diff --git a/scripts/create.sh b/scripts/create.sh
index 75d6ad5..c1e4903 100644
--- a/scripts/create.sh
+++ b/scripts/create.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ if [ -n "$attach" ]; then attach="--disk ${attach},discard=unmap";fi
 
 #determine if deflate should be on
 if [ -n "$deflate" ]; then deflate="--memballoon model=virtio,autodeflate=on";else deflate="--memballoon model=virtio";fi
+
+case "$variant" in
+  "archlinux")
+        # create cloud-init - replace by grabbing these directly from git
+        mkdir -p /tmp/cloud-init
+
+
+echo "#cloud-config
   - name: root
     ssh_authorized_keys:
       - ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILG56T1k766Cru14kyXI8WXSJwlO2sVhmH6JeRWy+mfe root@host.actcur.com" > /tmp/cloud-init/user-data