diff --git a/deploy b/deploy
index c1a88cb..a69a484 100755
--- a/deploy
+++ b/deploy
@@ -20,13 +20,18 @@ collect_garbage () {
 rebuild_flake () {
 	# make sure all changes are visible to nixos
 	git add . --verbose
+	local FLAGS=
 	if [ "$1" = "reinstall-bootloader" ]; then
-		sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake . --install-bootloader
+		FLAGS="$FLAGS --install-bootloader"
+		# sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake . --install-bootloader
 		# STC_DISPLAY_ALL_UNITS=1 (verbose, show output of all units)
-	else	
-		sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .
-		#nixos-rebuild build --flake .# --cores 8 -j 1
 	fi
+
+	# LOG="$(mktemp /tmp/rebuild-XXXXXXXX)"
+	LOG="./rebuild.log"
+	echo "[*] Deployment stdout(&1) directed to $LOG"
+	sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake . "$FLAGS" & > >(tee $LOG)
+	#nixos-rebuild build --flake .# --cores 8 -j 1
 }
 
 deploy_hive () {