diff --git a/archlabs-installer b/archlabs-installer
index 0f89e37..4156874 100755
--- a/archlabs-installer
+++ b/archlabs-installer
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086,SC2046,SC2254
 
-VER=2.1.47
+VER=2.1.48
 
 # default values {
 
@@ -370,47 +370,70 @@ _lvmerrlvsize="\nInvalid value Entered.\n\nMust be a numeric value with 'M' (meg
 
 main()
 {
-	# increment SEL every time we enter main() if we're not at the end of the menu
-	(( SEL < 13 )) && (( SEL++ ))
+	if [[ $NOMOUNT ]]; then
+		(( SEL < 8 )) && (( SEL++ ))
+		tput civis
+		dialog --backtitle "$DIST Installer - $SYS - v$VER" --title " Prepare " \
+			--default-item $SEL --cancel-label 'Exit' --menu "$_prep" 0 0 0 \
+			1 "* Select bootloader" \
+			2 "* Username and password" \
+			3 "* System configuration" \
+			4 "Select window manager or desktop" \
+			5 "Select additional packages" \
+			6 "Run a command on the installed system" \
+			7 "View configuration and command selections" \
+			8 "* Confirm choices and finish installation" 2> "$ANS"
 
-	tput civis
-	dialog --backtitle "$DIST Installer - $SYS - v$VER" --title " Prepare " \
-		--default-item $SEL --cancel-label 'Exit' --menu "$_prep" 0 0 0 \
-		1 "Show device tree" \
-		2 "Partitioning" \
-		3 "LUKS encryption" \
-		4 "Logical volume management" \
-		5 "* Mount partitions" \
-		6 "* Select bootloader" \
-		7 "* Username and password" \
-		8 "* System configuration" \
-		9 "Select window manager or desktop" \
-		10 "Select additional packages" \
-		11 "Run a command on the installed system" \
-		12 "View configuration and command selections" \
-		13 "* Confirm choices and start the installation" 2> "$ANS"
+		read -r SEL < "$ANS"
+		case $SEL in
+			1) prechecks 0 && { select_bootldr  || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
+			2) prechecks 1 && { select_mkuser   || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
+			3) prechecks 2 && { select_config   || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
+			4) prechecks 3 && { select_sessions || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
+			5) prechecks 3 && { select_packages || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
+			6) prechecks 3 && select_usercmd ;;
+			7) prechecks 3 && select_show    ;;
+			8) prechecks 3 && install_main   ;;
+			*)  yesno "Exit" "\nUnmount partitions (if any) and exit the installer?\n" && die 0
+		esac
+	else
+		(( SEL < 13 )) && (( SEL++ ))
+		tput civis
+		dialog --backtitle "$DIST Installer - $SYS - v$VER" --title " Prepare " \
+			--default-item $SEL --cancel-label 'Exit' --menu "$_prep" 0 0 0 \
+			1 "Device tree" \
+			2 "Partitioning" \
+			3 "LUKS encryption" \
+			4 "Logical volume management" \
+			5 "* Mount partitions" \
+			6 "* Select bootloader" \
+			7 "* Username and password" \
+			8 "* System configuration" \
+			9 "Select window manager or desktop" \
+			10 "Select additional packages" \
+			11 "Run a command on the installed system" \
+			12 "View configuration and command selections" \
+			13 "* Confirm choices and finish installation" 2> "$ANS"
 
-	read -r SEL < "$ANS"
-	[[ -z $WARN && $SEL =~ (2|5) ]] && { msg "Data Warning" "$_warn"; WARN=true; }
-
-	# if the operation returns an error we decrement SEL, prechecks() will
-	# also set SEL to even further back based on what is needed to continue
-	case $SEL in
-		1)  part_show ;;
-		2)  part_menu  || (( SEL-- )) ;;
-		3)  luks_menu  || (( SEL-- )) ;;
-		4)  lvm_menu   || (( SEL-- )) ;;
-		5)  mount_menu || (( SEL-- )) ;;
-		6)  prechecks 0 && { select_bootldr  || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
-		7)  prechecks 1 && { select_mkuser   || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
-		8)  prechecks 2 && { select_config   || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
-		9)  prechecks 3 && { select_sessions || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
-		10) prechecks 3 && { select_packages || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
-		11) prechecks 3 && select_usercmd ;;
-		12) prechecks 3 && select_show    ;;
-		13) prechecks 3 && install_main   ;;
-		*)  yesno "Exit" "\nUnmount partitions (if any) and exit the installer?\n" && die 0
-	esac
+		read -r SEL < "$ANS"
+		[[ -z $WARN && $SEL =~ (2|5) ]] && { msg "Data Warning" "$_warn"; WARN=true; }
+		case $SEL in
+			1)  part_show ;;
+			2)  part_menu  || (( SEL-- )) ;;
+			3)  luks_menu  || (( SEL-- )) ;;
+			4)  lvm_menu   || (( SEL-- )) ;;
+			5)  mount_menu || (( SEL-- )) ;;
+			6)  prechecks 0 && { select_bootldr  || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
+			7)  prechecks 1 && { select_mkuser   || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
+			8)  prechecks 2 && { select_config   || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
+			9)  prechecks 3 && { select_sessions || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
+			10) prechecks 3 && { select_packages || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
+			11) prechecks 3 && select_usercmd ;;
+			12) prechecks 3 && select_show    ;;
+			13) prechecks 3 && install_main   ;;
+			*)  yesno "Exit" "\nUnmount partitions (if any) and exit the installer?\n" && die 0
+		esac
+	fi
 }
 
 select_show()
@@ -1037,7 +1060,7 @@ part_pretty()
 		[[ $dev && $size ]] || continue
 		s=${size%%__*}
 		size_t="${s: -1:1}"
-		isize=${s:0:-1}
+		isize=${s:0: -1}
 		isize=${isize%.*}
 		if [[ $dev = /dev/nvme* ]]; then
 			model=$(lsblk -lno MODEL "${dev%p[1-9]}" | awk '{gsub(/ |\t/, "_"); print}')
@@ -1160,8 +1183,8 @@ part_countdec()
 
 mount_menu()
 {
-	msg "Mount Menu" "\nGathering device and partition information.\n" 1
 	is_bg_install || return 0
+	msg "Mount Menu" "\nGathering device and partition information.\n" 1
 	lvm_detect
 	umount_dir "$MNT"
 	part_find 'part|lvm|crypt' || { SEL=2; return 1; }
@@ -1279,7 +1302,7 @@ select_root()
 			while read -r dev size; do
 				s=${size%%__*}
 				size_t="${s: -1:1}"
-				isize=${s:0:-1}
+				isize=${s:0: -1}
 				isize=${isize%.*}
 				if ! [[ $size_t == 'M' || ($size_t == 'G' && $isize -lt 8) ]]; then
 					pts+="$dev $size "
@@ -1313,7 +1336,7 @@ select_swap()
 		while read -r dev size; do  # walk partition list and skip ones that are > 64G
 			s=${size%%__*}
 			size_t="${s: -1:1}"
-			isize=${s:0:-1}
+			isize=${s:0: -1}
 			isize=${isize%.*}
 			if ! [[ $size_t == 'T' || ($size_t == 'G' && $isize -gt 64) ]]; then
 				pts+="$dev $size "
@@ -2415,7 +2438,7 @@ lvm_mkgroup()
 		VGROUP_MB=$SIZE
 	fi
 
-	msg "$_lvmnew" "\nVolume group $VGROUP (${SIZE}$SIZE_UNIT) successfully created\n"
+	msg "$_lvmnew" "\nVolume group $VGROUP (${SIZE}$SIZE_UNIT) successfully created\n" 2
 }
 
 lvm_del_all()
@@ -2471,6 +2494,7 @@ lvm_partitions()
 {
 	part_find 'part|crypt' || return 1
 	PARTS="$(awk 'NF > 0 {print $0 " off"}' <<< "$PARTS")"
+	[[ $LUKS && $LUKS_PART ]] && part_countdec $LUKS_PART
 	dlg LVM_PARTS check "$_lvmnew" "\nSelect the partition(s) to use for the physical volume (PV)." $PARTS
 }
 
@@ -2537,6 +2561,7 @@ luks_open()
 	if (( PART_COUNT == 1 )); then
 		LUKS_PART="$(awk 'NF > 0 {print $1}' <<< "$PARTS")"
 	else
+		[[ $LVM && $LVM_PARTS ]] && part_countdec $LVM_PARTS
 		dlg LUKS_PART menu "$_luksopen" "\nSelect which partition to open." $PARTS
 	fi
 
@@ -2598,6 +2623,7 @@ luks_setup()
 	elif (( PART_COUNT == 1 )); then
 		LUKS_PART="$(awk 'NF > 0 {print $1}' <<< "$PARTS")"
 	else
+		[[ $LVM && $LVM_PARTS ]] && part_countdec $LVM_PARTS
 		dlg LUKS_PART menu "$_luksnew" "\nSelect the partition you want to encrypt." $PARTS
 	fi
 
@@ -3069,11 +3095,34 @@ fi
 # trap ^C to perform cleanup
 trap 'printf "\n^C\n" && die 1' INT
 
-while getopts ":htl:d" OPT; do
+while getopts ":htl:dnr:b:" OPT; do
 	case "$OPT" in
-		d) debug ;;
-		h) usage "$0" ;;
-		t) TEARFREE=true ;;
+		n)
+			NOMOUNT=true
+			;;
+		r)
+			if [[ ! -b $OPTARG ]]; then
+				echo "invalid root: $OPTARG"
+				die 1
+			fi
+			ROOT=$OPTARG
+			;;
+		b)
+			if [[ ! -b $OPTARG ]]; then
+				echo "invalid boot: $OPTARG"
+				die 1
+			fi
+			BOOT=$OPTARG
+			;;
+		d)
+			debug
+			;;
+		h)
+			usage "$0"
+			;;
+		t)
+			TEARFREE=true
+			;;
 		l)
 			if [[ "${!WM_SESSIONS[*]}" =~ $OPTARG ]]; then
 				live "$OPTARG"
@@ -3081,24 +3130,42 @@ while getopts ":htl:d" OPT; do
 				echo "error: invalid session for -l, see -h for help"; die 1
 			fi
 			;;
-		\?) echo "error: invalid option: -$OPTARG"; die 1 ;;
+		\?)
+			echo "invalid option: $OPTARG"
+			die 1
+			;;
 	esac
 done
 
 system_identify
 system_devices
 
-fontsize=16
-while :; do
-	dlg fontsize menu "Font Size" "\nSelect a font size from the list below.\n\nDefault: 16" \
-		12 "setfont ter-i12n" 14 "setfont ter-i14n" 16 "setfont ter-i16n" 18 "setfont ter-i18n" \
-		20 "setfont ter-i20n" 22 "setfont ter-i22n" 24 "setfont ter-i24n" 28 "setfont ter-i28n" \
-		32 "setfont ter-i32n" || break
+if [[ $NOMOUNT ]]; then
+	if [[ (-z $ROOT || ($SYS == 'UEFI' && -z $BOOT)) ]]; then
+		msg "Not Enough Partitions" "$_errpart" 0
+		die 1
+	fi
+	if [[ $BOOT ]]; then
+		part_bootdev
+		SEP_BOOT=true
+	fi
+fi
 
-	FONT="ter-i${fontsize}n"
+if [[ -f /tmp/hassetfont ]]; then
+	FONT="$(< /tmp/hassetfont)"
 	setfont "$FONT"
-	yesno "Font Size" "\nKeep the currently set font size?\n" && break
-done
+else
+	fontsize=16
+	while [[ ! -f /tmp/hassetfont ]]; do
+		dlg fontsize menu "Font Size" "\nSelect a font size from the list below.\n\nDefault: 16" \
+			12 "setfont ter-i12n" 14 "setfont ter-i14n" 16 "setfont ter-i16n" 18 "setfont ter-i18n" \
+			20 "setfont ter-i20n" 22 "setfont ter-i22n" 24 "setfont ter-i24n" 28 "setfont ter-i28n" \
+			32 "setfont ter-i32n" || break
+		FONT="ter-i${fontsize}n"
+		setfont "$FONT"
+		yesno "Font Size" "\nKeep the currently set font size?\n" && echo "ter-i${fontsize}n" > /tmp/hassetfont
+	done
+fi
 
 msg "Welcome to the $DIST Installer" "$_welcome"
 
@@ -3110,6 +3177,12 @@ elif ! net_connect; then
 	die 1
 fi
 
+if [[ $NOMOUNT ]]; then
+	wrn="\nA background install process will begin early when using -n flag\n\nSome files may be overwritten during the process\n"
+	yesno "Data Warning" "$wrn\nProceed?\n" || die 0
+	install_background
+fi
+
 while :; do
 	main
 done