diff --git a/src/dropshell-build b/src/dropshell-build
index 9c59188..633cc14 100755
--- a/src/dropshell-build
+++ b/src/dropshell-build
@@ -51,23 +51,21 @@ function centerlittletitle() {
 }
 
 function set_current_arch() {
-    local FULLARCH="$1"
+    export FULLARCH="$1"
     # e.g. aarch64-linux-musl-cross
     # ARCH=aarch64
     # ARCH_OS=linux-musl-cross
-    # ARCH_FULL_PREFIX=aarch64-linux-musl-cross
+    # FULLARCH=aarch64-linux-musl-cross
     # ARCH_SHORT_PREFIX=aarch64-linux-musl
     # MUSL_PATH=/home/jde/.musl-cross/aarch64-linux-musl-cross
     # arch should just be x86_64 or aarch64
     export ARCH="${FULLARCH%%-*}"
     export ARCH_OS="${FULLARCH#*-}"
-    export ARCH_FULL_PREFIX="${FULLARCH}"
     export ARCH_SHORT_PREFIX="${FULLARCH%-*}"
     export MUSL_PATH="${MUSL_ROOT_PATH}/${FULLARCH}"
 
     echo "ARCH: ${ARCH}"
     echo "ARCH_OS: ${ARCH_OS}"
-    echo "ARCH_FULL_PREFIX: ${ARCH_FULL_PREFIX}"
     echo "ARCH_SHORT_PREFIX: ${ARCH_SHORT_PREFIX}"
     echo "MUSL_PATH: ${MUSL_PATH}"
 }
diff --git a/src/dropshell-build-install-requirements b/src/dropshell-build-install-requirements
index 39d0b9b..310ac47 100755
--- a/src/dropshell-build-install-requirements
+++ b/src/dropshell-build-install-requirements
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
 
+# list of toolchains to install
+TOOLCHAIN_LIST=(
+    "aarch64-linux-musl-cross"
+    "x86_64-linux-musl-cross"
+    "x86_64-linux-musl-native"
+)
+
+
 # If the user is not root, use sudo
 SUDOCMD=""
 [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ] || SUDOCMD="sudo"
@@ -160,97 +168,66 @@ function install_headers() {
 # OpenSSL for musl cross toolchains
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+toolchain_to_openssl_target() {
+    case "$1" in
+        aarch64-linux-musl-*) echo "linux-aarch64" ;;
+        x86_64-linux-musl-*) echo "linux-x86_64" ;;
+        *) _die "unsupported toolchain: $1" ;;
+    esac
+}
+
 function install_openssl_musl() {
     OPENSSL_VERSION=3.5.0
 
-    SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-    BUILD_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/build"
-    MUSL_CROSS_DIR="$HOME/.musl-cross"
+    PREVDIR="$PWD"
+
+    # set the ARCH, ARCH_OS, ARCH_FULL_PREFIX, ARCH_SHORT_PREFIX, and MUSL_PATH variables
+    # e.g. aarch64-linux-musl-cross
+    # ARCH=aarch64
+    # ARCH_OS=linux-musl-cross
+    # ARCH_SHORT_PREFIX=aarch64-linux-musl
+    # MUSL_PATH=/home/jde/.musl-cross/aarch64-linux-musl-cross
+    # arch should just be x86_64 or aarch64
+    local FULLARCH="${1:-}"
+    [ -n "$FULLARCH" ] || _die "No toolchain provided"
+
+    local ARCH="${FULLARCH%%-*}"
+    #local ARCH_OS="${FULLARCH#*-}"
+    local ARCH_SHORT_PREFIX="${FULLARCH%-*}"
+    local MUSL_PATH="${MUSL_ROOT_PATH}/${FULLARCH}"
+    [ -d "$MUSL_PATH" ] || _die "MUSL_PATH does not exist: $MUSL_PATH"
+
+    local BUILD_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/build.$ARCH"
     mkdir -p "$BUILD_DIR"
+
     # Helper: compare versions (returns 0 if $1 >= $2)
     version_ge() {
         [ "$1" = "$2" ] && return 0
         [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$1" "$2" | sort -V | head -n1)" = "$2" ]
     }
 
-    # Find all installed musl cross toolchains
-    TOOLCHAINS=()
-    for tc in "$MUSL_CROSS_DIR"/*-linux-musl-cross; do
-        [ -d "$tc" ] || continue
-        arch=$(basename "$tc" | sed 's/-linux-musl-cross//')
-        TOOLCHAINS+=("$arch")
-    done
-
-    if [ ${#TOOLCHAINS[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo "No musl cross toolchains found in $MUSL_CROSS_DIR. Exiting."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    echo "Found musl cross toolchains: ${TOOLCHAINS[*]}"
-
-    for ARCH in "${TOOLCHAINS[@]}"; do
-        echo "==============================="
-        echo "Checking OpenSSL for $ARCH..."
-        echo "==============================="
-        if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-            MUSL_PREFIX="$MUSL_CROSS_DIR/x86_64-linux-musl-cross"
-            OPENSSL_TARGET=linux-x86_64
-        elif [ "$ARCH" = "aarch64" ]; then
-            MUSL_PREFIX="$MUSL_CROSS_DIR/aarch64-linux-musl-cross"
-            OPENSSL_TARGET=linux-aarch64
-        else
-            # Try to guess OpenSSL target for other musl toolchains
-            OPENSSL_TARGET="linux-$ARCH"
-            MUSL_PREFIX="$MUSL_CROSS_DIR/${ARCH}-linux-musl-cross"
-        fi
-        SYSROOT="$MUSL_PREFIX/${ARCH}-linux-musl/sysroot"
-        CC="$MUSL_PREFIX/bin/${ARCH}-linux-musl-gcc"
-        AR="$MUSL_PREFIX/bin/${ARCH}-linux-musl-ar"
-        RANLIB="$MUSL_PREFIX/bin/${ARCH}-linux-musl-ranlib"
-
-        DEST_PATH="$SYSROOT/usr/lib/libssl.a"
-        if [ -f "$DEST_PATH" ]; then
-            echo "OpenSSL $ARCH is already installed"
-            continue
-        fi
-
-        SKIP_BUILD=0
-        if [ -f "$SYSROOT/usr/lib/libssl.a" ]; then
-            # Try to extract version from opensslv.h
-            OPENSSLV_H="$SYSROOT/usr/include/openssl/opensslv.h"
-            if [ -f "$OPENSSLV_H" ]; then
-                INSTALLED_VERSION=$(grep '# *define *OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT' "$OPENSSLV_H" | sed -E 's/.*OpenSSL ([0-9.]+)[^ ]*.*/\1/')
-                if [ -n "$INSTALLED_VERSION" ]; then
-                    echo "Found installed OpenSSL version: $INSTALLED_VERSION"
-                    if version_ge "$INSTALLED_VERSION" "$OPENSSL_VERSION"; then
-                        echo "OpenSSL $INSTALLED_VERSION is up-to-date (>= $OPENSSL_VERSION), skipping build for $ARCH."
-                        SKIP_BUILD=1
-                    else
-                        echo "OpenSSL $INSTALLED_VERSION is older than $OPENSSL_VERSION, will rebuild."
-                    fi
-                else
-                    echo "Could not determine installed OpenSSL version, will rebuild."
-                fi
-            else
-                echo "No opensslv.h found, will rebuild."
-            fi
-        else
-            echo "No libssl.a found, will rebuild."
-        fi
-
-        if [ "$SKIP_BUILD" -eq 1 ]; then
-            echo "Skipping build for $ARCH."
-            continue
-        fi
+    echo "==============================="
+    echo "Checking OpenSSL for $ARCH..."
+    echo "==============================="
+    local OPENSSL_TARGET
+    OPENSSL_TARGET=$(toolchain_to_openssl_target "$FULLARCH")
+    local SYSROOT="$MUSL_PATH/${ARCH_SHORT_PREFIX}/sysroot"
+    local CC="$MUSL_PATH/bin/${ARCH_SHORT_PREFIX}-gcc"
+    local AR="$MUSL_PATH/bin/${ARCH_SHORT_PREFIX}-ar"
+    local RANLIB="$MUSL_PATH/bin/${ARCH_SHORT_PREFIX}-ranlib"
 
+    DEST_PATH="$SYSROOT/usr/lib/libssl.a"
+    if [ -f "$DEST_PATH" ]; then
+        echo "OpenSSL $ARCH is already installed"
+    else
         cd "$BUILD_DIR"
         if [ ! -d "openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}" ]; then
             if [ ! -f "openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz" ]; then
-                wget "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+                wget "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz" || _die "Failed to download openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz"
             fi
-            tar xf "openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+            tar xf "openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz" || _die "Failed to extract openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz"
         fi
-        cd "openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}"
+        cd "openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}" || _die "Failed to cd to openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}"
 
         echo "----------------------------------------------"    
         echo "Configuring for $ARCH with sysroot $SYSROOT..."
@@ -259,13 +236,12 @@ function install_openssl_musl() {
         make -j"$(nproc)"
         echo "Installing to $SYSROOT/usr ..."
         make install_sw
-        cd "$BUILD_DIR"
+
         echo "Done for $ARCH."
         echo
-        # Remove build dir for next arch to avoid cross contamination
-        rm -rf "openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}"
-        tar xf "openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-    done
+    fi
+
+    cd "$PREVDIR"
 
     echo "OpenSSL built and installed for all detected musl toolchains."
 }
@@ -319,14 +295,11 @@ function install_musl() {
     TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
     trap 'rm -rf "$TMPDIR"' EXIT
 
-    TOOLCHAIN_LIST=(
-        "aarch64-linux-musl-cross"
-        "x86_64-linux-musl-cross"
-    )
-
     for TOOLCHAIN in "${TOOLCHAIN_LIST[@]}"; do
         install_musl_cross "$TOOLCHAIN"
         check_path "$TOOLCHAIN"
+
+        install_openssl_musl "$TOOLCHAIN"
     done
 
     # Clean up
@@ -355,8 +328,6 @@ function main() {
 
     install_musl
 
-    install_openssl_musl
-
     output_version
 
     echo "Done"