+  "lockfileVersion": 2,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {}
+}
diff --git a/recipes/ao.sh b/recipes/ao.sh
index 643fa9e..89f6ec1 100755
--- a/recipes/ao.sh
+++ b/recipes/ao.sh
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@ say ""
 say "This script is designed to ask you just enough questions to keep you involved in the process,"
 say "while making it as easy as possible for you to get it going." 
 say ""
-say "${BLUE}press enter to continue${RESET}"
-read
+ask_for nothing "${BLUE}press enter to continue${RESET}"
 
-if [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ]; then
+if ! id -u > /dev/null; then
     say "${RED}Woah there!${RESET} Seems you're running this script as a superuser."
     say ""
     say "That might cause some issues with permissions and whatnot. Run this script as your default user (without sudo) and I'll ask you when I need superuser permissions"
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ case $DISTRO in
         libcurl4-gnutls-dev libssl-dev fakeroot devscripts
         ;;
     "arch")
-        if [[ ! $(pacman -Qg base-devel) ]]; then
+        if ! pacman -Qg base-devel; then
             sudo pacman -S base-devel --noconfirm
         fi
 
@@ -64,12 +63,20 @@ case $DISTRO in
         install_if_needed git wget tor sqlite3 autoconf autoconf-archive automake \
         python python3 python3-mako pkg-config fakeroot devscripts
         ;;
+    "*")
+        if [ -z "$DISTRO" ]; then
+            say "No distro defined. Have you run \`make alchemy\` yet?"
+        else
+            say "Woah! I don't know what to do with $DISTRO yet"
+        fi
+        exit 1
+        ;;
 esac
 say ""
 
 # ------------------- Step 2 - AO Environment Setup -------------------
 
-if [ ! -z $AO ]; then
+if [ ! -z "$AO" ]; then
     say "You're currently using ao-$AO"
     ask_for reinstall_ao "Would you like to re-install? ${BLUE}(y/n): ${RESET}"
     say ""
@@ -83,15 +90,15 @@ if [ ! -z $AO ]; then
     esac
 fi
 
-if [ -z $AO ]; then
+if [ -z "$AO" ]; then
     AO=''
     say "${BOLD}Hey!${RESET} I was wondering which ${BLUE}version of AO${RESET} you wanted to install. \n"
     say "${BOLD}1.${RESET} ao-3 (Vue)"
     say "${BOLD}2.${RESET} ao-react (React)"
 fi
 
-while [[ -z $AO ]]; do
-    ask_for ao-select "${BLUE}(number):${RESET} "
+while [ -z "$AO" ]; do
+    ask_for ao_select "${BLUE}(number):${RESET} "
     say ""
     say ""
 
@@ -112,7 +119,7 @@ done;
 remember "AO=${AO}"
 
 say ""
-if [ $AO = "3" ] || [ $AO = 'react' ]; then
+if [ "$AO" = "3" -o "$AO" = 'react' ]; then
     if [ -z $NVM_DIR ]; then
         install_nvm
         source ingredients/iron
@@ -127,7 +134,7 @@ if [ $AO = "3" ] || [ $AO = 'react' ]; then
     say ""
 fi
 
-if [ $AO = "3" ] || [ $AO = 'react' ]; then
+if [ "$AO" = "3" -o "$AO" = 'react' ]; then
     say "${BOLD}Installing Bitcoin Ecosystem${RESET}"
     say ""
 
@@ -146,7 +153,7 @@ if [ $AO = "3" ] || [ $AO = 'react' ]; then
 fi
 say ''
 
-if [ $AO = "3" ] || [ $AO = 'react' ]; then
+if [ "$AO" = "3" -o "$AO" = 'react' ]; then
     say "${BOLD}Installing and configuring Tor${RESET}\n"
     install_if_needed tor
     configure_tor
@@ -169,7 +176,7 @@ say ""
 
 # TODO this is really janky/fragile, it would be better to store this in ~/.ao
 CONFIG_FILE=$HOME/ao-$AO/configuration.js
-UNIFIED_CONFIG=$HOME/.ao/env
+UNIFIED_CONFIG=$HOME/.ao/config
 if [ ! -f "$UNIFIED_CONFIG" ]; then
     touch $UNIFIED_CONFIG
 fi
@@ -185,6 +192,7 @@ remember "LIGHTNINGDIR=0" to "$UNIFIED_CONFIG"
 say "!!!!!!! WARNING !!!!!! I'm exaggerating but this is not going to \
 configure AO properly. It's time that we build out the unified config"
 read
+
 case $AO in
     "3")
         if [ ! -d ~/ao-3 ]; then
@@ -203,11 +211,11 @@ case $AO in
         fi
 
         say ""
-        pushd ~/ao-3
+        cd ~/ao-3
         npm install
         npm run build
         npm run checkconfig
-        popd
+        cd $ALCHEMY
 
         NODE_PARAMS=''
         ;;
@@ -229,10 +237,10 @@ case $AO in
 
         say ""
 
-        pushd ~/ao-react
+        cd ~/ao-react
         npm install
         npm run webpack
-        popd
+        cd $ALCHEMY
         
         NODE_PARAMS='--experimental-specifier-resolution=node -r dotenv/config'
         ;;
diff --git a/recipes/flask.sh b/recipes/flask.sh
index bcc9156..f4b2237 100755
--- a/recipes/flask.sh
+++ b/recipes/flask.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ say "Well, as an alchemy-themed toolkit, I must say: ${GREEN}good decision :)${R
 say ""
 
 # Make sure this script isn't being run with sudo in front
-if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
+if id -u; then
     say "${RED}${BOLD}Woah there!${RESET} Seems you're running this script as a superuser."
     say ""
     say "That might cause some issues with permissions and whatnot. Run this script as your default user (without sudo) and I'll ask you when I need superuser permissions"