diff --git a/etc/bash.bashrc b/etc/bash.bashrc
index 603d3be..49c5a4d 100644
--- a/etc/bash.bashrc
+++ b/etc/bash.bashrc
@@ -155,33 +155,20 @@ function __vte_urlencode {
 # If not running interactively, don't do anything
 [[ $- != *i* ]] && return
 
-[[ ! -v MIAOU_BASH_DIR ]] && MIAOU_BASH_DIR=/opt/miaou-bash && export MIAOU_BASH_DIR
-
-## Add path for TOOLBOX if any
-[[ -d "/TOOLBOX" ]] && PATH=$PATH:/TOOLBOX || true
-
-# Add path to any tools folder in /opt/miaou-*
-for i in {/opt,$HOME}/miaou-*/tools; do [[ -d "$i" ]] && PATH=$PATH:$i; done || true
-
 HOSTNAME=$(hostname -f)
-
-# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
 HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
+HISTSIZE=10000
+HISTFILESIZE=20000
 
 # append to the history file, don't overwrite it
 shopt -s histappend
 
 # for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
-HISTSIZE=10000
-HISTFILESIZE=20000
 
 # check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
 # update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
 shopt -s checkwinsize
 
-# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
-[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"
-
 # set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)
 # One-liner: Do we have colors?
 if [[ -t 1 ]] && [[ -v COLORTERM && "$COLORTERM" == "truecolor" || "$TERM" == *"256color"* || "$TERM" == 'xterm-ghostty' ]]; then
@@ -189,57 +176,47 @@ if [[ -t 1 ]] && [[ -v COLORTERM && "$COLORTERM" == "truecolor" || "$TERM" == *"
   export LS_COLORS="rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.sql.gz=01;35:*.mariadb.gz=01;35:*.postgres.gz=01;35:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:"
 fi
 
-export LESS="r"
-
-# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
-# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
-# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
-if ! shopt -oq posix; then
-  if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
-    . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
-  elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
-    . /etc/bash_completion
-  fi
-fi
-
 if [[ -t 0 ]]; then
   stty -ixon      # prevent CTRL+S to freeze in vim, CTRL+Q to unfreeze!
-  stty kill undef # release CTRL+U to readline processing => undo
+  stty kill undef # release CTRL+U for the Readline library => undo
 fi
 
 PROMPT_COMMAND='__prompt_command' # Func to gen PS1 after CMDs
 
-# ALIASES
+export LESS="r"
+# make less more friendly for non text input files, see lesspipe(1)
+if [[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ]]; then eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"; fi
 
+# ALIASES
 alias sudo='sudo ' # smart sudo alias trick!
-
 alias ls='ls $COLOR_OPTIONS -h'
 alias ll='ls $COLOR_OPTIONS -lh'
 alias la='ls $COLOR_OPTIONS -lah'
 alias ltr='ls $COLOR_OPTIONS -ltrh'
 alias l=ls
-
 alias cd..='cd ..'
 alias ..=cd..
-
 alias grep='grep $COLOR_OPTIONS '
 alias fgrep='fgrep $COLOR_OPTIONS '
 alias egrep='egrep $COLOR_OPTIONS '
-
 alias transfer_cp='rsync -a --info=progress2 --no-inc-recursive'
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2142
-alias ssu="ss -ntelp | perl -pne 'if(/uid:(\\d+)/){@a=getpwuid(\$1);s/uid:(\\d+)/user:\$a[0]/}' | awk '{ print \$4 \"\\t\" \$7 \"\\t\" \$6 }'"
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2142
-alias ssu4="ss -ntel4p | perl -pne 'if(/uid:(\\d+)/){@a=getpwuid(\$1);s/uid:(\\d+)/user:\$a[0]/}' | awk '{ print \$4 \"\\t\\t\" \$7 \"\\t\\t\" \$6 }'"
-
-# Alias definitions.
-if [[ -f "/etc/bash.aliases" ]]; then
-  # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-  source "/etc/bash.aliases"
-fi
-if [[ -f "$HOME/.bash_aliases" ]]; then
-  # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-  source "$HOME/.bash_aliases"
+alias ssu='ss -tupn'
+# OVERRIDDEN ALIASES
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090,SC1091
+[[ -f "/etc/bash.aliases" ]] && source "/etc/bash.aliases"
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090,SC1091
+[[ -f "$HOME/.bash_aliases" ]] && source "$HOME/.bash_aliases"
+
+# BASH COMPLETIONS
+if ! shopt -oq posix; then
+  if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
+    . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
+  elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
+    . /etc/bash_completion
+  fi
 fi
+
+## Add path for TOOLBOX if any
+[[ -d "/TOOLBOX" ]] && PATH=$PATH:/TOOLBOX || true
+# Add path to any tools folder in /opt/miaou-*
+for i in {/opt,$HOME}/miaou-*/tools; do [[ -d "$i" ]] && PATH=$PATH:$i; done || true
diff --git a/lib/functions.bash b/lib/functions.bash
index 5486f56..ec74e12 100644
--- a/lib/functions.bash
+++ b/lib/functions.bash
@@ -96,13 +96,16 @@ function _pluralize_simple {
 
 function fetch_distro_like {
   if grep -qE '^ID=debian|^ID_LIKE=debian' /etc/os-release; then
-    echo debian
+    DISTRO_LIKE=debian
   elif grep -qE '^ID=arch|^ID_LIKE=arch' /etc/os-release; then
-    echo arch
+    DISTRO_LIKE=arch
   else
-    echo -n 'unsupported distro: '
-    grep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -d= -f2
+    local unsupported_distro
+    unsupported_distro=$(grep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -d= -f2)
+    >&2 echo -n "MIAOU ERROR: unsupported distro: $unsupported_distro"
+    return 99
   fi
+  export DISTRO_LIKE
 }
 
 function _confirm_destructive {
diff --git a/lib/initiate.bash b/lib/initiate.bash
index ea70e16..af99f07 100644
--- a/lib/initiate.bash
+++ b/lib/initiate.bash
@@ -219,12 +219,19 @@ function launch_hooks {
     done
 }
 
+function apply_mode {
+  if [[ "$MIAOU_BASH_MODE" == hosted ]]; then
+    sudo mkdir /var/lib/miaou-bash -p
+    sudo cp "$MIAOU_BASH_DIR"/.semver_git_tag /var/lib/miaou-bash/semver_current
+  fi
+}
+
 # MAIN
 
 source "$MIAOU_BASH_DIR"/lib/functions.bash
 
 assert_root
-DISTRO_LIKE=$(fetch_distro_like)
+fetch_distro_like
 install_required_packages
 fix_users_bashrc
 fix_terminfo_ghostty
@@ -232,4 +239,7 @@ ghostty_global_config
 link_config_files
 link_miaou_bash
 create_sudoers
+
+fetch_mode
+apply_mode
 launch_hooks