diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 82565fed..ff73d86b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Release Notes for Craft Nitro
 
+### Unreleased
+
+## Fixed
+- Fixed an issue that occurred when creating new machines.
+
 ### 1.0.0-RC1 - 2020-08-07
 
 ## Added
diff --git a/internal/cmd/config.go b/internal/cmd/config.go
index ef6d00c6..0079292e 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/config.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/config.go
@@ -142,11 +142,6 @@ runcmd:
   - cp /etc/skel/.bash_logout /home/ubuntu/.bash_logout
   - sed -i 's|#force_color_prompt=yes|force_color_prompt=yes|g' /home/ubuntu/.bashrc
   - chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu /home/ubuntu/
-  - curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro/releases/latest | grep "browser_download_url" | grep "nitrod_linux_x86_64" | cut -d : -f 2,3 | tr -d \" | wget --directory-prefix=/tmp -qi -
-  - cd /tmp && tar xfz /tmp/nitrod_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
-  - mv /tmp/nitrod /usr/sbin/
-  - mv /tmp/nitrod.service /etc/systemd/system/
-  - systemctl daemon-reload
-  - systemctl start nitrod
-  - systemctl enable nitrod
+  - wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/craftcms/nitro/master/nitrod.sh -O /tmp/nitrod.sh
+  - bash /tmp/nitrod.sh
 `
diff --git a/nitrod.sh b/nitrod.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8ed70d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nitrod.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# download the
+curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro/releases/latest \
+  | grep "browser_download_url" \
+  | grep "nitrod_linux_x86_64" \
+  | cut -d : -f 2,3 | tr -d \" \
+  | wget --directory-prefix=/tmp -qi -
+
+# move nitrod into place
+cd /tmp && tar xfz /tmp/nitrod_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
+mv /tmp/nitrod /usr/sbin/
+mv /tmp/nitrod.service /etc/systemd/system/
+
+# setup the service
+systemctl daemon-reload
+systemctl start nitrod
+systemctl enable nitrod