diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21fd7ab..a5fb99f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ Development environment base packages:
 
 ## TODO
 
-* get remote working with cloudways
+* make sure to use export in all config files (the newer ones aren't)
diff --git a/data/.gitkeep b/data/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/reset.sh b/reset.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8e0fddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reset.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+_target="$1"
+_target_os="$2"
+# default scripts to use
+_script_dir='./scripts/debian10'
+
+if ! [ "$_target" = local ] && ! [ "$_target" = remote ] ; then
+	echo "Error: must specify 'local' or 'remote' target"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Loading $_target configuration"
+
+# source our config files
+for _file in ./config/$_target/* ; do
+	[ -e "$_file" ] || continue
+	. "$_file"
+done
+
+if [ "$_target" = remote ] && [ -n "$cloudways_user" ] ; then
+	echo "Using Cloudways - nothing to install"
+	exit
+fi
+
+# source script files
+if [ -n "$_target_os" ] ; then
+	_script_dir="./scripts/$_target_os"
+	if ! [ -d "$_script_dir" ] ; then
+		echo "Error: script directory not found '$_script_dir'"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+echo "Using Scripts in: $_script_dir"
+
+# check we have ssh access
+[ -z "$ssh" ] && echo "Error: no ssh configuration specified" && exit 5
+
+if [ -n "$wp_user" ] ; then
+	# TODO - confirmation prompt
+	echo "IMPORTANT - we need a confirmation prompt here"
+	echo "You are about to reinstall the $_target WordPress installation"
+	echo "Reinstall WordPress (y/N): "
+	. "$_script_dir/reset-wordpress.sh"
+	. "$_script_dir/install-wordpress.sh"
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/debian10/reset-wordpress.sh b/scripts/debian10/reset-wordpress.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..547975f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/debian10/reset-wordpress.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+echo "Removing WordPress .."
+
+_mysql_cmd="mysql -uroot -p$db_root_pass -e "
+
+ssh -T $ssh << EOSSH
+	# remove database
+	if command -v mysql ; then
+		$_mysql_cmd "DROP DATABASE $wp_db_name;"
+	else
+		echo "ERROR: no installed database found - aborting WordPress removal"
+		exit 40
+	fi
+	# remove files
+	rm -Rf $wp_path
+EOSSH