diff --git a/.vs/slnx.sqlite b/.vs/slnx.sqlite
index bda970d..0b4fe16 100644
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diff --git a/.vs/wz_mini_hacks/v16/.suo b/.vs/wz_mini_hacks/v16/.suo
index 4264405..6977807 100644
Binary files a/.vs/wz_mini_hacks/v16/.suo and b/.vs/wz_mini_hacks/v16/.suo differ
diff --git a/SD_ROOT/wz_mini/etc/crontab/root b/SD_ROOT/wz_mini/etc/crontab/root
index 4c955c6..1d86f60 100644
--- a/SD_ROOT/wz_mini/etc/crontab/root
+++ b/SD_ROOT/wz_mini/etc/crontab/root
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 # |  |  |  |  |
 # *  *  *  *  * user-name command to be executed
 #45 05 * * * /sbin/reboot
+#Use example below to update the hosts file with the correct ip to c1ybkrkbr1j10x.credentials.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
+#00 00 * * * /opt/wz_mini/etc/rc.local.d/setup_hosts.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SD_ROOT/wz_mini/etc/crontab/start_cron.sh b/SD_ROOT/wz_mini/etc/crontab/start_cron.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e0f28d..0000000
--- a/SD_ROOT/wz_mini/etc/crontab/start_cron.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh 
-##Verify the network is up before continuing
-until ping -c1 www.google.com >/dev/null 2>&1; do :; done
- 
-/opt/wz_mini/tmp/.bin/crond -b -c /opt/wz_mini/etc/crontab/
-
-touch /tmp/test_hosts
-echo 127.0.0.1 localhost >>/tmp/test_hosts
-dns=$(cat /etc/resolv.conf | egrep -o '([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}' | head -1)
-server=$(nslookup c1ybkrkbr1j10x.credentials.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com $dns | awk -F': ' 'NF==2 { print $2 } ' | head -1)
-echo $server c1ybkrkbr1j10x.credentials.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com >>/tmp/test_hosts
-mount --bind /tmp/test_hosts /etc/hosts
diff --git a/SD_ROOT/wz_mini/etc/rc.local.d/setup_hosts.sh b/SD_ROOT/wz_mini/etc/rc.local.d/setup_hosts.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dfc663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SD_ROOT/wz_mini/etc/rc.local.d/setup_hosts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh 
+##Verify the network is up before continuing
+until ping -c1 www.google.com >/dev/null 2>&1; do :; done
+FILE=/tmp/test_hosts
+if test -f "$FILE"; then
+#We just need to clear and re generate. rebuilding the file is kinda pointless and script may be used on long running cameras.
+true > /tmp/test_hosts
+echo 127.0.0.1 localhost >>/tmp/test_hosts
+dns=$(cat /etc/resolv.conf | egrep -o '([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}' | head -1)
+server=$(nslookup c1ybkrkbr1j10x.credentials.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com $dns | awk -F': ' 'NF==2 { print $2 } ' | head -1)
+echo $server c1ybkrkbr1j10x.credentials.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com >>/tmp/test_hosts
+else
+#generate the file and mount
+touch /tmp/test_hosts
+echo 127.0.0.1 localhost >>/tmp/test_hosts
+dns=$(cat /etc/resolv.conf | egrep -o '([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}' | head -1)
+server=$(nslookup c1ybkrkbr1j10x.credentials.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com $dns | awk -F': ' 'NF==2 { print $2 } ' | head -1)
+echo $server c1ybkrkbr1j10x.credentials.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com >>/tmp/test_hosts
+mount --bind /tmp/test_hosts /etc/hosts
+fi
diff --git a/SD_ROOT/wz_mini/etc/rc.local.d/start_cron.sh b/SD_ROOT/wz_mini/etc/rc.local.d/start_cron.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b30c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SD_ROOT/wz_mini/etc/rc.local.d/start_cron.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh 
+##Verify the network is up before continuing
+until ping -c1 www.google.com >/dev/null 2>&1; do :; done
+ /opt/wz_mini/tmp/.bin/crond -b -c /opt/wz_mini/etc/crontab/