diff --git a/bin/vhost-enable.sh b/bin/vhost-enable.sh
index 882a903..23aa83c 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-enable.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-enable.sh
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ if [[ "$macro" == *"VHost"* ]]; then
         fi
       fi
     fi
+    # make sure sendmail_path is set for php-fpm
+    if [[ -f /etc/php/$fpm/fpm/pool.d/$username.conf ]]; then
+      if ! /bin/grep -q "^php_admin_value\[sendmail_path\]" /etc/php/$fpm/fpm/pool.d/$username.conf; then
+        echo "php_admin_value[sendmail_path] = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -fwebmaster@$domain" >> /etc/php/$fpm/fpm/pool.d/$username.conf
+      fi
+    fi
   else
     echo "VirtualHost dir for $vhost does not exist."
     exit 1
diff --git a/bin/vhost-exp.sh b/bin/vhost-exp.sh
index 9e512ab..b920f8f 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-exp.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-exp.sh
@@ -141,15 +141,16 @@ if [[ -d /srv/www/$domain ]]; then
     fi
 
     # /etc/ configs
-    if [[ -d /srv/www/$domain/.exp/etc ]]; then
-      echo "cp -a /srv/www/$domain/.exp/etc/* /etc/"
-      echo "rm -r /srv/www/$domain/.exp/"
-      echo "systemctl reload apache2.service"
-      echo "systemctl reload php7.4-fpm"
+    if [[ -d /srv/www/$domain/.exp/etc/letsencrypt ]]; then
+      echo "cp -a /srv/www/$domain/.exp/etc/letsencrypt/* /etc/letsencrypt/"
+    fi
+    if [[ -f /srv/www/$domain/.exp/etc/ssl/letsencrypt/$domain.pem ]]; then
+      echo "cp -a /srv/www/$domain/.exp/etc/ssl/letsencrypt/$domain.pem /etc/ssl/letsencrypt/$domain.pem"
+      echo "vhost-enable.sh -m VHostHTTPS -d $domain"
     fi
 
     echo
-    echo "NOTE: check for PHP version on new server and adjust /srv/www/$domain/.exp/etc/php/ config and reload command accordingly"
+    echo "NOTE: check for PHP version changes on the on new server and an custom php-fpm configs in /srv/www/$domain/.exp/etc/php/ from the old server"
 
   fi
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 8f56eb5..c7ea49d 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ if [ -f "/usr/local/bin/vhost.sh" ]; then
   exit
 fi
 
+# purge javascript-common, if installed, as it creates the /etc/apache2 dir
+apt-get -y purge javascript-common
+
 # check for existing web server software installs
 if [ -d "/etc/apache2/" ] || [ -d "/etc/php/" ] || [ -d "/etc/varnish/" ]; then
   echo