diff --git a/config/remote/cloudways b/config/remote/cloudways
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c16651d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/remote/cloudways
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# cloudways configuration
+
+. ./config/remote/cloudways.secret
+
+cloudways_user='cloudways@rayelliott.dev'
+cloudways_url='https://wordpress-453075-1468300.cloudwaysapps.com'
+cloudways_db_name='mhhusspndh'
+cloudways_db_user='mhhusspndh'
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 4cfd633..a9e0b8e 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -9,15 +9,21 @@ 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
-	echo "  reading config: $_file"
 	. "$_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
@@ -31,8 +37,6 @@ echo "Using Scripts in: $_script_dir"
 # check we have ssh access
 [ -z "$ssh" ] && echo "Error: no ssh configuration specified" && exit 5
 
-exit
-
 # update
 echo "Updating .."
 ssh -T $ssh << EOSSH