diff --git a/tools/multipass/multipass.alias b/tools/multipass/multipass.alias
index 57de869..d5ab130 100644
--- a/tools/multipass/multipass.alias
+++ b/tools/multipass/multipass.alias
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ alias mps="multipass shell"
 alias mpssh="multipass_ssh"
 alias mprm="multipass_remove"
 alias mph="multipass --help"
+alias mpscr="multipass_ssh_script"
+alias mprd="sudo snap restart multipass.multipassd"
diff --git a/tools/multipass/multipass.func b/tools/multipass/multipass.func
index 415623e..24450c0 100644
--- a/tools/multipass/multipass.func
+++ b/tools/multipass/multipass.func
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ multipass_launch () {
  }
 
  multipass_get_sshid () {
-    dest=${1:-$HOME/.ssh/multipass_id_rsa}
+    dest=${1:-$HOME/.ssh/multipass_key}
     [[ -f $dest ]] && echo $dest && return 0
     src=${SNAP_VAR:-/var/snap}/multipass/common/data/multipassd/ssh-keys/id_rsa
     [[ ! -f $src ]] && return 1
     sudo cp $src $dest
     sudo chown $USER:$USER $dest
+    chmod 600 $dest
     echo $dest
  }
 
@@ -41,21 +42,38 @@ multipass_get_ip () {
    json=$(multipass info --format json $1 2> /dev/null)
    [[ ! $json ]] && return 2
    ip=$(echo "$json" | jq -r .info.$1.ipv4[0] 2> /dev/null)
-   [[ $ip ]] && echo $ip || return 3
+   [[ $ip = "null" ]] && return 3
+   [[ $ip ]] && echo $ip || return 4
    return 0
 }   
 
-  multipass_ssh () {
-   [[ ! $1 ]] && echo must supply name of instance name && return 1 
-   ip=$(multipass_get_ip $1)
-   [[ ! $ip ]] && echo "no ip for instance $1, aborting" && return
+   multipass_ssh_options () {
    id=$(multipass_get_sshid)
-   user=${2:-ubuntu}
-   echo ssh -i $id  $user@$ip
-   ssh -i $id  $user@$ip
+   [[ $? -gt 0 ]] && return 1
+   echo -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o IdentityFile=$id 
+   return 0
  }
 
-   multipass_scp () {
+
+  multipass_ssh_cmd () {
+   [[ ! $1 ]] && { echo must supply name of instance name; return 1; }  
+   ip=$(multipass_get_ip $1)
+   [[ ! $ip ]] && { echo "no ip for instance $1"; return 2; }
+   user=${2:-ubuntu}
+   opts=$(multipass_ssh_options)
+   [[ ! $opts ]] && return 3
+   echo  $opts $user@$ip
+   return 0
+  }
+
+
+ multipass_ssh () {
+  cmd=$(multipass_ssh_cmd $@) || { echo failed: $cmd;return $?; }
+  echo ssh $cmd
+  ssh $cmd
+ }
+
+ multipass_scp () {
    [[ $1 = "-u" ]] && user=$2 && shift 2 || user=ubuntu   
    [[ ! $1 ]] && echo must supply name of instance name && return 1 
    ip=$(multipass_get_ip $1)
@@ -66,3 +84,10 @@ multipass_get_ip () {
    echo sudo scp -i $id  -r $2 $user@$ip:$3
    sudo scp -i $id $2 $user@$ip:$3
  }
+
+
+multipass_ssh_script () {
+   cmd=$(multipass_ssh_cmd $2) || { echo failed: $cmd;return $?; }
+   module_load remote
+   remote_script $1 "$cmd"
+}