diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index b487287..1523ece 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $NAME" > $DEST/etc/hosts
 # copy kernel modules
 cp -pr /lib/modules/`uname -r` $DEST/lib/modules
 
-# helpful screenrc
-cp files/screenrc $DEST/root/.screenrc
+# inject stack.sh files
+cp -r files $DEST/opt/files
 
 # copy openstack installer and requirement lists to a new directory.
 mkdir -p $DEST/opt
diff --git a/files/000-default.template b/files/000-default.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64251f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/000-default.template
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<VirtualHost *:80>
+    WSGIScriptAlias / %DASH_DIR%/openstack-dashboard/dashboard/wsgi/django.wsgi
+    WSGIDaemonProcess dashboard user=www-data group=www-data processes=3 threads=10
+    WSGIProcessGroup dashboard
+
+    DocumentRoot %DASH_DIR%/.blackhole/
+    Alias /media %DASH_DIR%/openstack-dashboard/media
+
+    <Directory />
+        Options FollowSymLinks
+        AllowOverride None
+    </Directory>
+
+    <Directory %DASH_DIR%/>
+        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
+        AllowOverride None
+        Order allow,deny
+        allow from all
+    </Directory>
+
+    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
+    LogLevel warn
+    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
+</VirtualHost>
+
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index 78d9b4d..8ef39fe 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -97,32 +97,8 @@ if [ "$CMD" == "install" ]; then
     # setup apache
     mkdir $DASH_DIR/.blackhole
 
-    cat > /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default <<EOF
-<VirtualHost *:80>
-    WSGIScriptAlias / $DASH_DIR/openstack-dashboard/dashboard/wsgi/django.wsgi
-    WSGIDaemonProcess dashboard user=www-data group=www-data processes=3 threads=10
-    WSGIProcessGroup dashboard
-
-    DocumentRoot $DASH_DIR/.blackhole/
-    Alias /media $DASH_DIR/openstack-dashboard/media
-
-    <Directory />
-        Options FollowSymLinks
-        AllowOverride None
-    </Directory>
-
-    <Directory $DASH_DIR/>
-        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
-        AllowOverride None
-        Order allow,deny
-        allow from all
-    </Directory>
-
-    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
-    LogLevel warn
-    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
-</VirtualHost>
-EOF
+    # FIXME(ja): can't figure out how to make $DASH_DIR work in sed, also install to available/a2e it 
+    cat $DIR/files/000-default.template | sed "s/%DASH_DIR%/\/opt\/dash/g" > /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default
 
     chown -R www-data:www-data $DASH_DIR
 
@@ -134,6 +110,9 @@ EOF
 
     mkdir -p $DEST/images
     tar -C $DEST/images -zxf $DEST/tty.tgz
+
+    # add useful screenrc
+    cp $DIR/files/screenrc ~/.screenrc
     exit
 fi