diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d68653..d07fec8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ https://github.com/amidaware/tacticalrmm
 
 #### building the agent - linux
 ```
-go install github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo/cmd/goversioninfo
-go generate
 env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=<GOOS> GOARCH=<GOARCH> go build -ldflags "-s -w -X 'main.version=v2.0.4'"
 example: env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-s -w -X 'main.version=v2.0.4' -o build/output/rmmagent"
 ```
diff --git a/agent/system/system_unix.go b/agent/system/system_unix.go
index f147e21..2746fef 100644
--- a/agent/system/system_unix.go
+++ b/agent/system/system_unix.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
@@ -287,21 +286,4 @@ func CMDShell(shell string, cmdArgs []string, command string, timeout int, detac
 
 func CMD(exe string, args []string, timeout int, detached bool) (output [2]string, e error) {
 	return [2]string{"", ""}, nil
-}
-
-func GetPythonBin() string {
-	opts := NewCMDOpts()
-	opts.Command = "which python"
-	out := CmdV2(opts)
-	return out.Stdout	
-}
-
-func GetProgramDirectory() string {
-	pd := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("ProgramFiles"), ProgFilesName)
-	return pd
-}
-
-func GetProgramBin() string {
-	exe := filepath.Join(GetProgramDirectory(), winExeName)
-	return exe
 }
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diff --git a/agent/tactical/shared/shared_test.go b/agent/tactical/shared/shared_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..856fd72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/tactical/shared/shared_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package shared_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/amidaware/rmmagent/agent/tactical/shared"
+)
+
+func TestGetPythonBin(t *testing.T) {
+	pybin := shared.GetPythonBin()
+	if pybin == "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected path, got %s", pybin)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("result: %s", pybin)
+}
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diff --git a/agent/tactical/shared/shared_unix.go b/agent/tactical/shared/shared_unix.go
index 2b8a792..7cb4c98 100644
--- a/agent/tactical/shared/shared_unix.go
+++ b/agent/tactical/shared/shared_unix.go
@@ -3,6 +3,34 @@
 
 package shared
 
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const (
+	binName    = "tacticalagent"
+)
+
 func GetPython(force bool) {}
 
-func RunMigrations() {}
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+func RunMigrations() {}
+
+func GetPythonBin() string {
+	pybin, err := exec.Command("python", "-c", "import sys; print(sys.executable)").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(string(pybin), "\n")
+}
+
+func GetProgramDirectory() string {
+	return "/usr/local/bin"
+}
+
+func GetProgramBin() string {
+	bin := filepath.Join(GetProgramDirectory(), binName)
+	return bin
+}
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diff --git a/agent/tactical/structs.go b/agent/tactical/structs.go
index 1f03ba5..e85ac07 100644
--- a/agent/tactical/structs.go
+++ b/agent/tactical/structs.go
@@ -1 +1,13 @@
 package tactical
+
+type AgentConfig struct {
+	BaseURL       string
+	AgentID       string
+	APIURL        string
+	Token         string
+	AgentPK       string
+	PK            int
+	Cert          string
+	Proxy         string
+	CustomMeshDir string
+}
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diff --git a/agent/tactical/tactical_test.go b/agent/tactical/tactical_test.go
index 348e178..c3870a7 100644
--- a/agent/tactical/tactical_test.go
+++ b/agent/tactical/tactical_test.go
@@ -8,5 +8,9 @@ import (
 
 func TestGetVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	version := tactical.GetVersion()
+	if version == "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected version, got empty version")
+	}
+
 	t.Logf("got version %s", version)
 }
diff --git a/agent/tactical/tactical_linux.go b/agent/tactical/tactical_unix.go
similarity index 86%
rename from agent/tactical/tactical_linux.go
rename to agent/tactical/tactical_unix.go
index 88da0c9..5fa9d56 100644
--- a/agent/tactical/tactical_linux.go
+++ b/agent/tactical/tactical_unix.go
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
+//go:build !windows
+// +build !windows
+
 package tactical
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/amidaware/rmmagent/agent/system"
 	"github.com/amidaware/rmmagent/agent/tactical/mesh"
+	"github.com/amidaware/rmmagent/agent/tactical/shared"
 	"github.com/amidaware/rmmagent/agent/utils"
-	"github.com/amidaware/rmmagent/shared"
 	"github.com/go-resty/resty/v2"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"github.com/wh1te909/trmm-shared"
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ func GetMeshBinary() string {
 	return "/opt/tacticalmesh/meshagent"
 }
 
-func NewAgentConfig() *shared.AgentConfig {
+func NewAgentConfig() *AgentConfig {
 	viper.SetConfigName("tacticalagent")
 	viper.SetConfigType("json")
 	viper.AddConfigPath("/etc/")
@@ -28,13 +33,13 @@ func NewAgentConfig() *shared.AgentConfig {
 	err := viper.ReadInConfig()
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return &shared.AgentConfig{}
+		return &AgentConfig{}
 	}
 
 	agentpk := viper.GetString("agentpk")
 	pk, _ := strconv.Atoi(agentpk)
 
-	ret := &shared.AgentConfig{
+	ret := &AgentConfig{
 		BaseURL:       viper.GetString("baseurl"),
 		AgentID:       viper.GetString("agentid"),
 		APIURL:        viper.GetString("apiurl"),
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ func NewAgentConfig() *shared.AgentConfig {
 	return ret
 }
 
-func AgentUpdate(url, inno, version string) bool {
+func AgentUpdate(url string, inno string) bool {
 	self, err := os.Executable()
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
@@ -61,15 +66,12 @@ func AgentUpdate(url, inno, version string) bool {
 	}
 	defer os.Remove(f.Name())
 
-	//logger.Infof("Agent updating from %s to %s", a.Version, version)
-	//logger.Infoln("Downloading agent update from", url)
-
 	rClient := resty.New()
 	rClient.SetCloseConnection(true)
 	rClient.SetTimeout(15 * time.Minute)
-	if shared.DEBUG {
-		rClient.SetDebug(true)
-	}
+	//if shared.DEBUG {
+		//rClient.SetDebug(true)
+	//}
 
 	config := NewAgentConfig()
 	if len(config.Proxy) > 0 {
@@ -184,4 +186,15 @@ func installMesh(meshbin, exe, proxy string) (string, error) {
 	return "not implemented", nil
 }
 
-func SendSoftware() {}
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+func SendSoftware() {}
+
+func GetVersion() string {
+	version, err := exec.Command(shared.GetProgramBin(), "-version").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`Tactical RMM Agent: v([0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9])`)
+	match := re.FindStringSubmatch(string(version))
+	return match[1]
+}
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diff --git a/agent/tactical/tactical_linux_test.go b/agent/tactical/tactical_unix_test.go
similarity index 73%
rename from agent/tactical/tactical_linux_test.go
rename to agent/tactical/tactical_unix_test.go
index a9bd446..8f5f7af 100644
--- a/agent/tactical/tactical_linux_test.go
+++ b/agent/tactical/tactical_unix_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-package tactical
+package tactical_test
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/amidaware/rmmagent/agent/tactical"
 )
 
 func TestNewAgentConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	config := NewAgentConfig()
+	config := tactical.NewAgentConfig()
 	if config.BaseURL == "" {
 		t.Fatal("Could not get config")
 	}
@@ -15,8 +17,8 @@ func TestNewAgentConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAgentUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	url := "https://github.com/redanthrax/rmmagent/releases/download/v2.0.4/linuxagent"
-	result := AgentUpdate(url, "", "v2.0.4")
-	if(!result) {
+	result := tactical.AgentUpdate(url, "")
+	if !result {
 		t.Fatal("Agent update resulted in false")
 	}
 
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ func TestAgentUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAgentUninstall(t *testing.T) {
-	result := AgentUninstall("foo")
+	result := tactical.AgentUninstall("foo")
 	if !result {
 		t.Fatal("Agent uninstall resulted in error")
 	}
@@ -33,11 +35,10 @@ func TestAgentUninstall(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestNixMeshNodeID(t *testing.T) {
-	nodeid := NixMeshNodeID()
+	nodeid := tactical.NixMeshNodeID()
 	if nodeid == "" {
 		t.Fatal("Unable to get mesh node id")
 	}
 
 	t.Logf("MeshNodeID: %s", nodeid)
 }
-