diff --git a/apply-dotfiles b/apply-dotfiles
index da6a81f..88a87ba 100755
--- a/apply-dotfiles
+++ b/apply-dotfiles
@@ -1,13 +1,26 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -p stow -i bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-stow bash
-stow sh
-stow readline
+apply_dotfile() {
+  directory_to_stow="${1}"
+  stow --adopt -S -t "${HOME}" "${directory_to_stow}"
+}
 
-stow vim
+# Adopt will change the files in stow to match existing files.
+# We don't want this, we just want to handle existing files gracefully.
+# We simply adopt all the files and then at the end restore our git repo to undo changes
+restore_from_adoption() {
+  git restore .
+}
 
-stow ruby
-stow python
+apply_dotfile bash
+apply_dotfile sh
+apply_dotfile readline
 
-stow ssh
+apply_dotfile vim
+
+apply_dotfile ruby
+apply_dotfile python
+
+apply_dotfile ssh
+
+restore_from_adoption
diff --git a/apply-secret-dotfiles b/apply-secret-dotfiles
index 0e0d441..f9c5c6c 100755
--- a/apply-secret-dotfiles
+++ b/apply-secret-dotfiles
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -p stow envsubst -i bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 envsubst -i taskwarrior/.taskrc.envsubst.template -o taskwarrior/.taskrc
 stow taskwarrior
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d4d8483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo "CURRENT LOCATION: $PWD"
+
+echo "Installing dotfiles..."
+if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
+  echo "Idenitfying OS to install GNU stow..."
+  if grep -q -i debian /etc/os-release; then
+    echo "You've got Debian!";
+    sudo apt update;
+    sudo apt install -y stow;
+  elif grep -q -i rhel /etc/os-release || grep -q -i fedora /etc/os-release; then
+    echo "You've got RedHat (or maybe Fedora)! Which is unsupported right now sorry!";
+    # sudo yum install -y stow;
+    # sudo yum clean all;
+    exit 1
+  elif grep -q -i alpine /etc/os-release; then
+    echo "You've got Alpine! Which is unsupported right now sorry!";
+    exit 1;
+    # apk add --no-cache jq curl;
+  else
+    echo "ERROR: Unable to identify OS!" 1>&2;
+    exit 1;
+  fi;
+else
+  echo "ERROR: Unable to find '/etc/os-release' information!" 1>&2;
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+# Apply the dotfiles with stow
+echo "RUNNING APPLY DOTFILES"
+./apply-dotfiles
+echo "RAN APPLY DOTFILES"
diff --git a/nix-install b/nix-install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6d5069f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix-install
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#! nix-shell -p stow envsubst -i bash
+
+# Uses nix shell to setup the dotfiles
+./apply-dotfiles
+# Secret dotfiles need interactivity anyways, not worrying about this for now
+# ./apply-secret-dotfiles