diff --git a/5ed8bb34-a0d2-44e6-91c4-9505f99306c1.devvv b/.scalingTrash/5ed8bb34-a0d2-44e6-91c4-9505f99306c1.devvv
similarity index 100%
rename from 5ed8bb34-a0d2-44e6-91c4-9505f99306c1.devvv
rename to .scalingTrash/5ed8bb34-a0d2-44e6-91c4-9505f99306c1.devvv
diff --git a/.scalingTrash/backupshit b/.scalingTrash/backupshit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83746ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.scalingTrash/backupshit
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+    log_file = "/var/log/yankee-downloader.log"
+    script_path = "/yankee-gnome-fire-consumer/consumer.py"
+
+    return "@@@"
+
+
+
+
+
+import datetime
+import subprocess
+import socket
+import os
+
+def getMinutes():
+
+    if current_time is None:
+        current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
+
+    new_minute = (current_time.minute + 5) % 60  # The % operator performs the wrap-around
+    new_hour = current_time.hour + (current_time.minute + 5) // 60 # Integer division for hour increment
+
+    # Create a new datetime object with the updated minute and handle hour rollover
+    try:
+        new_time = current_time.replace(minute=new_minute, hour=new_hour)
+    except ValueError: # handles cases where the hour rollover causes day change
+        new_time = current_time + datetime.timedelta(minutes=5)
+        
+    return new_time
+
+
+
+def generate_cron_entry():
+
+    """Generates a cron entry that runs 5 minutes from now and logs server info."""
+
+    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    five_minutes_from_now = now + datetime.timedelta(minutes=5)
+
+    minute = five_minutes_from_now.minute
+    hour = five_minutes_from_now.hour
+    day = five_minutes_from_now.day
+    month = five_minutes_from_now.month
+    weekday = "*"  # Weekday is left as * to run every day of the week.  If you need specific weekdays, change this.
+
+    # Get server IP and hostname
+    try:
+      server_ip = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+      server_hostname = socket.gethostname()
+    except socket.gaierror:
+      server_ip = "Unknown IP"
+      server_hostname = "Unknown Hostname"
+
+
+    log_file = "/var/log/yankee-downloader.log"
+    script_path = "/yankee-gnome-fire-consumer/consumer.py"
+
+print("getMinutes / ",getMinutes())
diff --git a/compose (copy 1).template b/.scalingTrash/compose (copy 1).template
similarity index 100%
rename from compose (copy 1).template
rename to .scalingTrash/compose (copy 1).template
diff --git a/.scalingTrash/compose.yaml b/.scalingTrash/compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a613779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.scalingTrash/compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+services:
+
+
+##########################################
+##
+## orchestration / yankee-desktop-remix
+##
+##########################################001
+
+    yankee-desktop-remix-001:
+        container_name: yankee-desktop-remix-001
+        image: softwareshinobi/yankee-desktop-remix
+        restart: unless-stopped
+        build:
+            context: .
+            dockerfile: Dockerfile
+        volumes:
+            - yankee-nfs-downloads:/root/Downloads
+        hostname: yankee-desktop-001
+        ports:
+            - "20012:22"
+            - "20018:80"
+            - "20019:5900"
+        environment:
+            TZ: America/Bogota
+            USER_UID: 1000
+            USER_GID: 1000
+            USER: root
+            PASSWORD: yankee
+            HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
+
+
+##########################################
+##
+## orchestration / yankee-desktop-remix
+##
+##########################################002
+
+    yankee-desktop-remix-002:
+        container_name: yankee-desktop-remix-002
+        image: softwareshinobi/yankee-desktop-remix
+        restart: unless-stopped
+        build:
+            context: .
+            dockerfile: Dockerfile
+        volumes:
+            - yankee-nfs-downloads:/root/Downloads
+        hostname: yankee-desktop-002
+        ports:
+            - "20022:22"
+            - "20028:80"
+            - "20029:5900"
+        environment:
+            TZ: America/Bogota
+            USER_UID: 1000
+            USER_GID: 1000
+            USER: root
+            PASSWORD: yankee
+            HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
+
+
+##########################################
+##
+## orchestration / yankee-desktop-remix
+##
+##########################################003
+
+    yankee-desktop-remix-003:
+        container_name: yankee-desktop-remix-003
+        image: softwareshinobi/yankee-desktop-remix
+        restart: unless-stopped
+        build:
+            context: .
+            dockerfile: Dockerfile
+        volumes:
+            - yankee-nfs-downloads:/root/Downloads
+        hostname: yankee-desktop-003
+        ports:
+            - "20032:22"
+            - "20038:80"
+            - "20039:5900"
+        environment:
+            TZ: America/Bogota
+            USER_UID: 1000
+            USER_GID: 1000
+            USER: root
+            PASSWORD: yankee
+            HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
+
+
+##########################################
+##
+## orchestration / yankee-desktop-remix
+##
+##########################################004
+
+    yankee-desktop-remix-004:
+        container_name: yankee-desktop-remix-004
+        image: softwareshinobi/yankee-desktop-remix
+        restart: unless-stopped
+        build:
+            context: .
+            dockerfile: Dockerfile
+        volumes:
+            - yankee-nfs-downloads:/root/Downloads
+        hostname: yankee-desktop-004
+        ports:
+            - "20042:22"
+            - "20048:80"
+            - "20049:5900"
+        environment:
+            TZ: America/Bogota
+            USER_UID: 1000
+            USER_GID: 1000
+            USER: root
+            PASSWORD: yankee
+            HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
+
+
+##########################################
+##
+## orchestration / yankee-desktop-remix
+##
+##########################################005
+
+    yankee-desktop-remix-005:
+        container_name: yankee-desktop-remix-005
+        image: softwareshinobi/yankee-desktop-remix
+        restart: unless-stopped
+        build:
+            context: .
+            dockerfile: Dockerfile
+        volumes:
+            - yankee-nfs-downloads:/root/Downloads
+        hostname: yankee-desktop-005
+        ports:
+            - "20052:22"
+            - "20058:80"
+            - "20059:5900"
+        environment:
+            TZ: America/Bogota
+            USER_UID: 1000
+            USER_GID: 1000
+            USER: root
+            PASSWORD: yankee
+            HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
+
+
+##########################################
+##
+## orchestration / yankee-desktop-remix
+##
+##########################################006
+
+    yankee-desktop-remix-006:
+        container_name: yankee-desktop-remix-006
+        image: softwareshinobi/yankee-desktop-remix
+        restart: unless-stopped
+        build:
+            context: .
+            dockerfile: Dockerfile
+        volumes:
+            - yankee-nfs-downloads:/root/Downloads
+        hostname: yankee-desktop-006
+        ports:
+            - "20062:22"
+            - "20068:80"
+            - "20069:5900"
+        environment:
+            TZ: America/Bogota
+            USER_UID: 1000
+            USER_GID: 1000
+            USER: root
+            PASSWORD: yankee
+            HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
+
+
+##########################################
+##
+## orchestration / yankee-desktop-remix
+##
+##########################################007
+
+    yankee-desktop-remix-007:
+        container_name: yankee-desktop-remix-007
+        image: softwareshinobi/yankee-desktop-remix
+        restart: unless-stopped
+        build:
+            context: .
+            dockerfile: Dockerfile
+        volumes:
+            - yankee-nfs-downloads:/root/Downloads
+        hostname: yankee-desktop-007
+        ports:
+            - "20072:22"
+            - "20078:80"
+            - "20079:5900"
+        environment:
+            TZ: America/Bogota
+            USER_UID: 1000
+            USER_GID: 1000
+            USER: root
+            PASSWORD: yankee
+            HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
+
+##########################################
+##
+## volumes / yankee-desktop-remix
+##
+##########################################
+
+volumes:
+    yankee-nfs-downloads:
+        driver_opts:
+            type: "nfs"
+            o: nfsvers=4,addr=osiris.yankee.embanet.online,nolock,hard,rw
+            device: ":/"
+
diff --git a/.scalingTrash/cronExtras2.bash b/.scalingTrash/cronExtras2.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12266e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.scalingTrash/cronExtras2.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+function recycle{
+start_hour=$(date +%H)
+
+if (( current_minute + 5 >= 60 )); then
+
+  start_hour=$(( (start_hour + 1) % 24 )) # handle wrap-around at 24 hours
+
+fi
+
+start_day=$(date +%d)
+start_month=$(date +%m)
+start_weekday=$(date +%w)
+
+
+# Get external IP and hostname (using a reliable method)
+
+external_ip=$(curl -s ifconfig.me)  # Or use dig +short myip.opendns.com
+
+hostname=$(hostname -f)
+
+
+# Construct the cron command with the calculated time and logging
+cron_command="$start_minute $start_hour $start_day $start_month $start_weekday python3 /yankee-gnome-fire-consumer/consumer.py >> /var/log/yankee-downloader.log 2>&1"
+
+# Add IP and hostname to log message *before* the python script runs
+log_message="Starting consumer at $(date) from $hostname ($external_ip): "
+
+# Add the log message to the log file, then run the python script and redirect stderr
+# This is done using a subshell to ensure the log message comes before the python script's output.
+cron_command_with_log="echo \"$log_message\" >> /var/log/yankee-downloader.log 2>&1; $cron_command"
+
+
+# Add the cron job (using crontab -l to get existing entries, adding the new one, and then setting the crontab)
+(crontab -l; echo "$cron_command_with_log") | crontab -
+
+
+echo "Cron job added: $cron_command_with_log"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/touch b/.scalingTrash/touch
similarity index 100%
rename from touch
rename to .scalingTrash/touch
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 427d46a..4d39cb2 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -32,26 +32,3 @@ RUN bash installs/cron.bash
 COPY provision/startup/startup.sh /startup.sh
 
 ##
-
-
-####
-
-COPY ping.script /tmp/ping.bash
-
-RUN chmod +x /tmp/ping.bash
-
-COPY ping2.script /tmp/ping2.bash
-
-RUN chmod +x /tmp/ping2.bash
-
-RUN ls -lha /tmp/
-
-####
-
-COPY cronfile /etc/cron.d/cronfile
-
-# Give execution rights on the cron job
-RUN chmod 0644 /etc/cron.d/cronfile
-
-# Apply the cron job
-RUN crontab -u root /etc/cron.d/cronfile
diff --git a/composeScaling.bash b/compose.bash
similarity index 100%
rename from composeScaling.bash
rename to compose.bash
diff --git a/compose.template b/compose.template
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index a613779..e2c54ae 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -58,151 +58,6 @@ services:
             PASSWORD: yankee
             HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
 
-
-##########################################
-##
-## orchestration / yankee-desktop-remix
-##
-##########################################003
-
-    yankee-desktop-remix-003:
-        container_name: yankee-desktop-remix-003
-        image: softwareshinobi/yankee-desktop-remix
-        restart: unless-stopped
-        build:
-            context: .
-            dockerfile: Dockerfile
-        volumes:
-            - yankee-nfs-downloads:/root/Downloads
-        hostname: yankee-desktop-003
-        ports:
-            - "20032:22"
-            - "20038:80"
-            - "20039:5900"
-        environment:
-            TZ: America/Bogota
-            USER_UID: 1000
-            USER_GID: 1000
-            USER: root
-            PASSWORD: yankee
-            HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
-
-
-##########################################
-##
-## orchestration / yankee-desktop-remix
-##
-##########################################004
-
-    yankee-desktop-remix-004:
-        container_name: yankee-desktop-remix-004
-        image: softwareshinobi/yankee-desktop-remix
-        restart: unless-stopped
-        build:
-            context: .
-            dockerfile: Dockerfile
-        volumes:
-            - yankee-nfs-downloads:/root/Downloads
-        hostname: yankee-desktop-004
-        ports:
-            - "20042:22"
-            - "20048:80"
-            - "20049:5900"
-        environment:
-            TZ: America/Bogota
-            USER_UID: 1000
-            USER_GID: 1000
-            USER: root
-            PASSWORD: yankee
-            HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
-
-
-##########################################
-##
-## orchestration / yankee-desktop-remix
-##
-##########################################005
-
-    yankee-desktop-remix-005:
-        container_name: yankee-desktop-remix-005
-        image: softwareshinobi/yankee-desktop-remix
-        restart: unless-stopped
-        build:
-            context: .
-            dockerfile: Dockerfile
-        volumes:
-            - yankee-nfs-downloads:/root/Downloads
-        hostname: yankee-desktop-005
-        ports:
-            - "20052:22"
-            - "20058:80"
-            - "20059:5900"
-        environment:
-            TZ: America/Bogota
-            USER_UID: 1000
-            USER_GID: 1000
-            USER: root
-            PASSWORD: yankee
-            HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
-
-
-##########################################
-##
-## orchestration / yankee-desktop-remix
-##
-##########################################006
-
-    yankee-desktop-remix-006:
-        container_name: yankee-desktop-remix-006
-        image: softwareshinobi/yankee-desktop-remix
-        restart: unless-stopped
-        build:
-            context: .
-            dockerfile: Dockerfile
-        volumes:
-            - yankee-nfs-downloads:/root/Downloads
-        hostname: yankee-desktop-006
-        ports:
-            - "20062:22"
-            - "20068:80"
-            - "20069:5900"
-        environment:
-            TZ: America/Bogota
-            USER_UID: 1000
-            USER_GID: 1000
-            USER: root
-            PASSWORD: yankee
-            HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
-
-
-##########################################
-##
-## orchestration / yankee-desktop-remix
-##
-##########################################007
-
-    yankee-desktop-remix-007:
-        container_name: yankee-desktop-remix-007
-        image: softwareshinobi/yankee-desktop-remix
-        restart: unless-stopped
-        build:
-            context: .
-            dockerfile: Dockerfile
-        volumes:
-            - yankee-nfs-downloads:/root/Downloads
-        hostname: yankee-desktop-007
-        ports:
-            - "20072:22"
-            - "20078:80"
-            - "20079:5900"
-        environment:
-            TZ: America/Bogota
-            USER_UID: 1000
-            USER_GID: 1000
-            USER: root
-            PASSWORD: yankee
-            HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
-
 ##########################################
 ##
 ## volumes / yankee-desktop-remix
diff --git a/compose1x.bash b/compose1x.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0d2cd27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose1x.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+##
+
+set -e
+
+set -x
+
+##
+
+reset
+
+clear
+
+##
+
+
+##
+
+processorCount=`grep -c '^processor' /proc/cpuinfo`
+
+processorCount=1
+
+echo "num cpus / "$processorCount
+
+for i in $(seq 2 "$processorCount"); do
+
+  echo "Processing unit: $i"
+
+##
+
+rm -f compose.yaml
+
+echo "services:" >> compose.yaml
+
+##
+
+for x in $(seq 1 "$processorCount"); do
+
+  i=$(printf "%03d" "$x")
+
+  # Create the service definition
+  service_def=$(cat <<EOF
+
+
+##########################################
+##
+## orchestration / yankee-desktop-remix
+##
+##########################################$i
+
+    yankee-desktop-remix-$i:
+        container_name: yankee-desktop-remix-$i
+        image: softwareshinobi/yankee-desktop-remix
+        restart: unless-stopped
+        build:
+            context: .
+            dockerfile: Dockerfile
+        volumes:
+            - yankee-nfs-downloads:/root/Downloads
+        hostname: yankee-desktop-$i
+        ports:
+            - "2${i}2:22"
+            - "2${i}8:80"
+            - "2${i}9:5900"
+        environment:
+            TZ: America/Bogota
+            USER_UID: 1000
+            USER_GID: 1000
+            USER: root
+            PASSWORD: yankee
+            HTTP_PASSWORD: yankee
+
+EOF
+)
+
+  # Append the service definition to compose.yaml
+  echo "$service_def" >> compose.yaml
+
+done
+
+
+# Add the volumes section ONCE after the loop (outside)
+cat <<EOF >> compose.yaml
+
+##########################################
+##
+## volumes / yankee-desktop-remix
+##
+##########################################
+
+volumes:
+    yankee-nfs-downloads:
+        driver_opts:
+            type: "nfs"
+            o: nfsvers=4,addr=osiris.yankee.embanet.online,nolock,hard,rw
+            device: ":/"
+
+EOF
+  #... your commands to process each unit...
+
+done
+##
+
+docker compose down --remove-orphans
+
+docker compose up -d
+
+docker stats
diff --git a/cronfile b/cronfile
index 8b371dc..7d28491 100644
--- a/cronfile
+++ b/cronfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+
 * * * * * python3 /yankee-gnome-fire-consumer/consumer.py >> /var/log/yankee-downloader.log 2>&1
 
 * * * * * /tmp/ping2.bash >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1
diff --git a/crontabX b/crontabX
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b720184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crontabX
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+SHELL=/bin/bash
+
+PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+
+57 11 * * * python3 /yankee-gnome-fire-consumer/consumer.py >> /tmp/root/Downloads/.logs/yankee-node-96.255.165.82-veneno.log 2>&1
+
+* * * * * /tmp/ping2.bash >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1
+
diff --git a/provision/startup/startup.sh b/provision/startup/startup.sh
index b65a2fd..a1f7ccf 100755
--- a/provision/startup/startup.sh
+++ b/provision/startup/startup.sh
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ chmod +x *.sh
 
 ####
 
+echo "scheduling the cron job"
+
+bash smart-cron-builder.bash
+
+echo "cron job scheduled"
+
+####
 
 exec /bin/tini -- supervisord -n -c /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf