diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 75b43f0..fc25436 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -223,9 +223,13 @@ umask $UMASK
 systemctl enable wg-quick@wg0.service
 systemctl start wg-quick@wg0.service
 
+# install wg*.sh scripts in to /usr/local/sbin/
+cp wg*.sh /usr/local/sbin/
+chmod 755 /usr/local/sbin/wg*.sh
+
 # set up wireguard timer for wg-cron.sh
 # removes inactive peers (clients) endpoint (last connected IP) data from wireguard
-# /usr/lib/systemd/system/wg-cron.timer
+mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/systemd/system/
 echo '[Unit]' > /usr/lib/systemd/system/wg-cron.timer
 echo 'Description=wiregaurd cron every 5 minutes' >> /usr/lib/systemd/system/wg-cron.timer
 echo '' >> /usr/lib/systemd/system/wg-cron.timer
@@ -245,14 +249,22 @@ echo 'ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/wg-cron.sh' >> /usr/lib/systemd/system/wg-cron.s
 echo '' >> /usr/lib/systemd/system/wg-cron.service
 echo '[Install]' >> /usr/lib/systemd/system/wg-cron.service
 echo 'WantedBy=multi-user.target' >> /usr/lib/systemd/system/wg-cron.service
-# enable wg-cront.timer
+# enable wg-cron.timer
 systemctl daemon-reload
 systemctl enable wg-cron.timer
 systemctl start wg-cron.timer
 
-# install wg-*.sh scripts in to /usr/local/sbin/
-cp wg-*.sh /usr/local/sbin/
-chmod 755 /usr/local/sbin/wg-*.sh
+# install fail2ban. configure draconian ssh failure blocking
+DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install fail2ban
+echo "[Definition]" > /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.local
+echo "dbfile = :memory:" >> /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.local
+echo "[DEFAULT]" > /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
+echo "ignoreip = 127.0.0.1/8" >> /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
+echo "banaction = ufw" >> /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
+echo "bantime = 24h" >> /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/defaults-debian.conf
+echo "maxretry = 1" >> /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/defaults-debian.conf
+systemctl enable fail2ban
+systemctl start fail2ban
 
 # display installation confirmation message
 echo "WireGuard is now installed and configured and running."
diff --git a/wg-client-add.sh b/wg-client-add.sh
index 0debf45..c532ead 100755
--- a/wg-client-add.sh
+++ b/wg-client-add.sh
@@ -12,48 +12,28 @@ source $(dirname $0)/wg.sh
 help()
 {
   thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
-  echo "Add virtualhost to this server."
+  echo "Add VPN client config."
   echo ""
-  echo "usage: $thisfilename -d <domain> -u <username> [-h]"
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename -c <client> [-h]"
   echo ""
   echo "  -h            Print this help."
-  echo "  -d <domain>   Domain name to add as a VirtualHost. www. subdomain is automatically aliased."
-  echo "  -u <username> Username to install VirtualHost for. Username must already exist."
-  echo "                If need be run vhost-user-add.sh first."
-  echo "                Or use vhost-deploy.sh instead to automatically generate username."
+  echo "  -c <client>   Name of the client configuration."
 }
 
-vhost:getoptions "$@"
+wg::getoptions "$@"
 
-# require root
-if [ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "This script must be run as root"
-  exit 1
+# check for client config name
+if [[ -z $client ]]; then
+  echo "client name is required"
+  exit
 fi
 
-# check for and set client name
-if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  client=$1
-  # set beginning of config file name
-  config=$client
-else
-  echo "client name not set"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# check if device name was set
-if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-  device=$2
-else
-  device=default
-fi
-
-# add device name & .conf to config file name
-config=$config.$device.conf
+# set config file name
+config=$client.conf
 
 # check for existing config
 if [ -f /etc/wireguard/clients/$config ] || [ -f /etc/wireguard/peers/$config ]; then
-  echo "config for $client $device already exists"
+  echo "config for $client already exists"
   exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/wg-client-create-zip.sh b/wg-client-create-zip.sh
index b036afe..fe8e740 100755
--- a/wg-client-create-zip.sh
+++ b/wg-client-create-zip.sh
@@ -6,32 +6,30 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2022 Matthew Saunders Brown <matthewsaundersbrown@gmail.com>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
-# require root
-if [ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "This script must be run as root"
-  exit 1
+# load include file
+source $(dirname $0)/wg.sh
+
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Create zip of client config."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename -c <client> [-h]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo "  -c <client>   Name of the client configuration."
+}
+
+wg::getoptions "$@"
+
+# check for client config name
+if [[ -z $client ]]; then
+  echo "client name is required"
+  exit
 fi
 
-# check for and set client name
-if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  client=$1
-  # set beginning of config file name
-  config=$client
-else
-  echo "client name not set"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# check if device name was set
-if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-  device=$2
-else
-  device=default
-fi
-
-# add device name & .conf to config file name
-config=$config.$device.conf
-image=$config.$device.png
+# set config file name
+config=$client.conf
 
 # check for existing config
 if [ -f /etc/wireguard/clients/$config ]; then
@@ -43,5 +41,5 @@ if [ -f /etc/wireguard/clients/$config ]; then
   /usr/bin/zip -j $config.zip /etc/wireguard/clients/$config
 
 else
-  echo "config for $client $device does not exist"
+  echo "config for $client does not exist"
 fi
diff --git a/wg-client-del.sh b/wg-client-del.sh
index 5335e9e..31173be 100755
--- a/wg-client-del.sh
+++ b/wg-client-del.sh
@@ -6,31 +6,30 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2022 Matthew Saunders Brown <matthewsaundersbrown@gmail.com>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
-# require root
-if [ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "This script must be run as root"
-  exit 1
+# load include file
+source $(dirname $0)/wg.sh
+
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Delete VPN client config."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename -c <client> [-h]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo "  -c <client>   Name of the client configuration."
+}
+
+wg::getoptions "$@"
+
+# check for client config name
+if [[ -z $client ]]; then
+  echo "client name is required"
+  exit
 fi
 
-# check for and set client name
-if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  client=$1
-  # set beginning of config file name
-  config=$client
-else
-  echo "client name not set"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# check if device name was set
-if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-  device=$2
-else
-  device=default
-fi
-
-# add device name & .conf to config file name
-config=$config.$device.conf
+# set config file name
+config=$client.conf
 
 # check for server config
 if [ -f /etc/wireguard/peers/$config ]; then
@@ -38,11 +37,11 @@ if [ -f /etc/wireguard/peers/$config ]; then
   wg set wg0 peer $peer remove
   wg-quick save wg0
   rm /etc/wireguard/peers/$config
-  echo "peer and server config for $client $device removed"
+  echo "peer and server config for $client removed"
 fi
 
 # check for client config
 if [ -f /etc/wireguard/clients/$config ]; then
   rm /etc/wireguard/clients/$config
-  echo "client config for $client $device removed"
+  echo "client config for $client removed"
 fi
diff --git a/wg-client-disable.sh b/wg-client-disable.sh
index 6a133ac..6f76b03 100755
--- a/wg-client-disable.sh
+++ b/wg-client-disable.sh
@@ -6,36 +6,35 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2022 Matthew Saunders Brown <matthewsaundersbrown@gmail.com>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
-# require root
-if [ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "This script must be run as root"
-  exit 1
+# load include file
+source $(dirname $0)/wg.sh
+
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Disable VPN client config."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename -c <client> [-h]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo "  -c <client>   Name of the client configuration."
+}
+
+wg::getoptions "$@"
+
+# check for client config name
+if [[ -z $client ]]; then
+  echo "client name is required"
+  exit
 fi
 
-# check for and set client name
-if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  client=$1
-  # set beginning of config file name
-  config=$client
-else
-  echo "client name not set"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# check if device name was set
-if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-  device=$2
-else
-  device=default
-fi
-
-# add device name & .conf to config file name
-config=$config.$device.conf
+# set config file name
+config=$client.conf
 
 # check for server config
 if [ -f /etc/wireguard/peers/$config ]; then
   peer=$(grep PublicKey /etc/wireguard/peers/$config|cut -d ' ' -f 3)
   wg set wg0 peer $peer remove
   wg-quick save wg0
-  echo "peer for $client $device disabled"
+  echo "peer for $client disabled"
 fi
diff --git a/wg-client-enable.sh b/wg-client-enable.sh
index 781668f..d06972f 100755
--- a/wg-client-enable.sh
+++ b/wg-client-enable.sh
@@ -6,31 +6,30 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2022 Matthew Saunders Brown <matthewsaundersbrown@gmail.com>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
-# require root
-if [ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "This script must be run as root"
-  exit 1
+# load include file
+source $(dirname $0)/wg.sh
+
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Enable existing VPN client config."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename -c <client> [-h]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo "  -c <client>   Name of the client configuration."
+}
+
+wg::getoptions "$@"
+
+# check for client config name
+if [[ -z $client ]]; then
+  echo "client name is required"
+  exit
 fi
 
-# check for and set client name
-if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  client=$1
-  # set beginning of config file name
-  config=$client
-else
-  echo "client name not set"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# check if device name was set
-if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-  device=$2
-else
-  device=default
-fi
-
-# add device name & .conf to config file name
-config=$config.$device.conf
+# set config file name
+config=$client.conf
 
 # check for server config
 if [ -f /etc/wireguard/peers/$config ]; then
@@ -39,17 +38,17 @@ if [ -f /etc/wireguard/peers/$config ]; then
   if [ $status = 0 ]; then
     wg addconf wg0 /etc/wireguard/peers/$config
     wg-quick save wg0
-    echo "peer for $client $device enabled"
+    echo "peer for $client enabled"
   elif [ $status = 1 ]; then
-    echo "peer for $client $device already enabled"
+    echo "peer for $client already enabled"
   else
-    echo "unexpected status for peer $client $device ($status)"
+    echo "unexpected status for peer $client ($status)"
   fi
 elif [ -f /etc/wireguard/clients/$config ]; then
   # create server config
   # enable server config
-  echo "server config for $client $device not found, but client config exists."
+  echo "server config for $client not found, but client config exists."
   echo "add programming here to create server config and enable"
 else
-  echo "no configs for $client $device found"
+  echo "no configs for $client found"
 fi
diff --git a/wg-client-list.sh b/wg-client-list.sh
index bd8eba4..8762538 100755
--- a/wg-client-list.sh
+++ b/wg-client-list.sh
@@ -9,11 +9,8 @@
 # wg-client-list.sh
 # list all client configs available on the server
 
-# require root
-if [ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "This script must be run as root"
-  exit 1
-fi
+# load include file
+source $(dirname $0)/wg.sh
 
 # prints a table with username & device split in to columns
-(echo "Client.Config" && echo "--------.------" && cd /etc/wireguard/clients/ && ls -1 *.conf)|sed 's|\.conf$||g'|sed 's|\.| |g'|column -t
+(echo "Client" && echo "---------------" && cd /etc/wireguard/clients/ && ls -1 *.conf)|sed 's|\.conf$||g'
diff --git a/wg-client-qr-create-png.sh b/wg-client-qr-create-png.sh
index 3108bbf..86102a9 100755
--- a/wg-client-qr-create-png.sh
+++ b/wg-client-qr-create-png.sh
@@ -6,32 +6,31 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2022 Matthew Saunders Brown <matthewsaundersbrown@gmail.com>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
-# require root
-if [ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "This script must be run as root"
-  exit 1
+# load include file
+source $(dirname $0)/wg.sh
+
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Create PNG QR file for client config."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename -c <client> [-h]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo "  -c <client>   Name of the client configuration."
+}
+
+wg::getoptions "$@"
+
+# check for client config name
+if [[ -z $client ]]; then
+  echo "client name is required"
+  exit
 fi
 
-# check for and set client name
-if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  client=$1
-  # set beginning of config file name
-  config=$client
-else
-  echo "client name not set"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# check if device name was set
-if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-  device=$2
-else
-  device=default
-fi
-
-# add device name & .conf to config file name
-config=$config.$device.conf
-image=$config.$device.png
+# set config and image file names
+config=$client.conf
+image=$config.png
 
 # check for existing config
 if [ -f /etc/wireguard/clients/$config ]; then
@@ -42,5 +41,5 @@ if [ -f /etc/wireguard/clients/$config ]; then
   qrencode -t png -r /etc/wireguard/clients/$config -o /var/lib/wireguard/$image
 
 else
-  echo "config for $client $device does not exist"
+  echo "config for $client does not exist"
 fi
diff --git a/wg-client-qr-display.sh b/wg-client-qr-display.sh
index 55ca1f0..3516962 100755
--- a/wg-client-qr-display.sh
+++ b/wg-client-qr-display.sh
@@ -6,35 +6,34 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2022 Matthew Saunders Brown <matthewsaundersbrown@gmail.com>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
-# require root
-if [ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "This script must be run as root"
-  exit 1
+# load include file
+source $(dirname $0)/wg.sh
+
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Display client config QR code."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename -c <client> [-h]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo "  -c <client>   Name of the client configuration."
+}
+
+wg::getoptions "$@"
+
+# check for client config name
+if [[ -z $client ]]; then
+  echo "client name is required"
+  exit
 fi
 
-# check for and set client name
-if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  client=$1
-  # set beginning of config file name
-  config=$client
-else
-  echo "client name not set"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# check if device name was set
-if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-  device=$2
-else
-  device=default
-fi
-
-# add device name & .conf to config file name
-config=$config.$device.conf
+# set config and image file names
+config=$client.conf
 
 # check for existing config
 if [ -f /etc/wireguard/clients/$config ]; then
   qrencode -t ansiutf8 < /etc/wireguard/clients/$config
 else
-  echo "config for $client $device does not exist"
+  echo "config for $client does not exist"
 fi
diff --git a/wg-cron.sh b/wg-cron.sh
index 028890b..2ad5145 100755
--- a/wg-cron.sh
+++ b/wg-cron.sh
@@ -11,11 +11,8 @@
 # remove them then add them back to wireguard
 # this removes the endpoint (last connected IP) and transfer stats
 
-# require root
-if [ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "This script must be run as root"
-  exit 1
-fi
+# load include file
+source $(dirname $0)/wg.sh
 
 # get peer of clients with "minutes" in their last handshake
 clients=($(wg|grep -B 4 minutes|grep peer|cut -d ' ' -f 2))
diff --git a/wg-peer-audit.sh b/wg-peer-audit.sh
index 84033fc..73f4fe9 100755
--- a/wg-peer-audit.sh
+++ b/wg-peer-audit.sh
@@ -11,11 +11,8 @@
 # this is basis of a "cleanup" script to remove configs for invalid
 # old or deleted clients
 
-# require root
-if [ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "This script must be run as root"
-  exit 1
-fi
+# load include file
+source $(dirname $0)/wg.sh
 
 # get all peers in running wireguard server
 peers=($(wg|grep peer|cut -d ' ' -f 2))
diff --git a/wg.sh b/wg.sh
index d7e547d..2cdb097 100755
--- a/wg.sh
+++ b/wg.sh
@@ -15,21 +15,6 @@ fi
 
 # functions
 
-function vhost::set-virtualhostArray () {
-
-  cd /srv/www
-  virtualhostArray=(`ls -1|grep -v ^html$`)
-
-}
-
-function vhost::set-phpVersion () {
-
-  PHP_MAJOR_VERSION=`php -r "echo PHP_MAJOR_VERSION;"`
-  PHP_MINOR_VERSION=`php -r "echo PHP_MINOR_VERSION;"`
-  phpVersion=$PHP_MAJOR_VERSION.$PHP_MINOR_VERSION
-
-}
-
 # crude but good enough domain name format validation
 function wg::validate_domain () {
   local my_domain=$1
@@ -40,28 +25,16 @@ function wg::validate_domain () {
   fi
 }
 
--c client
--g config
--e email
--p peer ???
-
-function wg:getoptions () {
+function wg::getoptions () {
   local OPTIND
-  while getopts "cd:i:m:o:p:u:jhnvw" opt ; do
+  while getopts "c:e:h" opt ; do
     case "${opt}" in
         h ) # display help and exit
           help
           exit
           ;;
-        c ) # cvs - output in cvs format
-          cvs=true
-          ;;
-        d ) # domain name (virtualhost) to act on
-          domain=${OPTARG,,}
-          if ! wg::validate_domain $domain; then
-            echo "ERROR: $domain is not a valid domain name."
-            exit
-          fi
+        c ) # client/config name
+          client=${OPTARG,,}
           ;;
         e ) # email address
           email=${OPTARG,,}
@@ -83,34 +56,6 @@ function wg:getoptions () {
             exit 1
           fi
           ;;
-        i ) # User ID (UID) for new user
-          uid=${OPTARG}
-          ;;
-        m ) # macro - Apache mod_macro name
-          macro=${OPTARG}
-          ;;
-        o ) # option - usually applied to previously specified variable
-            # e.g. could be subdomain or alias depending on the macro defined
-          option=${OPTARG}
-          ;;
-        p ) # password
-          password=${OPTARG}
-          ;;
-        u ) # username
-          username=${OPTARG,,}
-          ;;
-        j ) # jail - if enabled user will be jailed
-          jail=true
-          ;;
-        n ) # dry-run
-          dryrun=true
-          ;;
-        v ) # verbose
-          verbose=true
-          ;;
-        w ) # write - store data in file
-          write=true
-          ;;
         \? )
           echo "Invalid option: $OPTARG"
           exit 1
@@ -124,7 +69,3 @@ function wg:getoptions () {
   shift $((OPTIND-1))
 }
 
-# check for local config, which can be used to override any of the above
-if [[ -f /usr/local/etc/wg.conf ]]; then
-  source /usr/local/etc/wg.conf
-fi