diff --git a/src/archlabs-installer b/src/archlabs-installer
index 12008dd..23f1134 100755
--- a/src/archlabs-installer
+++ b/src/archlabs-installer
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Some ideas and code reworked from other resources
 # AIF, Cnichi, Calamares, Arch Wiki.. Credit where credit is due
 
-VER="1.8.44"     # version
+VER="2.0"        # version
 DIST="ArchLabs"  # distributor
 MNT="/mnt"       # install mountpoint
 
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ MYSHELL=""        # login shell for root and the primary user
 PACKAGES=""       # list of all packages to install including WM_PACKAGES
 USER_PKGS=""      # packages selected by the user during install
 WM_PACKAGES=""    # full list of packages added during wm/de choice
-UCODE=""          # cpu manufacturer microcode filename (if any)
 HOOKS="shutdown"  # list of additional HOOKS to add in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
 FONT="ter-i16n"   # font used in the linux console
+UCODE=""          # cpu manufacturer microcode filename (if any)
 
 LUKS=""           # empty when not using luks encryption
 LUKS_DEV=""       # boot parameter string for LUKS
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ EOF
     if [[ -e /run/archiso/sfs/airootfs ]]; then
         printf "Copying vmlinuz and ucode to /boot\n"
         [[ $KERNEL == 'linux' ]] && cp -vf $RUN/x86_64/vmlinuz $MNT/boot/vmlinuz-linux
-        [[ $UCODE && ! $VM ]] && cp -vf $RUN/${UCODE/-/_}.img $MNT/boot/${UCODE}.img
+        [[ $UCODE ]] && cp -vf $RUN/${UCODE/-/_}.img $MNT/boot/${UCODE}.img
     fi
 
     printf "Copying network settings to /etc\n"
@@ -1788,13 +1788,11 @@ prerun_grub()
 {
     local cfg="$MNT/etc/default/grub"
     sed -i "s/GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=.*/GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=\"${DIST}\"/g;
-            s/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"\"/g" $cfg
-
+    s/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"\"/g" $cfg
     if [[ $LUKS_DEV ]]; then
         sed -i "s~#GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK~GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK~g;
-                s~GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=.*~GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=\"${LUKS_DEV}\"~g" $cfg
+        s~GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=.*~GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=\"${LUKS_DEV}\"~g" $cfg
     fi
-
     if [[ $SYS == 'BIOS' && $LVM && $SEP_BOOT == false ]]; then
         sed -i "s/GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES=.*/GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES=\"lvm\"/g" $cfg
     fi
@@ -1813,9 +1811,6 @@ prerun_grub()
 
 prerun_systemd-boot()
 {
-    # no LVM then systemd-boot uses PARTUUID
-    [[ $ROOT_PART == */dev/mapper* ]] || ROOT_PART_ID="PART$ROOT_PART_ID"
-
     # create the boot entry configs
     mkdir -p ${MNT}${BMNTS[$SYS-systemd-boot]}/loader/entries
     cat > ${MNT}${BMNTS[$SYS-systemd-boot]}/loader/loader.conf << EOF
@@ -1856,26 +1851,51 @@ EOF
 prerun_syslinux()
 {
     mkdir -pv $MNT${BMNTS[$SYS-syslinux]}/syslinux
+    cp -rfv $RUN/syslinux/splash.png $MNT${BMNTS[$SYS-syslinux]}/syslinux/
     cp -rfv /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/* $MNT${BMNTS[$SYS-syslinux]}/syslinux/
     cat > $MNT${BMNTS[$SYS-syslinux]}/syslinux/syslinux.cfg << EOF
-UI menu.c32
-PROMPT 0
-
+UI vesamenu.c32
 MENU TITLE $DIST Boot Menu
+MENU BACKGROUND splash.png
 TIMEOUT 50
 DEFAULT $DIST
 
+MENU WIDTH 78
+MENU MARGIN 4
+MENU ROWS 5
+MENU VSHIFT 10
+MENU TIMEOUTROW 13
+MENU TABMSGROW 14
+MENU CMDLINEROW 14
+MENU HELPMSGROW 16
+MENU HELPMSGENDROW 29
+
+# Refer to https://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Comboot/menu.c32
+MENU COLOR border       30;44   #40ffffff #a0000000 std
+MENU COLOR title        1;36;44 #9033ccff #a0000000 std
+MENU COLOR sel          7;37;40 #e0ffffff #20ffffff all
+MENU COLOR unsel        37;44   #50ffffff #a0000000 std
+MENU COLOR help         37;40   #c0ffffff #a0000000 std
+MENU COLOR timeout_msg  37;40   #80ffffff #00000000 std
+MENU COLOR timeout      1;37;40 #c0ffffff #00000000 std
+MENU COLOR msg07        37;40   #90ffffff #a0000000 std
+MENU COLOR tabmsg       31;40   #30ffffff #00000000 std
+
+
 LABEL $DIST
 MENU LABEL $DIST Linux
 LINUX ../vmlinuz-$KERNEL
 APPEND root=$ROOT_PART_ID $([[ $LUKS_DEV ]] && printf "%s " "$LUKS_DEV")rw
-INITRD ../initramfs-$KERNEL.img$([[ $UCODE ]] && printf "\nINITRD %s" "../${UCODE}.img")
+INITRD $([[ $UCODE ]] && printf "%s" "../${UCODE}.img,")../initramfs-$KERNEL.img
 
 LABEL ${DIST}fallback
 MENU LABEL $DIST Linux Fallback
 LINUX ../vmlinuz-$KERNEL
 APPEND root=$ROOT_PART_ID $([[ $LUKS_DEV ]] && printf "%s " "$LUKS_DEV")rw
-INITRD ../initramfs-$KERNEL-fallback.img$([[ $UCODE ]] && printf "\nINITRD %s" "../${UCODE}.img")
+INITRD $([[ $UCODE ]] && printf "%s" "../${UCODE}.img,")../initramfs-$KERNEL-fallback.img
+
+
+# some examples for chainloading other bootloaders
 
 #LABEL grub2
 #MENU LABEL Grub2
@@ -1895,8 +1915,10 @@ install_bootloader()
 {
     if [[ $ROOT_PART == */dev/mapper* ]]; then
         ROOT_PART_ID="$ROOT_PART"
-    else
+    elif [[ $BOOTLDR == 'syslinux' ]]; then
         ROOT_PART_ID="UUID=$(blkid -s UUID -o value $ROOT_PART)"
+    elif [[ $BOOTLDR == 'systemd-boot' ]]; then
+        ROOT_PART_ID="PARTUUID=$(blkid -s PARTUUID -o value $ROOT_PART)"
     fi
 
     if [[ $SYS == 'UEFI' ]]; then