diff --git a/get-image/main.go b/get-image/main.go
index 47b9b96..47f29ee 100644
--- a/get-image/main.go
+++ b/get-image/main.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.Println("device /dev/mmcblk0p2 exists")
 	} else {
 		log.Println("device /dev/mmcblk0p2 does not exist")
-		// fail()
+		fail()
 	}
 
 	shell.Run("mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /home/factory")
@@ -29,27 +29,22 @@ func main() {
 	imagename := "factory-2019-01-20"
 	fullname :=  "/home/factory/" + imagename
 
-	if _, err := os.Stat(fullname); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	// if the image does not exist, try to wget it
+	if _, err := os.Stat(fullname); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		log.Println("filename", fullname, "does not exist")
 		shell.Run("cd /home/factory")
 		shell.Run("wget -c " + "http://fire.lab.wit.com/factory/" + imagename)
 	}
+
 	if _, err := os.Stat(fullname); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		log.Println("filename", fullname, "exists. dd here")
 		shell.Run("dd " + fullname + " of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=1M status=progress oflag=sync")
+		succeeded()
 	} else {
 		log.Println("filename", fullname, "does not exist")
 		fail()
 	}
 
-	// wget -c http://fire.lab.wit.com/factory/
-/*
-echo dd if=/home/factory/emmc.img.armbian of=/dev/mmcblk2
-dd if=/home/factory/emmc.img.armbian of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=1M status=progress oflag=sync
-
-dialog --ascii-lines --msgbox "Flash Image Completed!" 10 70
-*/
-
 }
 
 func fail () {
@@ -83,5 +78,8 @@ func succeeded () {
 	log.Println("")
 	log.Println("")
 
+	// try executing this from golang to see what happens
+	// dialog --ascii-lines --msgbox "Flash Image Completed!" 10 70
+
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
diff --git a/rc.local b/rc.local
index 0a8bcee..044509b 100755
--- a/rc.local
+++ b/rc.local
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ echo  STARTING PINEBOOK IMAGING IN 5 SECONDS
 echo
 echo  CONTROL-C TO STOP
 echo
+
+echo
+echo Kill off network manager and wpa_supplicant
+echo
+
+systemctl stop NetworkManager.service
+systemctl disable NetworkManager.service
+systemctl stop wpa_supplicant.service
+
 echo Connecting to wifi network WIT Public 2
 killall wpa_supplicant
 ifconfig wlan0 up