diff --git a/scripts/http_host/deploy_tiles_version.py b/scripts/http_host/deploy_tiles_version.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 12b09d8..0000000
--- a/scripts/http_host/deploy_tiles_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import datetime
-import os
-import subprocess
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import click
-import requests
-
-
-@click.command()
-def cli():
-    """
-    Deploys the version of tiles specified by https://assets.openfreemap.com/versions/deployed_tiles_planet.txt
-
-    1. Checking if the given version is present on the disk and mounted
-    2. Writing to a version file
-    3. Calling nginx_sync to update the /planet location block
-    """
-
-    print(datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.timezone.utc))
-
-    if not Path('/etc/fstab').exists():
-        sys.exit('Needs to be run on Linux')
-
-    if os.geteuid() != 0:
-        sys.exit('Needs sudo')
-
-    if not Path('/mnt/ofm').exists():
-        sys.exit('mounter.py needs to be run first')
-
-    need_nginx_sync = False
-
-    for area in ['planet', 'monaco']:
-        r = requests.get(f'https://assets.openfreemap.com/versions/deployed_tiles_{area}.txt')
-        r.raise_for_status()
-        version_str = r.text.strip()
-        print(f'remote version for {area}: {version_str}')
-
-        local_version_file = Path(f'/data/ofm/config/deployed_tiles_{area}.txt')
-
-        if not local_version_file.exists():
-            local_version_start = None
-        else:
-            with open(local_version_file) as fp:
-                local_version_start = fp.read()
-
-        if not version_str:
-            print('  remote version not specified')
-            if local_version_start is not None:
-                local_version_file.unlink()
-                need_nginx_sync = True
-            continue
-
-        mnt_file = Path(f'/mnt/ofm/{area}-{version_str}/metadata.json')
-        if not mnt_file.exists():
-            print('  local version does not exist')
-            if local_version_start is not None:
-                local_version_file.unlink()
-                need_nginx_sync = True
-            continue
-
-        if version_str != local_version_start:
-            with open(local_version_file, 'w') as fp:
-                fp.write(version_str)
-            need_nginx_sync = True
-
-    if need_nginx_sync:
-        print('running nginx_sync.py')
-
-        subprocess.run(
-            [sys.executable, Path(__file__).parent / 'nginx_sync' / 'nginx_sync.py'],
-            check=True,
-        )
-
-    print('\n\n\n')
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    cli()
diff --git a/scripts/http_host/host_manager.py b/scripts/http_host/host_manager.py
index 89563e6..f38f962 100755
--- a/scripts/http_host/host_manager.py
+++ b/scripts/http_host/host_manager.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import click
 import requests
 from http_host_lib import DEFAULT_ASSETS_DIR, DEFAULT_RUNS_DIR, MNT_DIR
+from http_host_lib.deploy_tileset import deploy_tileset
 from http_host_lib.download_fonts import download_fonts
 from http_host_lib.download_tileset import download_and_extract_tileset
 from http_host_lib.mount import clean_up_mounts, create_fstab
@@ -110,23 +111,44 @@ def mount():
     clean_up_mounts(MNT_DIR)
 
 
+@cli.command()
+def deploy_tileset_version():
+    """
+    Deploys the tileset version specified by
+    https://assets.openfreemap.com/versions/deployed_planet.txt
+
+    1. Check if the given version is present on the disk and is mounted
+    2. Write to a version file
+    """
+
+    assert_linux()
+    assert_sudo()
+
+    if not MNT_DIR.exists():
+        sys.exit('mount needs to be run first')
+
+    return deploy_tileset()
+
+
 @cli.command()
 @click.pass_context
 def sync(ctx):
     """
     Runs the sync task, normally called by cron every minute
+    On a new server this also takes care of everything, no need to run anything manually.
     """
     print(datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.timezone.utc))
 
     downloaded = False
     downloaded += ctx.invoke(download_tileset, area='monaco')
     # d2 = ctx.invoke(download_tileset, area='planet')
-
     if downloaded:
         ctx.invoke(mount)
 
     ctx.invoke(download_assets)
 
+    ctx.invoke(deploy_tileset_version)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # TODO
diff --git a/scripts/http_host/http_host_lib/deploy_tileset.py b/scripts/http_host/http_host_lib/deploy_tileset.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e26ab46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/http_host/http_host_lib/deploy_tileset.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import requests
+
+
+def deploy_tileset():
+    need_nginx_sync = False
+
+    for area in ['planet', 'monaco']:
+        r = requests.get(f'https://assets.openfreemap.com/versions/deployed_tiles_{area}.txt')
+        r.raise_for_status()
+        remote_version = r.text.strip()
+        print(f'  remote version for {area}: {remote_version}')
+
+        local_version_file = Path(f'/data/ofm/config/deployed_tiles_{area}.txt')
+
+        if not local_version_file.exists():
+            local_version_start = None
+        else:
+            with open(local_version_file) as fp:
+                local_version_start = fp.read()
+
+        if not remote_version:
+            print('  remote version not specified')
+            if local_version_start is not None:
+                local_version_file.unlink()
+                need_nginx_sync = True
+            continue
+
+        mnt_file = Path(f'/mnt/ofm/{area}-{remote_version}/metadata.json')
+        if not mnt_file.exists():
+            print('  local version does not exist')
+            if local_version_start is not None:
+                local_version_file.unlink()
+                need_nginx_sync = True
+            continue
+
+        if remote_version != local_version_start:
+            with open(local_version_file, 'w') as fp:
+                fp.write(remote_version)
+            need_nginx_sync = True
+
+    return need_nginx_sync