diff --git a/init-server.py b/init-server.py
index bc1d391..d912872 100755
--- a/init-server.py
+++ b/init-server.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ from ssh_lib.config import scripts
 from ssh_lib.kernel import set_cpu_governor, setup_kernel_settings
 from ssh_lib.nginx import certbot, nginx
 from ssh_lib.pkg_base import pkg_base, pkg_clean, pkg_upgrade
-from ssh_lib.planetiler import PLANETILER_DIR, install_planetiler
-from ssh_lib.utils import add_user, put, setup_time
+from ssh_lib.planetiler import TILE_GEN_BIN, install_planetiler
+from ssh_lib.utils import add_user, put, setup_time, sudo_cmd
 
 
 def prepare_shared(c):
@@ -26,14 +26,25 @@ def prepare_shared(c):
 
 def prepare_tile_creator(c):
     install_planetiler(c)
+
     put(
         c,
-        scripts / 'tile_creator' / 'run_planet.sh',
-        PLANETILER_DIR,
+        scripts / 'tile_creator' / 'prepare-virtualenv.sh',
+        TILE_GEN_BIN,
         permissions='755',
         owner='ofm',
     )
 
+    put(
+        c,
+        scripts / 'tile_creator' / 'run_planet.sh',
+        TILE_GEN_BIN,
+        permissions='755',
+        owner='ofm',
+    )
+
+    sudo_cmd(c, f'cd {TILE_GEN_BIN} && source prepare-virtualenv.sh', user='ofm')
+
 
 def prepare_http_host(c):
     nginx(c)
@@ -73,7 +84,7 @@ def main(hostname, user, port, tile_creator, http_host):
             port=port,
         )
 
-    # prepare_shared(c)
+    prepare_shared(c)
 
     if tile_creator:
         prepare_tile_creator(c)
diff --git a/scripts/tile_creator/prepare-virtualenv.sh b/scripts/tile_creator/prepare-virtualenv.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7ebc930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tile_creator/prepare-virtualenv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+find . -name "*.egg-info" -exec rm -rf {} +
+find . -name __pycache__ -exec rm -rf {} +
+
+# deactivate
+rm -rf venv
+python3 -m venv venv
+
+venv/bin/pip -V
+
+venv/bin/pip install -U pip wheel setuptools
+venv/bin/pip install git+https://github.com/mapbox/mbutil.git@544c76e
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/ssh_lib/pkg_base.py b/ssh_lib/pkg_base.py
index 65eff6d..37a73dd 100644
--- a/ssh_lib/pkg_base.py
+++ b/ssh_lib/pkg_base.py
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ def pkg_base(c):
     pkg_list = [
         'wget',
         'gpg',
+        'git',
         'gnupg-agent',
-        'python3',
         'nload',
         'iftop',
         'snapd',
+        #
+        'python3',
+        'python3-venv',
     ]
 
     apt_get_install(c, ' '.join(pkg_list))
diff --git a/ssh_lib/planetiler.py b/ssh_lib/planetiler.py
index 93d7be3..88ec878 100644
--- a/ssh_lib/planetiler.py
+++ b/ssh_lib/planetiler.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ from ssh_lib.utils import apt_get_install, apt_get_update
 
 PLANETILER_VERSION = '0.7.0'
 
-PLANETILER_DIR = '/data/planetiler/bin'
-PLANETILER_PATH = f'{PLANETILER_DIR}/planetiler.jar'
+TILE_GEN_BIN = '/data/ofm/tile_gen/bin'
+PLANETILER_PATH = f'{TILE_GEN_BIN}/planetiler.jar'
 
 
 def install_planetiler(c):
diff --git a/ssh_lib/utils.py b/ssh_lib/utils.py
index 9ae24c1..2f8ddf2 100644
--- a/ssh_lib/utils.py
+++ b/ssh_lib/utils.py
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ def append_str(c, remote_path, str_):
     c.sudo(f'rm -f {tmp_path}')
 
 
-def sudo_cmd(c, cmd):
+def sudo_cmd(c, cmd, user=None):
     cmd = cmd.replace('"', '\\"')
-    c.sudo(f'bash -c "{cmd}"')
+    c.sudo(f'bash -c "{cmd}"', user=user)
 
 
 def set_permission(c, path, permissions=None, owner=None, group=None):