diff --git a/restore.bash b/restore.bash
index d6f6c16..a9c607d 100755
--- a/restore.bash
+++ b/restore.bash
@@ -25,6 +25,23 @@ function press_enter() {
 function restore_config() {
   cprint 2 "Restoring config files..."
   sleep 1
+  # since we are run from a makeself file we need to check a few things
+  # get current directory
+  
+  tmpcwd=$(pwd)
+  aptpkgfile="installed_packages"
+
+  # restore apt first
+  cp -R apt/ /etc
+  apt update
+  apt upgrade -y
+  # now the programs installed via apt before we restore configs
+  apt install -y $(cat $aptpkgfile | awk '{print $1}')
+  # we should be set app wise now the configs
+  cp -R . /etc 
+
+  
+  # most files in here with me are from /etc
 
   cprint 2 "Done!"
 }