diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Byond/ByondManager.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Byond/ByondManager.cs
index f051d38dd1..638d6b612c 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Byond/ByondManager.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Byond/ByondManager.cs
@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Byond
 	/// <inheritdoc />
 	sealed class ByondManager : IByondManager
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The path to the BYOND bin folder
+		/// </summary>
+		public const string BinPath = "byond/bin";
+
 		const string VersionFileName = "Version.txt";
 		const string ActiveVersionFileName = "ActiveVersion.txt";
 
-		const string BinPath = "byond/bin";
-
 		/// <inheritdoc />
 		public Version ActiveVersion { get; private set; }
 
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Byond/PosixByondInstaller.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Byond/PosixByondInstaller.cs
index ded0d06a1e..19b62b0795 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Byond/PosixByondInstaller.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Byond/PosixByondInstaller.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Net;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Tgstation.Server.Host.Core;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.IO;
 
 namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Byond
@@ -23,16 +25,21 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Byond
 		const string ByondCachePath = "~/.byond/cache";
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
-		public string DreamDaemonName => "DreamDaemon";
+		public string DreamDaemonName => "DreamDaemon.sh";
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
-		public string DreamMakerName => "DreamMaker";
+		public string DreamMakerName => "DreamMaker.sh";
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The <see cref="IIOManager"/> for the <see cref="PosixByondInstaller"/>
 		/// </summary>
 		readonly IIOManager ioManager;
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The <see cref="IPostWriteHandler"/> for the <see cref="PosixByondInstaller"/>
+		/// </summary>
+		readonly IPostWriteHandler postWriteHandler;
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The <see cref="ILogger"/> for the <see cref="PosixByondInstaller"/>
 		/// </summary>
@@ -42,10 +49,12 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Byond
 		/// Construct a <see cref="WindowsByondInstaller"/>
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="ioManager">The value of <see cref="ioManager"/></param>
+		/// <param name="postWriteHandler">The value of <see cref="postWriteHandler"/></param>
 		/// <param name="logger">The value of <see cref="logger"/></param>
-		public PosixByondInstaller(IIOManager ioManager, ILogger<PosixByondInstaller> logger)
+		public PosixByondInstaller(IIOManager ioManager, IPostWriteHandler postWriteHandler, ILogger<PosixByondInstaller> logger)
 		{
 			this.ioManager = ioManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(ioManager));
+			this.postWriteHandler = postWriteHandler ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(postWriteHandler));
 			this.logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
 		}
 
@@ -88,6 +97,24 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Byond
 		}
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
-		public Task InstallByond(string path, Version version, CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+		public Task InstallByond(string path, Version version, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+		{
+			//write the scripts for running the ting
+			//need to add $ORIGIN to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+			const string StandardScript = "#!/bin/sh\nexport LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\\$ORIGIN:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH\"\nBASEDIR=$(dirname \"$0\")\nexec \"$BASEDIR/{0}\" \"$@\"\n";
+
+			var dreamDaemonScript = String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, StandardScript, "DreamDaemon");
+			var dreamMakerScript = String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, StandardScript, "DreamMaker");
+
+			async Task WriteAndMakeExecutable(string fullPath, string script)
+			{
+				await ioManager.WriteAllBytes(fullPath, Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(script), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+				postWriteHandler.HandleWrite(fullPath);
+			}
+
+			var basePath = ioManager.ConcatPath(path, ByondManager.BinPath);
+
+			return Task.WhenAll(WriteAndMakeExecutable(ioManager.ConcatPath(basePath, DreamDaemonName), dreamDaemonScript), WriteAndMakeExecutable(ioManager.ConcatPath(basePath, DreamMakerName), dreamMakerScript));
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
index eaa3e40521..b0218e2dc4 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Components;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Byond;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Chat;
-using Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.StaticFiles;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Watchdog;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Configuration;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Controllers;
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/IPostWriteHandler.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/IPostWriteHandler.cs
similarity index 81%
rename from src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/IPostWriteHandler.cs
rename to src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/IPostWriteHandler.cs
index a1db4b8d37..7209b44761 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/IPostWriteHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/IPostWriteHandler.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.StaticFiles
+namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Core
 {
 	interface IPostWriteHandler
 	{
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/PosixPostWriteHandler.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/PosixPostWriteHandler.cs
similarity index 92%
rename from src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/PosixPostWriteHandler.cs
rename to src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/PosixPostWriteHandler.cs
index a028fe1c03..d121d2bca8 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/PosixPostWriteHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/PosixPostWriteHandler.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 using Mono.Unix;
 using Mono.Unix.Native;
 
-namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.StaticFiles
+namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Core
 {
 	/// <summary>
 	/// <see cref="IPostWriteHandler"/> for POSIX systems
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/ServerSideModifications.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/ServerSideModifications.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/ServerSideModifications.cs
rename to src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/ServerSideModifications.cs
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/WindowsPostWriteHandler.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/WindowsPostWriteHandler.cs
similarity index 79%
rename from src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/WindowsPostWriteHandler.cs
rename to src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/WindowsPostWriteHandler.cs
index 61c8431662..42ed2cdf1b 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/StaticFiles/WindowsPostWriteHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/WindowsPostWriteHandler.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.StaticFiles
+namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Core
 {
 	/// <summary>
 	/// <see cref="IPostWriteHandler"/> for Windows systems