diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cffc851..9e7e4a2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ ifeq ($(environment),prod)
 	KUSTOMIZEDIR = kustomize/overlays/prod
 	KUSTOMIZEOUT = $(OUTDIR)/$(environment)/manifest.yaml
 
-	# base-deploy
-	KUSTOMIZEDIRALL =  kustomize/overlays/prod-base-deploy
-	KUSTOMIZEOUTALL = $(OUTDIR)/$(environment)/base-deploy.yaml
+	# auto-deploy
+	KUSTOMIZEDIRALL =  kustomize/overlays/prod-auto-deploy
+	KUSTOMIZEOUTALL = $(OUTDIR)/$(environment)/auto-deploy.yaml
 else
 	environment = dev
 
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ else
 	KUSTOMIZEDIR = kustomize/overlays/dev
 	KUSTOMIZEOUT = $(OUTDIR)/$(environment)/manifest.yaml
 
-	# base-deploy
-	KUSTOMIZEDIRALL =  kustomize/overlays/dev-base-deploy
-	KUSTOMIZEOUTALL = $(OUTDIR)/$(environment)/base-deploy.yaml
+	# auto-deploy
+	KUSTOMIZEDIRALL =  kustomize/overlays/dev-auto-deploy
+	KUSTOMIZEOUTALL = $(OUTDIR)/$(environment)/auto-deploy.yaml
 endif
 
-.PHONY: all info base-deploy clean diff apply
+.PHONY: all info auto-deploy clean diff apply
 
-all: info base-deploy $(KUSTOMIZEOUT)
+all: info auto-deploy $(KUSTOMIZEOUT)
 
 info:
 	@echo "Building for" $(environment)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ info:
 clean:
 	rm -r $(OUTDIR)
 
-base-deploy: $(SRC)
+auto-deploy: $(SRC)
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $(KUSTOMIZEOUTALL))
 	$(KUSTOMIZE) build $(KUSTOMIZEFLAGS) $(KUSTOMIZEDIRALL) >$(KUSTOMIZEOUTALL) || (rm $(KUSTOMIZEOUTALL); exit 1)
 
diff --git a/kustomize/namespaces/cert-manager/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/namespaces/cert-manager/kustomization.yaml
index 8042cfa..642906a 100644
--- a/kustomize/namespaces/cert-manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/namespaces/cert-manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 bases:
   - ../../bases/cert-manager
 
-namespace: cert-manager
+# namespace: cert-manager
diff --git a/kustomize/namespaces/ingress-nginx/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/namespaces/ingress-nginx/kustomization.yaml
index 9bf085c..28b62ab 100644
--- a/kustomize/namespaces/ingress-nginx/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/namespaces/ingress-nginx/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 bases:
   - ../../bases/ingress-nginx
 
-namespace: ingress-nginx
+# namespace: ingress-nginx
diff --git a/kustomize/overlays/dev-base-deploy/kustomization.yaml b/kustomize/overlays/dev-auto-deploy/kustomization.yaml
similarity index 84%
rename from kustomize/overlays/dev-base-deploy/kustomization.yaml
rename to kustomize/overlays/dev-auto-deploy/kustomization.yaml
index 4f3f857..db42d52 100644
--- a/kustomize/overlays/dev-base-deploy/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/overlays/dev-auto-deploy/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ bases:
 
 # allow "kubectl apply -l managed-by=k3s --prune ..."
 commonlabels:
-  managed-by: k3s
+  managed-by: auto-deploy
diff --git a/setup-dev-cluster.sh b/setup-dev-cluster.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3ec9bc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup-dev-cluster.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+cluster_name='local'
+k3s_registry_config="$HOME/.config/k3d/registries.yaml"
+
+# generate manifest to be deployed on boot
+make auto-deploy
+auto_deploy_manifest="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")/build/dev/auto-deploy.yaml"
+
+# cluster registry configuration
+if [[ ! -f "$k3s_registry_cofing" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$k3s_registry_config")"
+    cat >"$k3s_registry_config" <<EOF
+mirrors:
+  "registry.localhost:5000":
+    endpoint:
+      - http://registry.localhost:5000
+EOF
+else
+    echo '~/.config/k3d/registries.yaml already exists, skipping generation'
+fi
+
+# local k3s cluster
+if ! k3d cluster list "$cluster_name" &>/dev/null; then
+    k3d cluster create "$cluster_name" \
+        --servers 1 \
+        --agents 3 \
+        --k3s-server-arg '--no-deploy=traefik' \
+        --volume "$k3s_registry_config:/etc/rancher/k3s/registries.yaml" \
+        -p 8080:80@loadbalancer
+    sleep 1
+fi
+        # --volume ":/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/auto-deploy.yaml" \
+
+# local docker registry
+if ! docker ps -a | grep registry.localhost &>/dev/null; then
+    docker volume create local_registry
+    docker run -d \
+        --name registry.localhost \
+        --volume local_registry:/var/lib/registry \
+        --restart always \
+        -p 5000:5000 \
+        registry:2
+    docker network connect "k3d-$cluster_name" registry.localhost
+fi
+
+k3d kubeconfig merge "$cluster_name" --switch-context >/dev/null
+kubectl apply -f "$auto_deploy_manifest"
+kubectl get nodes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/startup.sh b/startup.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1846e5b..0000000
--- a/startup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#/bin/bash
-cp /host/build/all/* /manifests