diff --git a/install/ubuntu24/install.sh b/install/ubuntu24/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8327d517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/ubuntu24/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,345 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# 🛑 Important: This is only used for the bare-metal install 🛑 
+
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "[INSTALL] Starting NetAlertX installation for Ubuntu"
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo
+echo "This script will install NetAlertX on your Ubuntu system."
+echo "It will clone the repository, set up necessary files, and start the application."
+echo "Please ensure you have a stable internet connection."
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+
+# DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE!
+INSTALL_DIR=/app
+INSTALL_SYSTEM_NAME=ubuntu24
+INSTALLER_DIR=${INSTALL_DIR}/install/$INSTALL_SYSTEM_NAME
+CONF_FILE=app.conf
+DB_FILE=app.db
+NGINX_CONF_FILE=netalertx.conf
+WEB_UI_DIR=/var/www/html/netalertx
+NGINX_CONFIG_FILE=/etc/nginx/conf.d/$NGINX_CONF_FILE
+OUI_FILE="/usr/share/arp-scan/ieee-oui.txt" # Define the path to ieee-oui.txt and ieee-iab.txt
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd -- "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+FILEDB=${INSTALL_DIR}/db/${DB_FILE}
+PHPVERSION="8.3"
+VENV_DIR="/opt/netalertx-python"
+GITHUB_REPO="https://github.com/jokob-sk/NetAlertX"
+SYSTEMD_UNIT_FILE="/etc/systemd/system/netalertx.service"
+SYSTEMD_UNIT_DEFAULTS="/etc/default/netalertx"
+ALWAYS_FRESH_INSTALL=false  # Set to true to always reset /config and /db on each install
+# DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE!
+
+
+# Check if script is run as root
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "[INSTALL] This script must be run as root. Please use 'sudo'." 
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Install sudo if not present
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "[INSTALL] Starting NetAlertX installation for Ubuntu"
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo
+
+apt-get update -y
+echo "[INSTALL] Making sure sudo is installed"
+apt-get install sudo -y
+
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "[INSTALL] Installing dependencies"
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo
+
+# Install core dependencies
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  git \
+  tini ca-certificates curl libwww-perl perl apt-utils cron build-essential \
+  sqlite3 net-tools \
+  python3 python3-venv python3-dev python3-pip
+
+# Install plugin dependencies
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  dnsutils mtr arp-scan snmp iproute2 nmap zip usbutils traceroute nbtscan avahi-daemon avahi-utils
+
+# nginx-core install nginx and nginx-common as dependencies
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  nginx-core \
+  php${PHPVERSION} php${PHPVERSION}-sqlite3 php php-fpm php-cgi php${PHPVERSION}-fpm php-fpm php-sqlite3 php-curl php-cli
+# make sure sqlite is activated
+phpenmod -v ${PHPVERSION} sqlite3
+
+
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "[INSTALL] Stopping any NGINX web server and components"
+echo "          (There may be errors stopping services, that's OK)"
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo
+# stopping nginx for setup
+systemctl stop nginx
+# stopping netalertx for setup
+systemctl stop netalertx
+# in case and older setup is running, kill it
+pkill -f "python ${INSTALL_DIR}/server"
+# stopping php fpm
+systemctl stop php${PHPVERSION}-fpm
+
+
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "[INSTALL] Downloading NetAlertX repository"
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo
+
+# Clean the directory, ask for confirmation
+if [ -d "${INSTALL_DIR}" ]; then
+  echo "The installation directory exists. Removing it to ensure a clean install."
+  echo "Are you sure you want to continue? This will delete all existing files in ${INSTALL_DIR}."
+  echo "This will include ALL YOUR SETTINGS AND DATABASE! (if there are any)"
+  echo
+  echo "Type:"
+  echo " - 'install' to continue and DELETE ALL!"
+  echo " - 'update' to just update from GIT (keeps your db and settings)"
+  echo " - 'start' to do nothing, leave install as-is (just run the start script)"
+  if [ "$1" == "install" ] || [ "$1" == "update" ] || [ "$1" == "start" ]; then
+    confirmation=$1
+  else
+    read -p "Enter your choice: " confirmation
+  fi
+  if [ "$confirmation" == "install" ]; then
+    # Ensure INSTALL_DIR is safe to wipe
+    if [ -n "${INSTALL_DIR}" ] && [ "${INSTALL_DIR}" != "" ] && [ "${INSTALL_DIR}" != "/" ] && [ "${INSTALL_DIR}" != "." ] && [ -d "${INSTALL_DIR}" ]; then
+      echo "Removing existing installation..."
+
+      # Unmount only if mountpoints exist
+      mountpoint -q "${INSTALL_DIR}/api" && umount "${INSTALL_DIR}/api" 2>/dev/null
+      mountpoint -q "${INSTALL_DIR}/front" && umount "${INSTALL_DIR}/front" 2>/dev/null
+
+      # Remove all contents safely
+      rm -rf -- "${INSTALL_DIR}"/* "${INSTALL_DIR}"/.[!.]* "${INSTALL_DIR}"/..?* 2>/dev/null
+
+      # Re-clone repository
+      git clone "${GITHUB_REPO}" "${INSTALL_DIR}/"
+    else
+      echo "[INSTALL] INSTALL_DIR is not set, is root, or is invalid. Aborting for safety."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  elif [ "$confirmation" == "update" ]; then
+    echo "[INSTALL] Updating the existing installation..."
+    cd "${INSTALL_DIR}" || { echo "[INSTALL] Failed to change directory to ${INSTALL_DIR}"; exit 1; }
+    # In case there were changes, stash them
+    git stash -q
+    git pull
+    echo "[INSTALL] If there were any local changes, they have been >>STASHED<<"
+    echo "[INSTALL] You can recover them with 'git stash pop' in ${INSTALL_DIR}"
+    echo
+  elif [ "$confirmation" == "start" ]; then
+    echo "[INSTALL] Continuing without changes."
+  else
+    echo "[INSTALL] Installation aborted."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+else
+  git clone https://github.com/jokob-sk/NetAlertX "${INSTALL_DIR}/"
+fi
+
+
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "[INSTALL] Setting up Python environment"
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo
+# update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 10
+python3 -m venv "${VENV_DIR}"
+source "${VENV_DIR}/bin/activate"
+
+pip3 install -r "${INSTALLER_DIR}/requirements.txt" || {  
+  echo "[INSTALL] Failed to install Python dependencies"  
+  exit 1  
+}  
+
+
+# We now should have all dependencies and files in place
+# We can now configure the web server and start the application
+
+cd "${INSTALLER_DIR}" || { echo "[INSTALL] Failed to change directory to ${INSTALLER_DIR}"; exit 1; }
+
+
+# Check for buildtimestamp.txt existence, otherwise create it
+if [ ! -f "${INSTALL_DIR}/front/buildtimestamp.txt" ]; then
+  date +%s > "${INSTALL_DIR}/front/buildtimestamp.txt"
+fi
+
+
+# if custom variables not set we do not need to do anything
+if [ -n "${TZ}" ]; then    
+  FILECONF=${INSTALL_DIR}/config/${CONF_FILE} 
+  if [ -f "$FILECONF" ]; then
+    sed -i -e "s|Europe/Berlin|${TZ}|g" "${INSTALL_DIR}/config/${CONF_FILE}"
+  else 
+    sed -i -e "s|Europe/Berlin|${TZ}|g" "${INSTALL_DIR}/back/${CONF_FILE}.bak"
+  fi
+fi
+
+
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "[INSTALL] Setting up the web server"
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo
+
+
+echo "[INSTALL] Updating the existing installation..."
+
+# Remove default NGINX site if it is symlinked, or backup it otherwise
+if [ -L /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default ] ; then
+  echo "[INSTALL] Disabling default NGINX site, removing sym-link in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled"
+  rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
+elif [ -f /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default ]; then
+  echo "[INSTALL] Disabling default NGINX site, moving config to /etc/nginx/sites-available"
+  mv /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default /etc/nginx/sites-available/default.bkp_netalertx
+fi
+
+# Clear existing directories and files
+if [ -d $WEB_UI_DIR ]; then
+  echo "[INSTALL] Removing existing NetAlertX web-UI"
+  rm -R $WEB_UI_DIR
+fi
+
+echo "[INSTALL] Removing existing NetAlertX NGINX config"
+rm "${NGINX_CONFIG_FILE}" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# create symbolic link to the install directory
+ln -s ${INSTALL_DIR}/front $WEB_UI_DIR
+# create symbolic link to NGINX configuration coming with NetAlertX
+ln -s "${INSTALLER_DIR}/$NGINX_CONF_FILE" ${NGINX_CONFIG_FILE}
+
+# Use user-supplied port if set
+if [ -n "${PORT}" ]; then
+  echo "[INSTALL] Setting webserver to user-supplied port (${PORT})"
+  sed -i 's/listen 20211/listen '"${PORT}"'/g' "${NGINX_CONFIG_FILE}"
+else
+  PORT=20211
+fi
+
+# Change web interface address if set
+if [ -n "${LISTEN_ADDR}" ]; then
+  echo "[INSTALL] Setting webserver to user-supplied address (${LISTEN_ADDR})"
+  sed -i -e 's/listen /listen '"${LISTEN_ADDR}":'/g' "${NGINX_CONFIG_FILE}"
+else
+  LISTEN_ADDR="0.0.0.0"
+fi
+
+# Change php version
+echo "[INSTALL] Setting PHP version to ${PHPVERSION}"
+sed -i 's#unix:/run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock#unix:/run/php/php'"${PHPVERSION}"'-fpm.sock#ig' ${NGINX_CONFIG_FILE}
+
+# Run the hardware vendors update at least once
+echo "[INSTALL] Run the hardware vendors update"
+
+# Check if ieee-oui.txt or ieee-iab.txt exist
+if [ -f "${OUI_FILE}" ]; then
+  echo "[INSTALL] The file ieee-oui.txt exists. Skipping update_vendors.sh..."
+else
+  echo "[INSTALL] The file ieee-oui.txt does not exist. Running update_vendors..."
+
+  # Run the update_vendors.sh script
+  if [ -f "${INSTALL_DIR}/back/update_vendors.sh" ]; then
+    "${INSTALL_DIR}/back/update_vendors.sh"
+  else
+    echo "[INSTALL] update_vendors.sh script not found in ${INSTALL_DIR}."    
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "[INSTALL] Create log and api mounts"
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo
+
+echo "[INSTALL] Cleaning up old mounts if any"
+umount "${INSTALL_DIR}/log"
+umount "${INSTALL_DIR}/api"
+
+echo "[INSTALL] Creating log and api folders if they don't exist"
+mkdir -p "${INSTALL_DIR}/log" "${INSTALL_DIR}/api"
+
+echo "[INSTALL] Mounting log and api folders as tmpfs"
+mount -t tmpfs -o noexec,nosuid,nodev tmpfs "${INSTALL_DIR}/log"
+mount -t tmpfs -o noexec,nosuid,nodev tmpfs "${INSTALL_DIR}/api"
+
+
+# Create log files if they don't exist
+echo "[INSTALL] Creating log files if they don't exist"
+touch "${INSTALL_DIR}"/log/{app.log,execution_queue.log,app_front.log,app.php_errors.log,stderr.log,stdout.log,db_is_locked.log}
+touch "${INSTALL_DIR}"/api/user_notifications.json
+# Create plugins sub-directory if it doesn't exist in case a custom log folder is used
+mkdir -p "${INSTALL_DIR}"/log/plugins
+
+
+# DANGER ZONE: ALWAYS_FRESH_INSTALL 
+if [ "${ALWAYS_FRESH_INSTALL}" = true ]; then
+  echo "[INSTALL] ❗ ALERT /db and /config folders are cleared because the ALWAYS_FRESH_INSTALL is set to: ${ALWAYS_FRESH_INSTALL}❗"
+  # Delete content of "/config/"
+  rm -rf "${INSTALL_DIR}/config/"*
+  
+  # Delete content of "/db/"
+  rm -rf "${INSTALL_DIR}/db/"*
+fi
+
+echo "[INSTALL] Copy starter ${DB_FILE} and ${CONF_FILE} if they don't exist"
+
+# Copy starter ${DB_FILE} and ${CONF_FILE} if they don't exist
+cp -u "${INSTALL_DIR}/back/${CONF_FILE}" "${INSTALL_DIR}/config/${CONF_FILE}"
+cp -u "${INSTALL_DIR}/back/${DB_FILE}" "$FILEDB"
+
+echo "[INSTALL] Fixing permissions after copied starter config & DB"
+
+if [ -f "$FILEDB" ]; then
+    chown -R www-data:www-data "$FILEDB"
+fi
+chown root:www-data "${INSTALL_DIR}"/api/user_notifications.json
+chgrp -R www-data "${INSTALL_DIR}"
+chmod -R u+rwx,g+rwx,o=rx "$WEB_UI_DIR"
+chmod -R u+rwx,g+rwx,o=rx "${INSTALL_DIR}"
+chmod -R u+rwX,g+rwX,o=rX "${INSTALL_DIR}/log"
+chmod -R u+rwX,g+rwX,o=rX "${INSTALL_DIR}/config"
+
+# Check if buildtimestamp.txt doesn't exist
+if [ ! -f "${INSTALL_DIR}/front/buildtimestamp.txt" ]; then
+    # Create buildtimestamp.txt
+    date +%s > "${INSTALL_DIR}/front/buildtimestamp.txt"
+fi
+
+# start PHP and nginx
+systemctl start php${PHPVERSION}-fpm || { echo "[INSTALL] Failed to start php${PHPVERSION}-fpm"; exit 1; }
+nginx -t || { echo "[INSTALL] nginx config test failed"; exit 1; }
+systemctl start nginx || { echo "[INSTALL] Failed to start nginx"; exit 1; }
+
+
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "[INSTALL] Installation complete"
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo
+
+# Export all variables to /etc/default/netalertx file for use by the systemd service
+env_vars=( "INSTALL_SYSTEM_NAME" "INSTALLER_DIR" "INSTALL_DIR" "PHPVERSION" "VIRTUAL_ENV" "PATH" )
+printf "" > "${SYSTEMD_UNIT_DEFAULTS}"
+for var in "${env_vars[@]}"; do
+  echo "$var=${!var}" >> "${SYSTEMD_UNIT_DEFAULTS}"
+done
+
+
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "[INSTALL] Starting netalertx service"
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+echo
+
+# Create systemd service
+cp "${INSTALLER_DIR}/netalertx.service" "${SYSTEMD_UNIT_FILE}" || { echo "[INSTALL] Failed to copy systemd service file"; exit 1; }
+# Adjust our path to the correct python in virtualenv
+echo "[INSTALL] Setting up systemd unit"
+sed -i 's|ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3|ExecStart='"${VIRTUAL_ENV}"'/bin/python3|ig' "/${SYSTEMD_UNIT_FILE}" || { echo "[INSTALL] Failed to setup systemd service file"; exit 1; }
+
+systemctl daemon-reload || { echo "[INSTALL] Failed to reload systemd daemon"; exit 1; }
+systemctl enable netalertx || { echo "[INSTALL] Failed to enable NetAlertX service"; exit 1; }
+systemctl start netalertx || { echo "[INSTALL] Failed to start NetAlertX service"; exit 1; }
+echo "[INSTALL] 🚀 Starting app - navigate to your <server IP>:${PORT}"
diff --git a/install/ubuntu24/install.ubuntu24.sh b/install/ubuntu24/install.ubuntu24.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8164e944..00000000
--- a/install/ubuntu24/install.ubuntu24.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# 🛑 Important: This is only used for the bare-metal install 🛑 
-# Update /install/start.ubuntu.sh in most cases is preferred 
-
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "[INSTALL] Starting NetAlertX installation for Ubuntu"
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-echo
-echo "This script will install NetAlertX on your Ubuntu system."
-echo "It will clone the repository, set up necessary files, and start the application."
-echo "Please ensure you have a stable internet connection."
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-
-# Set environment variables
-INSTALL_DIR=/app  # Specify the installation directory here
-INSTALL_SYSTEM_NAME=ubuntu24
-INSTALLER_DIR=$INSTALL_DIR/install/$INSTALL_SYSTEM_NAME
-
-# Check if script is run as root
-if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
-    echo "This script must be run as root. Please use 'sudo'." 
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Prepare the environment
-echo "Updating packages"
-echo "-----------------"
-apt-get update
-echo "Making sure sudo is installed"
-apt-get install sudo -y
-
-# Install Git
-echo "Installing Git"
-apt-get install -y git
-
-# Clean the directory, ask for confirmation
-if [ -d "$INSTALL_DIR" ]; then
-  echo "The installation directory exists. Removing it to ensure a clean install."
-  echo "Are you sure you want to continue? This will delete all existing files in $INSTALL_DIR."
-  echo "This will include ALL YOUR SETTINGS AND DATABASE! (if there are any)"
-  echo
-  echo "Type:"
-  echo " - 'install' to continue and DELETE ALL!"
-  echo " - 'update' to just update from GIT (keeps your db and settings)"
-  echo " - 'start' to do nothing, leave install as-is (just run the start script)"
-  if [ "$1" == "install" ] || [ "$1" == "update" ] || [ "$1" == "start" ]; then
-    confirmation=$1
-  else
-    read -p "Enter your choice: " confirmation
-  fi
-  if [ "$confirmation" == "install" ]; then
-    # Ensure INSTALL_DIR is safe to wipe
-    if [ -n "$INSTALL_DIR" ] && [ "$INSTALL_DIR" != "" ] && [ "$INSTALL_DIR" != "/" ] && [ "$INSTALL_DIR" != "." ] && [ -d "$INSTALL_DIR" ]; then
-      echo "Removing existing installation..."
-
-      # Stop nginx if running
-      if command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1 && systemctl list-units --type=service | grep -q nginx; then
-        systemctl stop nginx 2>/dev/null
-      elif command -v service >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        service nginx stop 2>/dev/null
-      fi
-
-      # Kill running NetAlertX server processes in this INSTALL_DIR
-      pkill -f "python.*${INSTALL_DIR}/server" 2>/dev/null
-
-      # Unmount only if mountpoints exist
-      mountpoint -q "$INSTALL_DIR/api" && umount "$INSTALL_DIR/api" 2>/dev/null
-      mountpoint -q "$INSTALL_DIR/front" && umount "$INSTALL_DIR/front" 2>/dev/null
-
-      # Remove all contents safely
-      rm -rf -- "$INSTALL_DIR"/* "$INSTALL_DIR"/.[!.]* "$INSTALL_DIR"/..?* 2>/dev/null
-
-      # Re-clone repository
-      git clone https://github.com/jokob-sk/NetAlertX "$INSTALL_DIR/"
-    else
-      echo "INSTALL_DIR is not set, is root, or is invalid. Aborting for safety."
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  elif [ "$confirmation" == "update" ]; then
-    echo "Updating the existing installation..."
-    service nginx stop 2>/dev/null
-    pkill -f "python ${INSTALL_DIR}/server" 2>/dev/null
-    cd "$INSTALL_DIR" || { echo "Failed to change directory to $INSTALL_DIR"; exit 1; }
-    git pull
-  elif [ "$confirmation" == "start" ]; then
-    echo "Continuing without changes."
-  else
-    echo "Installation aborted."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-else
-  git clone https://github.com/jokob-sk/NetAlertX "$INSTALL_DIR/"
-fi
-
-# Check for buildtimestamp.txt existence, otherwise create it
-if [ ! -f "$INSTALL_DIR/front/buildtimestamp.txt" ]; then
-  date +%s > "$INSTALL_DIR/front/buildtimestamp.txt"
-fi
-
-# Start NetAlertX
-
-# This is where we setup the virtual environment and install dependencies
-cd "$INSTALLER_DIR" || { echo "Failed to change directory to $INSTALLER_DIR"; exit 1; }
-chmod +x "$INSTALLER_DIR/start.$INSTALL_SYSTEM_NAME.sh"
-"$INSTALLER_DIR/start.$INSTALL_SYSTEM_NAME.sh"
diff --git a/install/ubuntu24/netalertx.service b/install/ubuntu24/netalertx.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3540956e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/ubuntu24/netalertx.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=NetAlertX - Network, presence scanner and alert framework
+
+[Service]
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/netalertx
+PassEnvironment=INSTALL_SYSTEM_NAME INSTALLER_DIR INSTALL_DIR PHPVERSION VIRTUAL_ENV PATH
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 "${INSTALL_DIR}/server"
+Restart=on-failure
+Type=simple
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/install/ubuntu24/requirements.txt b/install/ubuntu24/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2525b62e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/ubuntu24/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+openwrt-luci-rpc
+asusrouter
+aiohttp
+graphene
+flask
+flask-cors
+unifi-sm-api
+tplink-omada-client
+wakeonlan
+pycryptodome
+requests
+paho-mqtt
+scapy
+cron-converter
+pytz
+json2table
+dhcp-leases
+pyunifi
+speedtest-cli
+chardet
+python-nmap
+dnspython
+librouteros
+yattag
+git+https://github.com/foreign-sub/aiofreepybox.git
diff --git a/install/ubuntu24/start.ubuntu24.sh b/install/ubuntu24/start.ubuntu24.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5564a775..00000000
--- a/install/ubuntu24/start.ubuntu24.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,227 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "[INSTALL]"
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-echo
-echo "This script will set up and start NetAlertX on your Ubuntu24 system."
-
-# Specify the installation directory here
-INSTALL_DIR=/app
-
-# DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE!
-INSTALL_SYSTEM_NAME=ubuntu24
-INSTALLER_DIR=$INSTALL_DIR/install/$INSTALL_SYSTEM_NAME
-CONF_FILE=app.conf
-DB_FILE=app.db
-NGINX_CONF_FILE=netalertx.conf
-WEB_UI_DIR=/var/www/html/netalertx
-NGINX_CONFIG_FILE=/etc/nginx/conf.d/$NGINX_CONF_FILE
-OUI_FILE="/usr/share/arp-scan/ieee-oui.txt" # Define the path to ieee-oui.txt and ieee-iab.txt
-INSTALL_PATH=$INSTALL_DIR
-FILEDB=$INSTALL_PATH/db/$DB_FILE
-PHPVERSION="8.3"
-# DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE!
-
-# if custom variables not set we do not need to do anything
-if [ -n "${TZ}" ]; then    
-  FILECONF=$INSTALL_PATH/config/$CONF_FILE 
-  if [ -f "$FILECONF" ]; then
-    sed -i -e "s|Europe/Berlin|${TZ}|g" "$INSTALL_PATH/config/$CONF_FILE"
-  else 
-    sed -i -e "s|Europe/Berlin|${TZ}|g" "$INSTALL_PATH/back/$CONF_FILE.bak"
-  fi
-fi
-
-
-# Check if script is run as root
-if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
-    echo "This script must be run as root. Please use 'sudo'." 
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-
-
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "[INSTALL] Installing dependencies"
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-echo
-
-
-# Install dependencies
-apt-get install -y \
-    tini snmp ca-certificates curl libwww-perl arp-scan perl apt-utils cron \
-    sqlite3 dnsutils net-tools mtr \
-    python3 python3-dev iproute2 nmap python3-pip zip usbutils traceroute nbtscan avahi-daemon avahi-utils build-essential
-
-# alternate dependencies
-# nginx-core install nginx and nginx-common as dependencies
-apt-get install nginx-core php${PHPVERSION} php${PHPVERSION}-sqlite3 php php-cgi php-fpm php-sqlite3 php-curl php-fpm php${PHPVERSION}-fpm php-cli -y
-phpenmod -v ${PHPVERSION} sqlite3
-
-update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 10
-
-cd $INSTALLER_DIR || { echo "Failed to change directory to $INSTALLER_DIR"; exit 1; }
-
-# setup virtual python environment so we can use pip3 to install packages
-apt-get install python3-venv -y
-python3 -m venv myenv
-source myenv/bin/activate
-
-#  install packages thru pip3
-pip3 install openwrt-luci-rpc asusrouter asyncio aiohttp graphene flask flask-cors unifi-sm-api tplink-omada-client wakeonlan pycryptodome requests paho-mqtt scapy cron-converter pytz json2table dhcp-leases pyunifi speedtest-cli chardet python-nmap dnspython librouteros yattag git+https://github.com/foreign-sub/aiofreepybox.git 
-
-
-
-
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "[INSTALL] Installing NGINX and setting up the web server"
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-echo
-echo "[INSTALL] Stopping any NGINX web server"
-
-service nginx stop 2>/dev/null
-pkill -f "python ${INSTALL_DIR}/server" 2>/dev/null
-echo "[INSTALL] Updating the existing installation..."
-
-# Remove default NGINX site if it is symlinked, or backup it otherwise
-if [ -L /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default ] ; then
-  echo "[INSTALL] Disabling default NGINX site, removing sym-link in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled"
-  rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
-elif [ -f /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default ]; then
-  echo "[INSTALL] Disabling default NGINX site, moving config to /etc/nginx/sites-available"
-  mv /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default /etc/nginx/sites-available/default.bkp_netalertx
-fi
-
-# Clear existing directories and files
-if [ -d $WEB_UI_DIR ]; then
-  echo "[INSTALL] Removing existing NetAlertX web-UI"
-  rm -R $WEB_UI_DIR
-fi
-
-echo "[INSTALL] Removing existing NetAlertX NGINX config"
-rm "$NGINX_CONFIG_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-# create symbolic link to the  install directory
-ln -s $INSTALL_PATH/front $WEB_UI_DIR
-# create symbolic link to NGINX configuration coming with NetAlertX
-ln -s "${INSTALLER_DIR}/$NGINX_CONF_FILE" $NGINX_CONFIG_FILE
-
-# Use user-supplied port if set
-if [ -n "${PORT}" ]; then
-  echo "[INSTALL] Setting webserver to user-supplied port ($PORT)"
-  sed -i 's/listen 20211/listen '"$PORT"'/g' "$NGINX_CONFIG_FILE"
-fi
-
-# Change web interface address if set
-if [ -n "${LISTEN_ADDR}" ]; then
-  echo "[INSTALL] Setting webserver to user-supplied address (${LISTEN_ADDR})"
-  sed -i -e 's/listen /listen '"${LISTEN_ADDR}":'/g' "$NGINX_CONFIG_FILE"
-fi
-
-# Change php version
-echo "[INSTALL] Setting PHP version to ${PHPVERSION}"
-sed -i 's#unix:/run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock#unix:/run/php/php'"${PHPVERSION}"'-fpm.sock#ig' $NGINX_CONFIG_FILE
-
-# Run the hardware vendors update at least once
-echo "[INSTALL] Run the hardware vendors update"
-
-# Check if ieee-oui.txt or ieee-iab.txt exist
-if [ -f "$OUI_FILE" ]; then
-  echo "[INSTALL] The file ieee-oui.txt exists. Skipping update_vendors.sh..."
-else
-  echo "[INSTALL] The file ieee-oui.txt does not exist. Running update_vendors..."
-
-  # Run the update_vendors.sh script
-  if [ -f "${INSTALL_PATH}/back/update_vendors.sh" ]; then
-    "${INSTALL_PATH}/back/update_vendors.sh"
-  else
-    echo "[INSTALL] update_vendors.sh script not found in $INSTALL_DIR."    
-  fi
-fi
-
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "[INSTALL] Create log and api mounts"
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-echo
-
-echo "[INSTALL] Cleaning up old mounts if any"
-umount "${INSTALL_DIR}/log"
-umount "${INSTALL_DIR}/api"
-
-echo "[INSTALL] Creating log and api folders if they don't exist"
-mkdir -p "${INSTALL_DIR}/log" "${INSTALL_DIR}/api"
-
-echo "[INSTALL] Mounting log and api folders as tmpfs"
-mount -t tmpfs -o noexec,nosuid,nodev tmpfs "${INSTALL_DIR}/log"
-mount -t tmpfs -o noexec,nosuid,nodev tmpfs "${INSTALL_DIR}/api"
-
-
-# Create log files if they don't exist
-echo "[INSTALL] Creating log files if they don't exist"
-touch "${INSTALL_DIR}"/log/{app.log,execution_queue.log,app_front.log,app.php_errors.log,stderr.log,stdout.log,db_is_locked.log}
-touch "${INSTALL_DIR}"/api/user_notifications.json
-# Create plugins sub-directory if it doesn't exist in case a custom log folder is used
-mkdir -p "${INSTALL_DIR}"/log/plugins
-
-
-# Fixing file permissions
-echo "[INSTALL] Fixing file permissions"
-chown root:www-data "${INSTALL_DIR}"/api/user_notifications.json
-
-echo "[INSTALL] Fixing WEB_UI_DIR: ${WEB_UI_DIR}"
-
-chmod -R a+rwx $WEB_UI_DIR
-
-echo "[INSTALL] Fixing INSTALL_DIR: ${INSTALL_DIR}"
-
-chmod -R a+rw $INSTALL_PATH/log
-chmod -R a+rwx $INSTALL_DIR
-
-echo "[INSTALL] Copy starter $DB_FILE and $CONF_FILE if they don't exist"
-
-
-# DANGER ZONE: ALWAYS_FRESH_INSTALL 
-if [ "$ALWAYS_FRESH_INSTALL" = true ]; then
-  echo "[INSTALL] ❗ ALERT /db and /config folders are cleared because the ALWAYS_FRESH_INSTALL is set to: ${ALWAYS_FRESH_INSTALL}❗"
-  # Delete content of "/config/"
-  rm -rf "${INSTALL_PATH}/config/"*
-  
-  # Delete content of "/db/"
-  rm -rf "${INSTALL_PATH}/db/"*
-fi
-
-
-# Copy starter $DB_FILE and $CONF_FILE if they don't exist
-cp -u "${INSTALL_PATH}/back/$CONF_FILE" "${INSTALL_PATH}/config/$CONF_FILE"
-cp -u "${INSTALL_PATH}/back/$DB_FILE" "$FILEDB"
-
-echo "[INSTALL] Fixing permissions after copied starter config & DB"
-
-if [ -f "$FILEDB" ]; then
-    chown -R www-data:www-data $FILEDB
-fi
-
-chmod -R a+rwx $INSTALL_DIR # second time after we copied the files
-chmod -R a+rw $INSTALL_PATH/config
-chgrp -R www-data  $INSTALL_PATH
-
-# Check if buildtimestamp.txt doesn't exist
-if [ ! -f "${INSTALL_PATH}/front/buildtimestamp.txt" ]; then
-    # Create buildtimestamp.txt
-    date +%s > "${INSTALL_PATH}/front/buildtimestamp.txt"
-fi
-
-# start PHP
-/etc/init.d/php${PHPVERSION}-fpm start
-nginx -t || { echo "[INSTALL] nginx config test failed"; exit 1; }
-/etc/init.d/nginx start
-#  Activate the virtual python environment
-source myenv/bin/activate
-
-echo "[INSTALL] 🚀 Starting app - navigate to your <server IP>:${PORT}"
-
-# Start the NetAlertX python script
-# All error and console output being diverted to null,
-# otherwise we can get critical errors re I/O
-python "$INSTALL_PATH/server/" 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null &
diff --git a/server/initialise.py b/server/initialise.py
index 5bd8aa3d..5fc8c0ed 100755
--- a/server/initialise.py
+++ b/server/initialise.py
@@ -368,8 +368,19 @@ def importConfigs (pm, db, all_plugins):
         # mylog('verbose', [f"[Config] pref {plugin["unique_prefix"]} run_val {run_val} run_sch {run_sch} "])
 
         if run_val == 'schedule':
-            newSchedule = Cron(run_sch).schedule(start_date=datetime.datetime.now(conf.tz))
-            conf.mySchedules.append(schedule_class(plugin["unique_prefix"], newSchedule, newSchedule.next(), False))
+            newSchedule = None
+            try:
+                newSchedule = Cron(run_sch).schedule(start_date=datetime.datetime.now(conf.tz))
+                if (newSchedule is not None):
+                    conf.mySchedules.append(schedule_class(plugin["unique_prefix"], newSchedule, newSchedule.next(), False))
+                else:
+                    raise(ValueError("Invalid schedule"))
+            except ValueError as e:
+                mylog('none', [f"[Config] [ERROR] Invalid schedule '{run_sch}' for plugin '{plugin['unique_prefix']}'. Error: {e}."])
+            except Exception as e:
+                mylog('none', [f"[Config] [ERROR] Could not set schedule '{run_sch}' for plugin '{plugin['unique_prefix']}'. Error: {e}."])
+
+    
 
     # mylog('verbose', [f"[Config] conf.mySchedules {conf.mySchedules}"])
 
diff --git a/server/plugin_utils.py b/server/plugin_utils.py
index e60e7f6b..de2d4d86 100755
--- a/server/plugin_utils.py
+++ b/server/plugin_utils.py
@@ -202,18 +202,25 @@ def get_plugins_configs(loadAll):
                 # Construct the path to the config.json file within the plugin folder
                 config_path = os.path.join(pluginsPath, d, "config.json")
 
-                plugJson = json.loads(get_file_content(config_path))
+                try:
+                    plugJson = json.loads(get_file_content(config_path))
 
-                # Only load plugin if needed
-                # Fetch the list of enabled plugins from the config, default to an empty list if not set
-                enabledPlugins = getattr(conf, "LOADED_PLUGINS", [])
+                    # Only load plugin if needed
+                    # Fetch the list of enabled plugins from the config, default to an empty list if not set
+                    enabledPlugins = getattr(conf, "LOADED_PLUGINS", [])
 
-                # Load all plugins if `loadAll` is True, the plugin is in the enabled list, 
-                # or no specific plugins are enabled (enabledPlugins is empty)
-                if loadAll or plugJson["unique_prefix"] in enabledPlugins or enabledPlugins == []:
-                
-                    # Load the contents of the config.json file as a JSON object and append it to pluginsList
-                    pluginsList.append(plugJson)
+                    # Load all plugins if `loadAll` is True, the plugin is in the enabled list, 
+                    # or no specific plugins are enabled (enabledPlugins is empty)
+                    if loadAll or plugJson["unique_prefix"] in enabledPlugins or enabledPlugins == []:
+                    
+                        # Load the contents of the config.json file as a JSON object and append it to pluginsList
+                        pluginsList.append(plugJson)
+
+                except (FileNotFoundError, json.JSONDecodeError) as e:
+                    # Handle the case when the file is not found or JSON decoding fails
+                    mylog('none', [f'[{module_name}] ⚠ ERROR - JSONDecodeError or FileNotFoundError for file {config_path}'])
+                except Exception as e:
+                    mylog('none', [f'[{module_name}] ⚠ ERROR - Exception for file {config_path}: {str(e)}'])
     
     # Sort pluginsList based on "execution_order"
     pluginsListSorted = sorted(pluginsList, key=get_layer)