diff --git a/bin/bootstrap.sh b/bin/bootstrap.sh
index 113e912..f614794 100755
--- a/bin/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bin/bootstrap.sh
@@ -26,5 +26,9 @@ do
 echo "${ip}:${squid_port}:admin:ballsofsteel"
 	done < "$ip_file"
 
-	# restart squid after
+	# first restart networking
+	# big money, big money, big money
+	sudo systemctl restart network
+
+	# restart squid after. 
 	sudo systemctl restart squid
diff --git a/bin/verify.sh b/bin/verify.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..421f07c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/verify.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# run this on a seprate system after deployment has been completed. its just a wrapper around curl
+
+$IP=$1
+$PORT=$2
+
+curl --proxy $IP:$PORT --proxy-basic --proxy-user admin:ballsofsteel 'https://ipinfo.io'