diff --git a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el
index 53518cd..006615f 100644
--- a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el
+++ b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jlj-Packages)
     (org-bbdb org-bibtex org-docview org-gnus org-habit org-info org-irc org-mhe org-rmail org-w3m)))
  '(package-selected-packages
    (quote
-    (smex twittering-mode znc eyebrowse helm racer flycheck-rust rust-mode color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow org2blog multiple-cursors flymake-python-pyflakes pdf-tools weechat jedi python-mode pylint py-autopep8 powershell outline-magic markdown-mode magit flycheck exec-path-from-shell elpygen elpy ein doom-themes csharp-mode)))
+    (ansible yaml-mode smex twittering-mode znc eyebrowse helm racer flycheck-rust rust-mode color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow org2blog multiple-cursors flymake-python-pyflakes pdf-tools weechat jedi python-mode pylint py-autopep8 powershell outline-magic markdown-mode magit flycheck exec-path-from-shell elpygen elpy ein doom-themes csharp-mode)))
  '(znc-servers
    (\`
     (("bouncer.awful.club" 5000 t
diff --git a/deployments/awful-1/deploy.yml b/deployments/awful-1/deploy.yml
index 24902d3..1a44035 100644
--- a/deployments/awful-1/deploy.yml
+++ b/deployments/awful-1/deploy.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,13 @@
     command: hostname
     register: hostname
   - debug: msg="{{ hostname.stdout }}"
-  - name: Pull latest version from github
+  - name: update the directory, or log to register if dir doesn't exist'
     shell: cd /home/josiah/arke/ && git pull
+    register: result
+    ignore_errors: True
+  - name: Pull latest version from github
+    shell: cd /home/josiah/ && git clone https://github.com/jowj/arke.git
+    when: result is failed
   - name: Build from the latest version
     shell: cd ~/arke/ && docker build -t arke -f dockerfile .
   
@@ -52,6 +57,7 @@
   - name: Remove any existing containers using the arke name, its mine and i must have it
     # this has to be a shell because command: isn't interactive
     shell: docker container rm arke
+    ignore_errors: True
   - name: Run the newly built docker container
     command: docker run -d --name arke --mount source=towervol,target=/shared/ arke:latest
 
@@ -69,12 +75,17 @@
     shell: ls -la | grep 'mojo'
     register: ls
   - debug: msg="{{ ls.stdout }}"
-  - name: Pull latest version from github
+  - name: Pull latest version from github, or log an error if the dir doesn't exist'
     shell: cd /home/josiah/mojojojo-bot/ && git pull
+    register: result
+  - name: If previous step failed, clone repo down
+    shell: cd /home/josiah/ && git clone https://github.com/jowj/mojojojo-bot.git
+    when: result is failed
   - name: Build from the latest version
     shell: cd ~/mojojojo-bot && docker build -t mojo -f docker/dockerfile .
   - name: Check if there are any existing mojo containers running and kill it
     # this has to be a shell because command: isn't interactive
     shell: docker ps | grep 'mojo' | awk '{print $1}' | xargs docker kill
+    ignore_errors: True
   - name: Run the newly built docker container
     command: docker container run -e "SLACK_BOT_TOKEN={{ VAULT_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}" --restart "always" -d --mount source=towervol,target=/shared/ mojo