diff --git a/admin.sh b/admin.sh
index fd4caf4..f62fbbc 100644
--- a/admin.sh
+++ b/admin.sh
@@ -1,39 +1,28 @@
-for (( ; ; ))
-do
-  rm -rf available.txt
-  files=$(find /home -name tilde.json -print)
-  echo "$files" >> available.txt
-  if [ -s available.txt ]
-  then
-       tilde=$(sed '1q;d' available.txt)
-       domain=$(jq -r '.domain' $tilde)
-       username=$(echo "$tilde" | awk -F/ '{print $2}')
-       if [ "tilde.best" == "$domain" ]; then
-           sed -i '1d' ./available.txt
-           exit 1
-       else
-           if [ -s /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/$domain ]
-           then
-               exit 1
-           else
-	       besta=$(dig +short a tilde.best)
-	       domaina=$(dig +short a $domain)
-   	       if [ "$besta" == "$domaina" ]
-               then
-		   echo "server {" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/$domain
-                   echo "    listen	80;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/$domain
-                   echo "    server_name $domain;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/$domain
-                   echo "    root /home/$username/$domain;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/$domain
-                   echo "}" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/$domain
-                   certbot --nginx -d $domain --non-interactive --redirect --agree-tos -m root@$domain
-                   sed -i '1d' ./available.txt
-	       else
-		   sed -i '1d' ./available.txt
-		   exit 1
-               fi
- 	   fi
-       fi
-  else
-      rm -rf available.txt
-  fi
+#!/bin/sh
+
+bestip=$(dig +short a tilde.best)
+
+for byod in /home/*/byod; do
+    user=$(stat -c '%U' $byod)
+    domain=$(cat $byod)
+    echo "$user is requesting $domain"
+    if [ -s /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/byod-$user-$domain.conf ]; then
+        echo "byod already configured for $user and $domain"
+        continue
+    else
+        domainip=$(dig +short a $domain)
+        if [ "$bestip" == "$domainip"]
+        then
+            sed -e "s/<user>/$user/" -e "s/<domain>/$domain/" template.conf \
+                > /etc/nginx/sites-available/byod-$user-$domain.conf
+            ln -s ../sites-available/byod-$user-$domain.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/byod-$user-$domain.conf
+            certbot --nginx -d $domain --non-interactive --redirect
+        else
+            echo "domain's dns not configured correctly"
+        fi
+    fi
 done
+
+nginx -t
+systemctl reload nginx
+
diff --git a/byod b/byod
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..58f46ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/byod
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "Please enter new domain"
+read domain
+if [[ $(dig +short a $domain) == $(dig +short a tilde.best) ]]; then
+    mkdir ~/$domain
+    echo $domain > ~/byod
+    echo "once an admin confirms the domain, the webroot will be ~/$domain"
+else
+    echo "please set an A record for $domain for $(dig +short a tilde.best)"
+fi
+
diff --git a/create.sh b/create.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a7ffd8..0000000
--- a/create.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# This file needs to be added at /etc/skel
-
-echo "Please enter new domain"
-read DOMAIN
-mkdir $DOMAIN
-
-JSON_STRING=$( jq -n \
-                  --arg d "$DOMAIN" \
-                  '{domain: $d}' )
-
-echo "$JSON_STRING" > tilde.json
-cd $DOMAIN
diff --git a/template.conf b/template.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0771f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name <domain>;
+    root /home/<user>/<domain>;
+    index index.html;
+
+    location / {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
+    }
+}
+