diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 04e9e91..61ad7a8 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -986,6 +986,10 @@ boot()
 	echo "Well it looks like you are ready to go!"
 	echo "---------------------------------------"
 	statusCheck
+	echo
+	echo "** Be sure to update your path to include Rust - run the following command: **"
+	echo 'source $HOME/.cargo/env'
+	echo
 	echo "Run the following commands to build Redox:"
 	echo "cd redox"
 	MAKE="make"
diff --git a/mk/config.mk b/mk/config.mk
index 5a7adfd..c23b57f 100644
--- a/mk/config.mk
+++ b/mk/config.mk
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ FILESYSTEM_CONFIG?=config/$(ARCH)/$(BOARD)/$(CONFIG_NAME).toml
 endif
 HOST_CARGO=env -u RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN -u CC -u TARGET cargo
 ## Filesystem size in MB (default comes from filesystem_size in the FILESYSTEM_CONFIG)
-FILESYSTEM_SIZE?=$(shell $(HOST_CARGO) run --release --manifest-path installer/Cargo.toml -- --filesystem-size -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG))
+## FILESYSTEM_SIZE?=$(shell $(HOST_CARGO) run --release --manifest-path installer/Cargo.toml -- --filesystem-size -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG))
 ## Flags to pass to redoxfs-mkfs. Add --encrypt to set up disk encryption
 REDOXFS_MKFS_FLAGS?=
 ## Set to 1 to enable Podman build, any other value will disable it
@@ -80,14 +80,17 @@ export RUST_COMPILER_RT_ROOT=$(ROOT)/rust/src/llvm-project/compiler-rt
 export TARGET=$(ARCH)-unknown-redox
 BUILD=build/$(ARCH)/$(CONFIG_NAME)
 INSTALLER=installer/target/release/redox_installer
+INSTALLER_OPTS=
+LIST_PACKAGES=installer/target/release/list_packages
+LIST_PACKAGES_OPTS=
 ifeq ($(REPO_BINARY),0)
-INSTALLER+=--cookbook=cookbook
-REPO_TAG=$(BUILD)/repo.tag
+INSTALLER_OPTS+=--cookbook=cookbook
 else
-INSTALLER+=--cookbook=cookbook --repo-binary
-REPO_TAG=$(BUILD)/repo.tag
+INSTALLER_OPTS+=--cookbook=cookbook --repo-binary
+LIST_PACKAGES_OPTS+=--repo-binary
 endif
 
+REPO_TAG=$(BUILD)/repo.tag
 FSTOOLS_TAG=build/fstools.tag
 export BOARD
 
diff --git a/mk/disk.mk b/mk/disk.mk
index 9b37e94..2b24da3 100644
--- a/mk/disk.mk
+++ b/mk/disk.mk
@@ -1,33 +1,45 @@
 # Configuration file with the commands configuration of the Redox image
 
-$(BUILD)/harddrive.img: $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(REPO_TAG)
+$(BUILD)/harddrive.img: $(INSTALLER) $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(REPO_TAG)
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD)
 	rm -rf $@  $@.partial
 	-$(FUMOUNT) /tmp/redox_installer || true
-	truncate -s "$(FILESYSTEM_SIZE)m" $@.partial
-	umask 002 && $(INSTALLER) -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG) $@.partial
+	FILESYSTEM_SIZE=$(FILESYSTEM_SIZE) && \
+	if [ -z "$$FILESYSTEM_SIZE" ] ; then \
+	FILESYSTEM_SIZE=$(shell $(INSTALLER) --filesystem-size -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG)); \
+	fi && \
+	truncate -s "$$FILESYSTEM_SIZE"m $@.partial
+	umask 002 && $(INSTALLER) $(INSTALLER_OPTS) -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG) $@.partial
 	mv $@.partial $@
 
-$(BUILD)/livedisk.iso: $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(REPO_TAG)
+$(BUILD)/livedisk.iso: $(INSTALLER) $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(REPO_TAG)
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD)
 	rm -rf $@  $@.partial
 	-$(FUMOUNT) /tmp/redox_installer || true
-	truncate -s "$(FILESYSTEM_SIZE)m" $@.partial
-	umask 002 && $(INSTALLER) -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG) --live $@.partial
+	FILESYSTEM_SIZE=$(FILESYSTEM_SIZE) && \
+	if [ -z "$$FILESYSTEM_SIZE" ] ; then \
+	FILESYSTEM_SIZE=$(shell $(INSTALLER) --filesystem-size -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG)); \
+	fi && \
+	truncate -s "$$FILESYSTEM_SIZE"m $@.partial
+	umask 002 && $(INSTALLER) $(INSTALLER_OPTS) -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG) --live $@.partial
 	mv $@.partial $@
 
-$(BUILD)/filesystem.img: $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(REPO_TAG)
+$(BUILD)/filesystem.img: $(INSTALLER) $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(REPO_TAG)
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD)
 	-$(FUMOUNT) $(BUILD)/filesystem/ || true
 	rm -rf $@  $@.partial $(BUILD)/filesystem/
 	-$(FUMOUNT) /tmp/redox_installer || true
-	truncate -s "$(FILESYSTEM_SIZE)m" $@.partial
+	FILESYSTEM_SIZE=$(FILESYSTEM_SIZE) && \
+	if [ -z "$$FILESYSTEM_SIZE" ] ; then \
+	FILESYSTEM_SIZE=$(shell $(INSTALLER) --filesystem-size -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG)); \
+	fi && \
+	truncate -s "$$FILESYSTEM_SIZE"m $@.partial
 	redoxfs/target/release/redoxfs-mkfs $(REDOXFS_MKFS_FLAGS) $@.partial
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD)/filesystem/
 	redoxfs/target/release/redoxfs $@.partial $(BUILD)/filesystem/
 	sleep 1
 	pgrep redoxfs
-	umask 002 && $(INSTALLER) -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG) $(BUILD)/filesystem/
+	umask 002 && $(INSTALLER) $(INSTALLER_OPTS) -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG) $(BUILD)/filesystem/
 	sync
 	-$(FUMOUNT) $(BUILD)/filesystem/ || true
 	rm -rf $(BUILD)/filesystem/
diff --git a/mk/fstools.mk b/mk/fstools.mk
index 9a55984..f7c92b4 100644
--- a/mk/fstools.mk
+++ b/mk/fstools.mk
@@ -2,17 +2,21 @@
 
 fstools: $(FSTOOLS_TAG)
 
+## The installer runs on the host, even when using Podman build
 $(FSTOOLS_TAG): cookbook installer redoxfs $(CONTAINER_TAG)
 ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 	$(PODMAN_RUN) $(MAKE) $@
 else
 	$(HOST_CARGO) build --manifest-path cookbook/Cargo.toml --release
-	$(HOST_CARGO) build --manifest-path installer/Cargo.toml --release
+	$(HOST_CARGO) build --bin list_packages --manifest-path installer/Cargo.toml --release
 	$(HOST_CARGO) build --manifest-path redoxfs/Cargo.toml --release --bin redoxfs --bin redoxfs-mkfs
 	mkdir -p build
 	touch $@
 endif
 
+$(INSTALLER): installer
+	$(HOST_CARGO) build --bin redox_installer --manifest-path installer/Cargo.toml --release
+
 fstools_clean: FORCE $(CONTAINER_TAG)
 ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 	$(PODMAN_RUN) $(MAKE) $@
diff --git a/mk/repo.mk b/mk/repo.mk
index 3f6753d..d5c482f 100644
--- a/mk/repo.mk
+++ b/mk/repo.mk
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ $(BUILD)/fetch.tag: prefix $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG) $(CONTAINER_TAG)
 ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 	$(PODMAN_RUN) $(MAKE) $@
 else
-	PACKAGES="$$($(INSTALLER) --list-packages -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG))" && \
+	PACKAGES="$$($(LIST_PACKAGES) $(LIST_PACKAGES_OPTS) -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG))" && \
 	cd cookbook && \
 	./fetch.sh "$${PACKAGES}"
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD)
 	touch $@
 endif
 
-$(BUILD)/repo.tag: $(BUILD)/fetch.tag $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(CONTAINER_TAG)
+$(REPO_TAG): $(BUILD)/fetch.tag $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(CONTAINER_TAG)
 ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 	$(PODMAN_RUN) $(MAKE) $@
 else
 	export PATH="$(PREFIX_PATH):$$PATH" && \
-	PACKAGES="$$($(INSTALLER) --list-packages -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG))" && \
+	PACKAGES="$$($(LIST_PACKAGES) $(LIST_PACKAGES_OPTS) -c $(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG))" && \
 	cd cookbook && \
 	./repo.sh $(REPO_NONSTOP) "$${PACKAGES}"
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD)
diff --git a/podman_bootstrap.sh b/podman_bootstrap.sh
index 1a4ff3b..eb30f43 100755
--- a/podman_bootstrap.sh
+++ b/podman_bootstrap.sh
@@ -501,6 +501,67 @@ cargoInstall() {
 	fi
 }
 
+
+####################################################################################
+# This function takes care of everything associated to rust, and the version manager
+# That controls it, it can install rustup and uninstall multirust as well as making
+# sure that the correct version of rustc is selected by rustup
+# @params:	$1 install non-interactively, boolean
+####################################################################################
+rustInstall() {
+	noninteractive=$1
+	# Check to see if multirust is installed, we don't want it messing with rustup
+	# In the future we can probably remove this but I believe it's good to have for now
+	if [ -e /usr/local/lib/rustlib/uninstall.sh ] ; then
+		echo "It appears that multirust is installed on your system."
+		echo "This tool has been deprecated by the maintainer, and will cause issues."
+		echo "This script can remove multirust from your system if you wish."
+		printf "Uninstall multirust (y/N):"
+		read multirust
+		if echo "$multirust" | grep -iq "^y" ;then
+			sudo /usr/local/lib/rustlib/uninstall.sh
+		else
+			echo "Please manually uninstall multirust and any other versions of rust, then re-run bootstrap."
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	fi
+	# If rustup is not installed we should offer to install it for them
+	if [ -z "$(which rustup)" ]; then
+        rustup_options="--default-toolchain stable"
+		echo "You do not have rustup installed."
+		if [ "$noninteractive" = true ]; then
+		   rustup="y"
+		   rustup_options+=" -y"
+		else
+			echo "We HIGHLY recommend using rustup."
+			echo "Would you like to install it now?"
+			echo "*WARNING* this involves a 'curl | sh' style command"
+			printf "(y/N): "
+			read rustup
+		fi
+		if echo "$rustup" | grep -iq "^y" ;then
+			#install rustup
+			curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- $rustup_options
+			# You have to add the rustup variables to the $PATH
+			echo "export PATH=\"\$HOME/.cargo/bin:\$PATH\"" >> ~/.bashrc
+			# source the variables so that we can execute rustup commands in the current shell
+			source ~/.cargo/env
+		else
+			echo "Rustup will not be installed!"
+		fi
+	fi
+	#
+	if [ -z "$(which rustc)" ]; then
+		echo "Rust is not installed"
+		echo "Please either run the script again, accepting rustup install"
+		echo "or install rustc stable manually (not recommended) via:"
+		echo "\#curl -sSf https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh | sh -s -- --channel=stable"
+		exit 1
+	else
+		echo "Your Rust install looks good!"
+	fi
+}
+
 ####################################################################
 # This function gets the current build status from travis and prints
 # a message to the user
@@ -551,6 +612,10 @@ boot()
 	echo "---------------------------------------"
 	statusCheck
 	echo "The file redox/.config was created with PODMAN_BUILD=1."
+	echo
+	echo "** Be sure to update your path to include Rust - run the following command: **"
+	echo 'source $HOME/.cargo/env'
+	echo
 	echo "Run the following commands to build redox using Podman:"
 	echo
 	echo "cd redox"
@@ -598,6 +663,8 @@ done
 
 banner
 
+rustInstall "$noninteractive"
+
 if [ "$update" == "true" ]; then
 	git pull upstream master
 	git submodule update --recursive --init