diff --git a/api/install.sh b/api/install.sh
index 89b322e1..ae9537a5 100644
--- a/api/install.sh
+++ b/api/install.sh
@@ -153,5 +153,3 @@ systemctl start nginx
 journalctl -xeu swarms-uvicorn.service | tail -200 || echo oops
 systemctl status swarms-uvicorn.service || echo oops2
 
-# mikes tools
-apt install -y  emacs-nox tmux
diff --git a/api/tools.sh b/api/tools.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c76c4eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/tools.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# mikes tools
+apt install -y  emacs-nox #tmux (this tries to install postfix)