diff --git a/bin/aws/configure b/bin/aws/configure
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a93dfe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/aws/configure
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+source "$HOME/.config/wryn/env/env.zsh"
+source $ZSH_COLOR_UTIL
+
+#####################################################################
+
+CONFIGURE() {
+	CHECK "checking for '$DOTWRYN_AWS_PROFILE' aws credentials"
+	grep -q "^\\[$DOTWRYN_AWS_PROFILE\\]$" "$HOME/.aws/credentials" \
+		&& { OK; return 0 } || WARN
+
+	USER_PROMPT "set up credentials now? [Y/n]"
+	READ_K yn
+	[[ $yn =~ ^[nN] ]] && return 1
+
+	aws --profile $DOTWRYN_AWS_PROFILE configure
+}
+
+CONFIGURE
diff --git a/env/env.zsh b/env/env.zsh
index baf43a5..90e5d74 100644
--- a/env/env.zsh
+++ b/env/env.zsh
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ WEBBROWSER='google-chrome-stable'
 #I3__DMENU_FONT_SIZE=
 #I3__BORDER_PIXEL_SIZE=
 
-S3_SYNC_AWS_PROFILE='yage'
+DOTWRYN_AWS_PROFILE='yage'
+DOTWRYN_AWS_REGION='us-east-2'
+DOTWRYN_AWS_OUTPUT='json'
+
+S3_SYNC_AWS_PROFILE=$DOTWRYN_AWS_PROFILE
 S3_SYNC_BUCKET='yage'
 S3_SYNC_MEDIA=(
 	"Games/roms"
diff --git a/setup/aws/setup.zsh b/setup/aws/setup.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95250f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/aws/setup.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+AWS__SETUP() {
+	STATUS 'starting aws setup'
+	"$DOTWRYN_PATH/bin/aws/configure"
+
+	STATUS 'getting media from s3'
+	"$DOTWRYN_PATH/bin/aws/s3/sync-media" pull
+}
diff --git a/setup/dotconfig/setup.zsh b/setup/config/setup.zsh
similarity index 61%
rename from setup/dotconfig/setup.zsh
rename to setup/config/setup.zsh
index 8d705d4..acee77c 100644
--- a/setup/dotconfig/setup.zsh
+++ b/setup/config/setup.zsh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DOTCONFIG__SETUP() {
+CONFIG__SETUP() {
 	############################################################################################
 	#               Friendly Name   ~/.config/THE_REST      .wryn/config/THE_REST (if different)
 	CONFIG__SYMLINK 'compton'       'compton/compton.conf'
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ DOTCONFIG__SETUP() {
 	############################################################################################
 
 	CONFIG__TERMINFO
+
+	CONFIG__RC 'zsh'
+	CONFIG__RC 'vim'
 }
 
 function CONFIG__SYMLINK() {
@@ -34,14 +37,52 @@ function CONFIG__SYMLINK() {
 	CHECK "linking $1"
 	{
 		mv "$LOCAL_CONFIG" "$LOCAL_CONFIG.bak"
-		ln -s "$DOTWRYN_CONFIG" "$LOCAL_CONFIG" 
+		ln -s "$DOTWRYN_CONFIG" "$LOCAL_CONFIG"
 	} >>$LOG 2>&1 && OK || WARN
 }
 
 function CONFIG__TERMINFO() {
 	for file in $(find "$DOTWRYN_PATH/config/terminfo" -type f); do
-		CHECK "adding '$(basename $file)'"
+		CHECK "adding $(basename $file)"
 		tic -x $file >>$LOG 2>&1 \
 			&& OK || WARN
 	done
 }
+
+function CONFIG__RC() {
+	local DEFAULT_CONFIG="$DOTWRYN_PATH/env/env.$1"
+	local LOCAL_CONFIG="$HOME/.config/wryn/env/env.$1"
+
+	[ -f $LOCAL_CONFIG ] && {
+		WARNING "local $1 configuration exists ($LOCAL_CONFIG)"
+		USER_PROMPT 'overwrite? [y/N]'
+		READ_K yn
+		[[ $yn =~ ^[yY] ]] && {
+			CHECK "backing up local copy ($LOCAL_CONFIG.bak)"
+			mv "$LOCAL_CONFIG" "$LOCAL_CONFIG.bak" && OK || WARN
+		} || {
+			STATUS 'skipping'
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	CHECK "setting up $1 configuration ($LOCAL_CONFIG)"
+
+	case $1 in
+		vim ) COMMENT='"' ;;
+		zsh ) COMMENT='#' ;;
+	esac
+
+	{
+		echo "source $DEFAULT_CONFIG"
+		echo -e "\\n$COMMENT\n$COMMENT .wryn configuration overrides\n$COMMENT\n"
+		sed "s/^[^$COMMENT].*/$COMMENT&/" $DEFAULT_CONFIG
+	} > $LOCAL_CONFIG && OK || WARN
+
+	USER_PROMPT 'change local configuration options? [y/N]'
+	READ_K yn
+
+	[[ $yn =~ ^[yY] ]] && {
+		$EDITOR "$HOME/.config/wryn/env/env.$1"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/setup/linux b/setup/linux
index 8bda08d..730d87f 100755
--- a/setup/linux
+++ b/setup/linux
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ MAKE_REQUIRED_DIRECTORY_STRUCTURE() {
 source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/os-dependencies/setup.zsh"
 source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/zsh/setup.zsh"
 source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/vim/setup.zsh"
-source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/dotconfig/setup.zsh"
+source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/config/setup.zsh"
+source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/aws/setup.zsh"
 
 ################################################################################
 
@@ -132,9 +133,11 @@ GET_SUDO_PASSWORD
 OS_DEPENDENCY__SETUP || FATAL 'user abort'
 MAKE_REQUIRED_DIRECTORY_STRUCTURE
 
-ZSH__SETUP || ERROR=1
-VIM__SETUP || ERROR=2
-DOTCONFIG__SETUP || ERROR=3
+CONFIG__SETUP || ERROR=1
+
+ZSH__SETUP || ERROR=2
+VIM__SETUP || ERROR=3
+AWS__SETUP || ERROR=4
 
 CLEANUP $ERROR
 
diff --git a/setup/os-dependencies/arch.txt b/setup/os-dependencies/arch.txt
index 5742cbd..ad1c778 100644
--- a/setup/os-dependencies/arch.txt
+++ b/setup/os-dependencies/arch.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-base-devel
+aws-cli-v2
 cmake
 cowsay
 figlet
diff --git a/setup/os-dependencies/debian.txt b/setup/os-dependencies/debian.txt
index 43241ac..3e3673f 100644
--- a/setup/os-dependencies/debian.txt
+++ b/setup/os-dependencies/debian.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+awscli
 build-essential
 cmake
 cowsay
diff --git a/setup/os-dependencies/generic.txt b/setup/os-dependencies/generic.txt
index 0249905..23ad7b0 100644
--- a/setup/os-dependencies/generic.txt
+++ b/setup/os-dependencies/generic.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+aws
 build-essential
 cmake
 cowsay
diff --git a/setup/os-dependencies/setup.zsh b/setup/os-dependencies/setup.zsh
index 6bcd0d1..e970c6b 100644
--- a/setup/os-dependencies/setup.zsh
+++ b/setup/os-dependencies/setup.zsh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ function OS_DEPENDENCY__SETUP() {
 	case $OS_NAME in
 		arch )
 			OS_INSTALL() { OS_INSTALL__ARCH $@; }
+			WARNING 'base-devel is required; make sure it is installed'
 			YAY__INSTALL_FROM_SOURCE
 			;;
 		debian | ubuntu )
@@ -60,10 +61,6 @@ function OS_DEPENDENCY__SETUP() {
 
 function OS_INSTALL__ARCH() {
 	local TARGET="$1"
-	[[ $TARGET =~ ^base-devel$ ]] && {
-		WARNING 'base-devel is required; make sure it is installed'
-		return 0
-	}
 	CHECK "checking for $TARGET"
 	pacman -Qq | grep -q "^$TARGET$\|^$TARGET-git$" && OK || {
 		WARN "$TARGET not found"
diff --git a/setup/vim/setup.zsh b/setup/vim/setup.zsh
index 310764a..e5a80f4 100644
--- a/setup/vim/setup.zsh
+++ b/setup/vim/setup.zsh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ function VIM__SETUP() {
 	STATUS 'starting vim setup'
 	VIM__COMPILE_FROM_SOURCE
 	VIM__SOURCE_RC
-	VIM__SET_LOCAL_CONFIG
 	VIM__UPDATE_COLORSCHEMES
 	VIM__INSTALL_VUNDLE_PLUGINS
 	VIM__CREATE_PANE_DEFAULT_APP
@@ -31,31 +30,6 @@ function VIM__SOURCE_RC() {
 	}
 }
 
-function VIM__SET_LOCAL_CONFIG() {
-	local DEFAULT_CONFIG="$DOTWRYN_PATH/env/env.vim"
-	local LOCAL_CONFIG="$HOME/.config/wryn/env/env.vim"
-
-	[ -f $LOCAL_CONFIG ] && {
-		WARNING "local vim env configuration ($LOCAL_CONFIG)"
-		USER_PROMPT 'overwrite? [y/N]'
-		READ_K yn
-		[[ $yn =~ ^[yY] ]] && {
-			CHECK "backing up local copy ($LOCAL_CONFIG.bak)"
-			mv "$LOCAL_CONFIG" "$LOCAL_CONFIG.bak" && OK || WARN
-		} || {
-			STATUS 'skipping'
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	CHECK "setting vim configuration file ($LOCAL_CONFIG)"
-	{
-		echo "source $DEFAULT_CONFIG"
-		echo -e '\n"\n" .wryn configuration overrides\n"\n'
-		sed 's/["]*\(.*\)/"\1/' $DEFAULT_CONFIG
-	} > $LOCAL_CONFIG && OK || WARN
-}
-
 function VIM__UPDATE_COLORSCHEMES() {
 	CHECK 'updating colorschemes'
 	$DOTWRYN_PATH/bin/vim/update_colorschemes >>$LOG 2>&1\
diff --git a/setup/zsh/setup.zsh b/setup/zsh/setup.zsh
index 6a89ee7..6d91054 100644
--- a/setup/zsh/setup.zsh
+++ b/setup/zsh/setup.zsh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 function ZSH__SETUP() {
     ZSH__SET_DEFAULT_SHELL
 	ZSH__SOURCE_RC
-	ZSH__SET_LOCAL_CONFIG
 }
 
 #####################################################################
@@ -27,28 +26,3 @@ function ZSH__SOURCE_RC() {
 			&& OK || WARN
 	}
 }
-
-function ZSH__SET_LOCAL_CONFIG() {
-	local DEFAULT_CONFIG="$DOTWRYN_PATH/env/env.zsh"
-	local LOCAL_CONFIG="$HOME/.config/wryn/env/env.zsh"
-
-	[ -f $LOCAL_CONFIG ] && {
-		WARNING "local zsh env configuration ($LOCAL_CONFIG)"
-		USER_PROMPT 'overwrite? [y/N]'
-		READ_K yn
-		[[ $yn =~ ^[yY] ]] && {
-			CHECK "backing up local copy ($LOCAL_CONFIG.bak)"
-			mv "$LOCAL_CONFIG" "$LOCAL_CONFIG.bak" && OK || WARN
-		} || {
-			STATUS 'skipping'
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	CHECK "setting zsh configuration file ($LOCAL_CONFIG)"
-	{
-		echo "source $DEFAULT_CONFIG"
-		echo -e '\n#\n# .wryn configuration overrides\n#\n'
-		sed 's/^[^#].*/#&/' $DEFAULT_CONFIG
-	} > $LOCAL_CONFIG && OK || WARN
-}