diff --git a/scripts/installer/BaseDockerfile.amd64 b/scripts/installer/BaseDockerfile.amd64
index fb66cfeb..d293930c 100644
--- a/scripts/installer/BaseDockerfile.amd64
+++ b/scripts/installer/BaseDockerfile.amd64
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 FROM alpine
 # TODO: redo as cross platform, and without git etc :)
 
+ARG VERSION
+ARG KERNEL_VERSION
+ENV VERSION=${VERSION}
+ENV KERNEL_VERSION=${KERNEL_VERSION}
+
 # not installed atm udev, grub2, kexe-toos
 # parted: partprobe, e2fsprogs: mkfs.ext4, syslinux: extlinux&syslinux
 RUN apk --no-cache add syslinux parted e2fsprogs
 
 COPY conf /scripts/
-#COPY ./build/vmlinuz-${KERNEL_VERSION} ./build/initrd ./build/ros /dist/
-RUN ln -s /bootiso/boot/ /dist \
-    && ln -s /host/usr/bin/ros /scripts/
+COPY ./build/ros /bin/
+#OR softlink in the host one - this image should only be used when installing from ISO..
+# (except its useful for testing)
+# && ln -s /host/usr/bin/ros /bin/
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/scripts/ros"]
+RUN ln -s /bootiso/boot/ /dist
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/ros"]
 
diff --git a/scripts/installer/Dockerfile.amd64 b/scripts/installer/Dockerfile.amd64
index 746e5ad5..05145e6f 100755
--- a/scripts/installer/Dockerfile.amd64
+++ b/scripts/installer/Dockerfile.amd64
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 FROM rancher/os-installer
 
-ARG VERSION
-ARG KERNEL_VERSION
-ENV VERSION=${VERSION}
-ENV KERNEL_VERSION=${KERNEL_VERSION}
-
-# TODO: separate out the 3 elements below - so we can mix and match updates
+# TODO: separate out the elements below - so we can mix and match updates
 RUN rm /dist/ \
     && mkdir -p /dist/
-COPY ./build/vmlinuz-${KERNEL_VERSION} ./build/initrd ./build/ros /dist/
+
+# Run docker build in the `./build/` dir
+#COPY ./ros /bin/
+#needs to be a recursive copy
+COPY ./ /dist/
 
diff --git a/scripts/package-installer b/scripts/package-installer
index de4ece69..cb9695c6 100755
--- a/scripts/package-installer
+++ b/scripts/package-installer
@@ -12,16 +12,27 @@ if [ ! -f $DOCKERFILE ] || [ ! -f dist/artifacts/vmlinuz-${KERNEL_VERSION} ] ||
     exit 0
 fi
 
+# TODO maybe extract the cration of the syslinux cfg files
+mkdir -p ${DIST}/boot/isolinux/
+cat scripts/isolinux.cfg | envsubst >         ${DIST}/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
+cat scripts/isolinux_label.cfg | LABEL=${VERSION} envsubst >   ${DIST}/boot/linux-current.cfg
+#cat scripts/isolinux_label.cfg | LABEL=debug APPEND="rancher.debug=true" envsubst >   ${DIST}/boot/linux-previous.cfg
+cat scripts/global.cfg | LABEL=${VERSION} envsubst >   ${DIST}/boot/global.cfg
+
+
 mkdir -p ./scripts/installer/build
 cp ./dist/artifacts/initrd ./scripts/installer/build
 cp ./dist/artifacts/vmlinuz-${KERNEL_VERSION} ./scripts/installer/build
 cp ./bin/ros ./scripts/installer/build
+cp -r ${DIST}/boot/* ./scripts/installer/build/
 trap "rm -rf ./scripts/installer/build" EXIT
 
 # installer base image - can be included in iso
 # TODO: fix the fullinstaller Dockerfile to use the ${VERSION}${SUFFIX}
 docker build \
     -t ${OS_REPO}/os-installer \
+    --build-arg VERSION=${VERSION} \
+    --build-arg KERNEL_VERSION=${KERNEL_VERSION} \
     -f $BASEDOCKERFILE \
     ./scripts/installer
 docker save -o dist/artifacts/installer.tar ${OS_REPO}/os-installer
@@ -29,8 +40,6 @@ docker save -o dist/artifacts/installer.tar ${OS_REPO}/os-installer
 # Full installer image with initrd - used for pulling from network
 docker build \
     -t ${OS_REPO}/os:${VERSION}${SUFFIX} \
-    --build-arg VERSION=${VERSION} \
-    --build-arg KERNEL_VERSION=${KERNEL_VERSION} \
     -f $DOCKERFILE \
     ./scripts/installer
 
diff --git a/scripts/package-iso b/scripts/package-iso
index 8da9d1be..66a23ab6 100755
--- a/scripts/package-iso
+++ b/scripts/package-iso
@@ -22,14 +22,11 @@ cp ${ARTIFACTS}/initrd                        ${CD}/boot
 # TODO: these move to os-kernel
 pwd
 ls dist/artifacts/vmlinuz-${KERNEL_VERSION}
-
 cp ${ARTIFACTS}/vmlinuz-${KERNEL_VERSION}     ${CD}/boot/
 #TODO cp ${ARTIFACTS}/linuxmods-${KERNEL_VERSION}   ${CD}/boot/
 
-cat scripts/isolinux.cfg | envsubst >         ${CD}/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
-cat scripts/isolinux_label.cfg | LABEL=${VERSION} envsubst >   ${CD}/boot/linux-current.cfg
-#cat scripts/isolinux_label.cfg | LABEL=debug APPEND="rancher.debug=true" envsubst >   ${CD}/boot/linux-previous.cfg
-cat scripts/global.cfg | LABEL=${VERSION} envsubst >   ${CD}/boot/global.cfg
+# cfg files creation moved to package-installer
+cp -r ${DIST}/boot/* ${CD}/boot/
 
 cp /usr/lib/ISOLINUX/isolinux.bin             ${CD}/boot/isolinux/
 cp /usr/lib/syslinux/modules/bios/ldlinux.c32 ${CD}/boot/isolinux/