diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ade7961..5298228 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 .direnv/*
 __pycache__/*
+build/*
+dist/*
+venv/*
 .env
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 155fde0..6138fc2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,15 +29,27 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 edit `.env` and update accordingly
 
+add to user crontab to update site every 5 minutes
+```
+*/5   *     *   *  *    cd ~/python/solar_edge && direnv exec . python solar_edge.py > /dev/null 2>&1
+```
+
+
+# Create pyinstaller
+```
+pyinstaller --onefile solar_edge.spec
+```
 
 add to user crontab to update site every 5 minutes
 ```
-05   *     *   *  *    cd ~/python/solar_edge && direnv exec . python solar_edge.py > /dev/null 2>&1
+*/5   *     *   *  *    ~/bin/solar_edge > /dev/null 2>&1
 ```
 
+
 # Sample .env if installed on the server
 ```
 SSH_HOST=
+SSH_PORT=
 SSH_USER=
 SSH_FOLDER=/var/www/wordpress
 URL=https://monitoringapi.solaredge.com/site/55555/envBenefits?systemUnits=Imperial&api_key=
@@ -49,6 +61,7 @@ FONT_FACE=Biko_Regular.otf
 # Sample .env file for scp
 ```
 SSH_HOST=myserver.com
+SSH_PORT=22
 SSH_USER=www-data
 SSH_FOLDER=/var/www/wordpress
 URL=https://monitoringapi.solaredge.com/site/55555/envBenefits?systemUnits=Imperial&api_key=
diff --git a/env.sample b/env.sample
index 4d13c16..7ec29ae 100644
--- a/env.sample
+++ b/env.sample
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 SSH_HOST=myserver.com
+SSH_PORT=22
 SSH_USER=www-data
 SSH_FOLDER=/var/www/wordpress
 URL=https://monitoringapi.solaredge.com/site/55555/envBenefits?systemUnits=Imperial&api_key=
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 810567b..cef2caf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+altgraph==0.17
 asn1crypto==0.24.0
 bcrypt==3.1.6
 cffi==1.12.2
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ Pillow==6.0.0
 pkg-resources==0.0.0
 pyasn1==0.4.5
 pycparser==2.19
+pyinstaller==4.0
+pyinstaller-hooks-contrib==2020.9
 PyNaCl==1.3.0
 python-dotenv==0.10.1
 scp==0.13.2
diff --git a/solar_edge.py b/solar_edge.py
index 34bf4e9..c93e505 100755
--- a/solar_edge.py
+++ b/solar_edge.py
@@ -11,12 +11,24 @@ from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from paramiko import SSHClient
 from scp import SCPClient
 
+#### HEAR BE DRAGONS
+# set python environment
+if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
+    bundle_dir = sys._MEIPASS
+else:
+    # we are running in a normal Python environment
+    bundle_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+# load environmental variables
+load_dotenv(bundle_dir + "/.env")
+
 ## get JSON from solar edge server
-url = os.getenv('URL') 
+url = os.getenv('URL')
 infile = os.getenv('INFILE')
 outfile = os.getenv('OUTFILE')
 font_face = os.getenv('FONT_FACE')
 ssh_host = os.getenv('SSH_HOST')
+ssh_port = os.getenv('SSH_PORT')
 ssh_user = os.getenv('SSH_USER')
 ssh_folder = os.getenv('SSH_FOLDER')
 req = urllib.request.Request(url)
@@ -31,8 +43,8 @@ trees = str(round(cont['envBenefits']['treesPlanted']))
 ## create image for website
 fill_color = "#298246"
 xpos = 91
-image = Image.open(infile)
-font = ImageFont.truetype(font_face, 19)
+image = Image.open(bundle_dir + "/" + infile)
+font = ImageFont.truetype(bundle_dir + "/" + font_face, 19)
 
 draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
 draw.text((xpos, 81), co2, font=font, fill=fill_color)
@@ -44,7 +56,7 @@ image.save(outfile)
 if ssh_host:
     ssh = SSHClient()
     ssh.load_system_host_keys()
-    ssh.connect(hostname=ssh_host, username=ssh_user)
+    ssh.connect(hostname=ssh_host, port=ssh_port, username=ssh_user)
 
     scp = SCPClient(ssh.get_transport())
     scp.put(outfile, ssh_folder)
diff --git a/solar_edge.spec b/solar_edge.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5476e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/solar_edge.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+block_cipher = None
+
+
+a = Analysis(['solar_edge.py'],
+             pathex=['/home/fwarren/builds/solar_edge'],
+             binaries=[],
+             datas=[('.env','.'),('Biko_Regular.otf','.'),('environmental_benefits_blank.png','.')],
+             hiddenimports=[],
+             hookspath=[],
+             runtime_hooks=[],
+             excludes=[],
+             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
+             win_private_assemblies=False,
+             cipher=block_cipher,
+             noarchive=False)
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
+             cipher=block_cipher)
+exe = EXE(pyz,
+          a.scripts,
+          a.binaries,
+          a.zipfiles,
+          a.datas,
+          [],
+          name='solar_edge',
+          debug=False,
+          bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
+          strip=False,
+          upx=True,
+          upx_exclude=[],
+          runtime_tmpdir=None,
+          console=True )