diff --git a/bashbot.sh b/bashbot.sh
index 173bc77..dfb85c1 100755
--- a/bashbot.sh
+++ b/bashbot.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # This file is public domain in the USA and all free countries.
 # Elsewhere, consider it to be WTFPLv2. (wtfpl.net/txt/copying)
 #
-#### $$VERSION$$ v0.96-dev3-20-gbd22e2a
+#### $$VERSION$$ v0.96-dev3-21-g6f86036
 #
 # Exit Codes:
 # - 0 sucess (hopefully)
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ JSONSHFILE="${BASHBOT_JSONSH:-${SCRIPTDIR}/JSON.sh/JSON.sh}"
 
 if [ ! -f "${JSONSHFILE}" ]; then
 	echo "Seems to be first run, Downloading ${JSONSHFILE}..."
-	[[ "${JSONSHFILE}" = "${RUNDIR}/JSON.sh/JSON.sh" ]] && mkdir "JSON.sh" 2>/dev/null && chmod +w "JSON.sh"
+	mkdir "${SCRIPTDIR}/JSON.sh" 2>/dev/null && chmod +w "${SCRIPTDIR}/JSON.sh"
 	getJson "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/dominictarr/JSON.sh/JSON.sh" >"${JSONSHFILE}"
 	chmod +x "${JSONSHFILE}" 
 fi
diff --git a/dev/make-standalone.sh b/dev/make-standalone.sh
index ef25f60..4080d15 100755
--- a/dev/make-standalone.sh
+++ b/dev/make-standalone.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # If you your bot is finished you can use make-standalone.sh to create the
 # the old all-in-one bashbot:  bashbot.sh and commands.sh only!
 #
-#### $$VERSION$$ v0.96-dev3-20-gbd22e2a
+#### $$VERSION$$ v0.96-dev3-21-g6f86036
 
 # magic to ensure that we're always inside the root of our application,
 # no matter from which directory we'll run script
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fi
 
 #DISTNAME="telegram-bot-bash"
 DISTDIR="./STANDALONE/${DISTNAME}" 
-DISTFILES="bashbot.sh  bashbot.rc commands.sh  mycommands.sh modules LICENSE README.txt token count botacl botadmin"
+DISTFILES="bashbot.sh  bashbot.rc commands.sh  mycommands.sh dev/obfuscate.sh modules LICENSE README.txt token count botacl botadmin"
 
 # run pre_commit on files
 dev/hooks/pre-commit.sh
diff --git a/dev/obfuscate.sh b/dev/obfuscate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9f2da99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/obfuscate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC2028,2016
+# joke hack to obfuscate bashbot.min.sh
+
+infile="bashbot.sh"
+outfile="./bashbot.obf.sh"
+
+[ ! -f "${infile}" ] && echo "Hey, this is a joke hack to obfuscate ${infile}, copy me to STANDANLONE first" && exit
+
+{
+echo '#!/bin/bash'
+echo 'b="./bashbot";h="$PWD";cd "$(mktemp -d)"||exit'
+echo 'printf '"'%s\n'"' '"'$(gzip -9 <bashbot.sh | base64)'"'|base64 -d|gunzip >"$b";export BASHBOT_HOME="$h";chmod +x "$b";"$b" "$@";b="$(pwd)";cd ..;#rm -rf "$b"'
+} >"${outfile}"
+
+chmod +x "${outfile}"
+ls -l "${outfile}"
+echo "Try to run ${outfile} init ;-)"