diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 62ce278..141b7df 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,5 @@ target_link_options(kernel PRIVATE -T linker.ld -ffreestanding -O2 -nostdlib -no
 add_custom_command(
     TARGET kernel
     POST_BUILD
-    COMMAND cp ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/kernel ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/img/boot/exe
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/mkbootimg chroma.json chroma.img
+    COMMAND bash post.sh
 )
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diff --git a/post.sh b/post.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c1e63a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+cp kernel img/boot/exe
+echo "Performing post-boot actions:"
+echo "Creating raw img file for writing to a drive:"
+./mkbootimg.exe chroma.json chroma.img # for linux remove the .exe
+
+echo "Checking for VirtualBox management tools"
+if [ -x "$(command -v VBoxManage)" ]; then
+echo "  VBoxManage found.. integrating."
+echo "   Clearing VirtualBox cache:"
+VBoxManage storageattach Chroma --port 0 --storagectl AHCI --medium none # removing a drive in virtualbox = attaching nothing
+VBoxManage closemedium disk --delete "`pwd`/chroma.vdi" # remove the existing .vdi image from the registry so we can overwrite it
+echo "   Creating new VirtualBox VDI image:"
+VBoxManage convertfromraw chroma.img --format VDI chroma.vdi # generate the new vdi from the img
+echo "   Attaching image to the VM."
+VBoxManage storageattach Chroma --port 0 --storagectl AHCI --type hdd --medium "`pwd`/chroma.vdi" # attach the new vdi to the vm so we can run it
+echo "   VirtualBox integrations complete. You may execute run.sh to run your VirtualBox VM."
+fi
+
diff --git a/init.sh b/pre.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 100%
rename from init.sh
rename to pre.sh
diff --git a/run.bat b/run.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2695248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run.bat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vboxmanage startvm "Chroma"
diff --git a/setup.bat b/setup.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 3941479..0000000
--- a/setup.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-# ignore this as it will be deprecated video/tty.c 
-
-
-
-cd chroma
-
-# compile all the tings
-x86_64-elf-gcc -ffreestanding -O2 -Wall -Wextra -c^
- -I inc^
- kernel.c video/draw.c video/print.c^
- system/memory/paging.c system/memory/physmem.c^
- system/drivers/keyboard.c^
- system/cpu.c system/rw.c system/serial.c
-
-#gcc will complain about sse instrs if we use intr attr without this flag
-x86_64-elf-gcc -ffreestanding -O2 -Wall -Wextra  -mgeneral-regs-only -c^
- -I inc^
- system/interrupts.c
-
-
-
-
-cd ..
-
-# get our font for linking
-x86_64-elf-ld -r -b binary -o font.o font.psf
-
-# link all the files
-x86_64-elf-gcc -T linker.ld -ffreestanding -O2 -nostdlib -lgcc^
- chroma/kernel.o chroma/draw.o chroma/print.o^
- chroma/paging.o chroma/physmem.o^
- chroma/keyboard.o^
- chroma/cpu.o chroma/rw.o chroma/serial.o^
- chroma/interrupts.o^
- font.o^
- -o kernel.elf
-
-# generate our iso image :D
-# copy the elf to where grub wants it 
-# and delete any old ones for good measure first
-
-rm iso/boot/kernel.elf
-rm chroma.iso
-cp kernel.elf iso/boot/initrd
-
-xorriso -as mkisofs -U -no-emul-boot -b boot/bootloader -hide boot/bootloader -V "Chroma v4a" -iso-level 3 -o chroma.iso iso/
-
-
-pause
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