diff --git a/source/src/commands/install.cpp b/source/src/commands/install.cpp
index 483e016..7000059 100644
--- a/source/src/commands/install.cpp
+++ b/source/src/commands/install.cpp
@@ -261,25 +261,24 @@ namespace dropshell
                 std::filesystem::create_directories(p);
             }
 
-        // download bb64.
+        // download bb64 for the host architecture.
         if (!std::filesystem::exists(localpath::agent() + "bb64"))
         {
             std::string cmd = "cd " + localpath::agent() + " && curl -fsSL -o bb64 https://gitea.jde.nz/public/bb64/releases/download/latest/bb64.amd64 && chmod a+x bb64";
             int ret = system(cmd.c_str());
             if (EXITSTATUSCHECK(ret))
-                std::cout << "Downloaded bb64 to " << localpath::agent() << std::endl;
+                std::cout << "Downloaded local bb64 to " << localpath::agent() << std::endl;
             else
-                std::cerr << "Failed to download bb64 to " << localpath::agent() << std::endl;
+                std::cerr << "Failed to download local bb64 to " << localpath::agent() << std::endl;
         }
         else
         {
-            std::cout << "Updating bb64..." << std::endl;
+            std::cout << "Updating local bb64..." << std::endl;
             system((localpath::agent() + "bb64 -u").c_str()); // update.
         }
 
-
-        std::cout << "Creating local agent files..." << std::endl;
-        recreate_agent::recreate_tree(localpath::agent());
+        std::cout << "Creating local files to copy to remote agents..." << std::endl;
+        recreate_agent::recreate_tree(localpath::files_for_remote_agent());
 
         return 0;
     }
@@ -320,25 +319,35 @@ namespace dropshell
             return 1;
         }
 
-        // first install bb64.
-        std::cout << "Installing bb64 on " << server << std::endl
-                    << std::flush;
+        // now create the agent.
+        // copy across from the local agent files.
+        rsync_tree_to_remote(localpath::files_for_remote_agent(), agent_path, server_env, false);
+
+        // add in bb64. We can't use execute_remote_command() here, as that relies on bb64 which we're installing!
+        std::cout << "Installing bb64 on " << server << std::endl << std::flush;
+
         std::string remote_cmd =
             "ssh -p " + server_env.get_SSH_INFO().port + " " + server_env.get_SSH_INFO().user + "@" + server_env.get_SSH_INFO().host +
             " 'mkdir -p " + quote(agent_path) + " && curl -fsSL \"https://gitea.jde.nz/public/bb64/releases/download/latest/install.sh\" | bash -s -- " +
             quote(agent_path) + " " + quote("$(id -u " + server_env.get_SSH_USER() + "):$(id -g " + server_env.get_SSH_USER() + ")") + "'";
 
-        std::cout << "Executing: " << remote_cmd << std::endl;
+        //std::cout << "Executing: " << remote_cmd << std::endl;
         if (!execute_local_command(remote_cmd, nullptr, cMode::Silent))
             std::cerr << "Failed to download bb64 to " << agent_path << " on remote server." << std::endl;
         else
             std::cout << "Downloaded bb64 to " << agent_path << " on remote server." << std::endl;
 
-        // now create the agent.
-        // copy across from the local agent files.
-        #pragma message("TODO: copy across from the local agent files.")
+        // just test all is ok
+        std::string output;
+        bool okay = execute_ssh_command(server_env.get_SSH_INFO(), sCommand(agent_path, "bb64 -i QkI2NCBpcyBjb3JyZWN0bHkgaW5zdGFsbGVk", {}), cMode::CaptureOutput, &output);
+        if (!okay)
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Failed to install bb64 on " << server << std::endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
 
-        return 0; // NOTIMPL
+        std::cout << output << std::endl;
+        return 0; 
     }
 
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/source/src/service_runner.cpp b/source/src/service_runner.cpp
index dfe1cc2..0c890b4 100644
--- a/source/src/service_runner.cpp
+++ b/source/src/service_runner.cpp
@@ -175,15 +175,6 @@ std::map<std::string, ServiceStatus> service_runner::get_all_services_status(std
 {
     std::map<std::string, ServiceStatus> status;
 
-    std::string command = "_allservicesstatus";
-    std::string service_name = "dropshell-agent";
-
-    if (!gTemplateManager().template_command_exists(service_name, "shared/"+command))
-        {
-            std::cerr << "Error: " << service_name << " does not contain the " << command << " script" << std::endl;
-            return status;
-        }
-
     server_env_manager env(server_name);
     if (!env.is_valid()) {
         std::cerr << "Error: Invalid server environment" << std::endl;
@@ -191,7 +182,7 @@ std::map<std::string, ServiceStatus> service_runner::get_all_services_status(std
     }
 
     std::string output;
-    if (!env.run_remote_template_command_and_capture_output(service_name, "shared/"+command, {}, output, true, {}))
+    if (!execute_ssh_command(env.get_SSH_INFO(), sCommand(remotepath::agent(server_name), "_allservicesstatus.sh", {}), cMode::CaptureOutput, &output))
         return status;
 
     std::stringstream ss(output);
diff --git a/source/src/utils/directories.cpp b/source/src/utils/directories.cpp
index 4be740d..18b4695 100644
--- a/source/src/utils/directories.cpp
+++ b/source/src/utils/directories.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,12 @@ namespace localpath {
         std::string agent(){
             return current_user_home() + "/.local/dropshell_agent";
         }
-        std::string current_user_home(){
+        std::string files_for_remote_agent()
+        {
+            return agent() + "/files_for_remote_agent";
+        }
+        std::string current_user_home()
+        {
             char * homedir = std::getenv("HOME");
             if (homedir)
             {
diff --git a/source/src/utils/directories.hpp b/source/src/utils/directories.hpp
index 7e8ab07..758ebe8 100644
--- a/source/src/utils/directories.hpp
+++ b/source/src/utils/directories.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ namespace dropshell {
     // local user config directories
     
     // ~/.config/dropshell/dropshell.json
-    // ~/.local/dropshell_agent/bb64
+    
+    // ~/.local/dropshell_agent
+    //    |-- bb64  (only used locally, as it's for the local machine's architecture!)
+    //    |-- files_for_remote_agent
+    //        |-- (other agent files, including _allservicesstatus.sh)
     
     // server_definition_path
     //    |-- <server_name>
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ namespace dropshell {
         std::string remote_versions(const std::string &server_name, const std::string &service_name);
 
         std::string agent();
+        std::string files_for_remote_agent();
         std::string current_user_home();
     } // namespace local