diff --git a/start-qortal-at-boot.sh b/start-qortal-at-boot.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+cd qortal
+./start.sh
diff --git a/start-qortal-ui-at-boot.sh b/start-qortal-ui-at-boot.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+cd UI/qortal-ui
+#screen -d -S Qortal-UI -m yarn run server -L UI-start.log
+screen -d -S Qortal-UI -m yarn run server 
+echo Qortal UI should have started 
diff --git a/update-qortal-ui.sh b/update-qortal-ui.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+echo "stopping node.js for old UI"
+killall -9 node*
+
+echo "removing old files"
+rm -R UI
+
+echo "creating new UI folder and moving to that directory "
+
+mkdir UI
+cd UI
+
+echo "cloning git repositories for Qortal UI"
+
+git clone https://github.com/qortal/qortal-ui
+git clone https://github.com/qortal/qortal-ui-core
+git clone https://github.com/qortal/qortal-ui-crypto
+git clone https://github.com/qortal/qortal-ui-plugins
+
+cd qortal-ui
+
+echo "installing dependencies and linking with yarn link for build process"
+
+yarn install 
+
+cd ../qortal-ui-core
+
+yarn install 
+yarn link
+
+cd ../qortal-ui-crypto
+
+yarn install 
+yarn link
+
+cd ../qortal-ui-plugins
+
+yarn install 
+yarn link
+
+cd ../qortal-ui
+
+yarn link qortal-ui-core 
+yarn link qortal-ui-crypto 
+yarn link qortal-ui-plugins
+
+echo "starting build process...this may take a while...please be patient!"
+
+yarn run build
+
+echo "BUILD COMPLETE! You can now reboot the system to make use of the new UI!"