diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 8bed1d4..5aa5fcf 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,45 @@
-ln -s ~/.vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Prereqs
+
+
+if [ ! -x  "$(command -v vim)" ]; then 
+   echo you need vim installed
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x  "$(command -v go)" ]; then 
+    echo you might want to install golang
+fi
+     
+if [ ! -x  "$(command -v npm)" ]; then 
+    echo you will need npm
+    exit 1
+fi
+     
+ if [ ! -x  "$(command -v apt-vim)" ]; then 
+    echo Installing apt-vim; 
+    curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/egalpin/apt-vim/master/install.sh | sh; 
+ fi;
+
+cp ~/.vimrc ~/.vimrc.bac.$(date +%d)
+cp vimrc ~/.vimrc
 cd ~/.vim
 mkdir -p backup
 mkdir -p plugged
 mkdir -p autoload
+mkdir -p colors
+mkdir -p swapfiles
+mkdir -p scripts
 curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
     https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
 vim +PlugInstall +qall
+cd -
 cd ~/.vim/plugged/YouCompleteMe
 ./install.sh --go-completer
+cd -
 cd ~/.vim/plugged/tern_for_vim
 npm install
+cd -
+curl -fLo ~/.vim/colors/srcery.vim https://raw.githubusercontent.com/srcery-colors/srcery-vim/master/colors/srcery.vim 
+cp ./scripts/* ~/.vim/scripts