diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96b6ffe..7390613 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 build/
 cores/src
 cores/output
-private/
-releases/
+private
+releases
+src/boot/output
 
 *.o
 *.so
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 51e54c9..6d6016c 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ sys:
 	cd ./src/keymon && make
 	cd ./src/minarch && make
 	cd ./src/minui && make
+	cd ./src/boot && ./build.sh
 
 all-cores:
 	cd ./cores && make
@@ -51,8 +52,10 @@ bundle:
 	cd ./build && find . -type f -name '.keep' -delete
 	cd ./build && find . -type f -name '*.meta' -delete
 	
+	cp ./src/boot/output/dmenu.bin ./build/BASE
+	
 	# populate system
-	cp ~/buildroot/output/images/rootfs.ext2 ./build/SYSTEM/rg35xx/
+	cp ~/buildroot/output/images/rootfs.ext2 ./build/SYSTEM/rg35xx
 	cp ./src/dts/kernel.dtb ./build/SYSTEM/rg35xx/dat
 	cp ./src/libmsettings/libmsettings.so ./build/SYSTEM/rg35xx/lib
 	cp ./src/keymon/keymon.elf ./build/SYSTEM/rg35xx/bin
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ clean:
 	cd ./src/keymon && make clean
 	cd ./src/minui && make clean
 	cd ./src/minarch && make clean
+	cd ./src/boot && rm -rf ./output
 	cd ./cores && make clean
 	cd ./src/clock && make clean
 	cd ./other/DinguxCommander && make clean
diff --git a/skeleton/BASE/dmenu.bin b/src/boot/boot.sh
similarity index 85%
rename from skeleton/BASE/dmenu.bin
rename to src/boot/boot.sh
index db19fb7..d1def6e 100755
--- a/skeleton/BASE/dmenu.bin
+++ b/src/boot/boot.sh
@@ -37,11 +37,20 @@ fi
 if [ -f $UPDATE_PATH ]; then
 	FLAG_PATH=/misc/.minstalled
 	if [ ! -f $FLAG_PATH ]; then
-		echo "INSTALL"
+		ACTION=installing
 	else
-		echo "UPDATE"
+		ACTION=updating
 	fi
 	
+	# extract the zip file appended to the end of this script to tmp
+	# and display one of the two images it contains 
+	CUT=$((`busybox grep -n '^BINARY' $0 | busybox cut -d ':' -f 1 | busybox tail -1` + 1))
+	busybox tail -n +$CUT "$0" | busybox uudecode -o /tmp/data
+	busybox unzip -o /tmp/data -d /tmp
+	busybox fbset -g 640 480 640 480 16
+	dd if=/tmp/$ACTION of=/dev/fb0
+	sync
+	
 	busybox unzip -o $UPDATE_PATH -d $SDCARD_PATH
 	rm -f $UPDATE_PATH
 	if [ ! -f $FLAG_PATH ]; then
@@ -102,3 +111,6 @@ busybox chroot $ROOTFS_MOUNTPOINT $SYSTEM_PATH/paks/MinUI.pak/launch.sh &> $SYST
 umount $ROOTFS_MOUNTPOINT
 busybox losetup --detach $LOOPDEVICE
 sync && reboot -p
+
+exit 0
+
diff --git a/src/boot/build.sh b/src/boot/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4f9f43a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/boot/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+TARGET=dmenu.bin
+
+mkdir -p output
+if [ ! -f output/installing ]; then
+	dd skip=64 iflag=skip_bytes if=installing.bmp of=output/installing
+fi
+if [ ! -f output/updating ]; then
+	dd skip=64 iflag=skip_bytes if=updating.bmp of=output/updating
+fi
+
+cd output
+if [ ! -f data ]; then
+	# tar -czvf data installing updating
+	zip -r data.zip installing updating
+	mv data.zip data
+fi
+
+cat ../boot.sh > $TARGET
+echo BINARY >> $TARGET
+uuencode data data >> $TARGET
+echo >> $TARGET
diff --git a/src/boot/installing.bmp b/src/boot/installing.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ee57b7
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/boot/installing.bmp differ
diff --git a/src/boot/updating.bmp b/src/boot/updating.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66e86a7
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/boot/updating.bmp differ