diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 3ffbce3..e62a769 100644
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -268,32 +268,14 @@ echo "echo \"Done.\"" >> /mnt/setup-chroot.sh
 
 # network configuration should have optional static configuration - not just DHCP, it's very important
 
-echo ""
-echo "Writing network interfaces file..." >> /mnt/setup-chroot.sh
-macaddr=$(echo $hostname|md5sum|sed 's/^\(..\)\(..\)\(..\)\(..\)\(..\).*$/02:\1:\2:\3:\4:\5/')
-mkdir -p /mnt/etc/network && mkdir -p /mnt/etc/network/interfaces.d
-echo "auto lo br0" > /mnt/etc/network/interfaces.d/br0
-echo "iface lo inet loopback" >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces.d/br0
-niclist=""
-for nic in "$nics"; do
-	echo "iface ${nic} inet manual" >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces.d/br0
-	niclist="$niclist $nic"
-done
-echo "iface br0 inet dhcp"  >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces.d/br0
-echo "        post-up ip link set br0 address $macaddr" >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces/br0
-echo "        bridge_ports${niclist}" >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces/br0
-echo "        bridge_stp on" >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces/br0
-echo "        dns-nameservers 127.0.0.53" >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces/br0
-echo "source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d" > /mnt/etc/network/interfaces
-echo "systemctl unmask networking && systemctl enable networking" >> /mnt/setup-chroot.sh
-echo "Done." >> /mnt/setup-chroot.sh
+echo "systemctl unmask networking && systemctl enable networking" >> /mnt/setup-chroot.sh
 
 
 # configure docker storage to use zfs
 mkdir -p /mnt/etc/docker
 echo "{\"storage-driver\":\"zfs\"}" > /mnt/etc/docker/daemon.json
 echo "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1" >> /mnt/etc/sysctl.conf
-echo "net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1" >> /mnt/etc/sysctl.conf
+echo "net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1" >> /mnt/etc/sysctl.conf
 echo "net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1" >> /mnt/etc/sysctl.conf
 
 echo 'echo ""' >> /mnt/setup-chroot.sh
@@ -464,6 +446,28 @@ if ! [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
 	exit $?
 fi
 
+
+
+echo ""
+echo "Writing network interfaces file..."
+macaddr=$(echo $hostname|md5sum|sed 's/^\(..\)\(..\)\(..\)\(..\)\(..\).*$/02:\1:\2:\3:\4:\5/')
+mkdir -p /mnt/etc/network && mkdir -p /mnt/etc/network/interfaces.d
+echo "auto lo br0" > /mnt/etc/network/interfaces.d/br0
+echo "iface lo inet loopback" >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces.d/br0
+niclist=""
+for nic in "$nics"; do
+	echo "iface ${nic} inet manual" >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces.d/br0
+	niclist="$niclist $nic"
+done
+echo "iface br0 inet dhcp"  >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces.d/br0
+echo "        post-up ip link set br0 address $macaddr" >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces/br0
+echo "        bridge_ports${niclist}" >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces/br0
+echo "        bridge_stp on" >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces/br0
+echo "        dns-nameservers 127.0.0.53" >> /mnt/etc/network/interfaces/br0
+echo "source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d" > /mnt/etc/network/interfaces
+echo "Done."
+
+
 exit 0
 # commented out for debugging
 echo ""