diff --git a/bin/start b/bin/start
index 78e8c1d..28726d6 100755
--- a/bin/start
+++ b/bin/start
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ docker run \
     -d \
     --name work \
     -v /:/hostroot \
+    -v /home/sneak:/hosthome \
     -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
     sneak/work
diff --git a/build/run.sh b/build/run.sh
index 7bbe2da..13a4c13 100644
--- a/build/run.sh
+++ b/build/run.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+echo "##### build/run.sh"
+
+set -x
+
 TD="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
 
 cd "$TD"
@@ -19,9 +23,11 @@ for FN in $SSH_HOST_KEY_FILES ; do
     ln -s /hostroot/etc/ssh/$FN /etc/ssh/$FN
 done
 
+ln -s /hostroot/root /root/.home
+
 # install other stuff here
 
-# update pip
+pip install -U pip
 # install black
 # install python packages
 # install yarn
diff --git a/build/runuser.sh b/build/runuser.sh
index 0e9729d..159f954 100644
--- a/build/runuser.sh
+++ b/build/runuser.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
 
 TD="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
 
+U="$USERNAME_TO_ADD"
+
 # original home
-OH="/hostroot/home/$USER_TO_ADD"
+OH="/hosthome"
 
 # container home
-export HOME="/home/$USER_TO_ADD"
+export HOME="/home/$U"
 
 rsync -avP /home/template/ $HOME/
 
 # link ~/.home to original home
-ln -s "/hostroot/home/$USER_TO_ADD" $HOME/.home
+ln -s "/hosthome" $HOME/.home
 
 # oh-my-zsh
 curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh > /tmp/installomz.sh
@@ -22,5 +24,5 @@ bash /tmp/installomz.sh --unattended --keep-zshrc
 ln -s ~/.home/.ssh/id_rsa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
 ln -s ~/.home/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
 
-# move this to runtime
+# move this to runtime FIXME
 #DEVDIR="$( cd ~/.home/dev >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd -P)"