diff --git a/group_vars/mastodonservers.yml b/group_vars/mastodonservers.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ee2aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/group_vars/mastodonservers.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+
+mastodon_home: "/srv/mastodon"
diff --git a/roles/mastodon/tasks/mastodon.yml b/roles/mastodon/tasks/mastodon.yml
index 7ae4d2e..55c57ba 100644
--- a/roles/mastodon/tasks/mastodon.yml
+++ b/roles/mastodon/tasks/mastodon.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@
   args:
     chdir: "{{ mastodon_home }}/live"
 
+- name: create bin dir
+  remote_user: mastodon
+  file:
+    path: "{{ mastodon_home }}/bin"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0750'
+
+- name: template scripts
+  remote_user: mastodon
+  template:
+    src: "{{ item }}.j2"
+    dest: "{{ mastodon_home }}/bin/{{ item }}"
+    mode: '0750'
+  loop:
+    - remove_media.sh
+    - remove_preview_cards.sh
+
 - name: install services
   template:
     src: "{{ item }}.j2"
diff --git a/roles/mastodon/tasks/rbenv.yml b/roles/mastodon/tasks/rbenv.yml
index ad2a5d6..20e70c7 100644
--- a/roles/mastodon/tasks/rbenv.yml
+++ b/roles/mastodon/tasks/rbenv.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   remote_user: mastodon
   lineinfile:
     path: "{{ mastodon_home }}/.bashrc"
-    line: "eval \"$(~/.rbenv/bin/rbenv init - bash)\""
+    line: "eval \"$({{ mastodon_home }}/.rbenv/bin/rbenv init - bash)\""
 
 - name: install ruby version
   remote_user: mastodon
diff --git a/roles/mastodon/templates/remove_media.sh.j2 b/roles/mastodon/templates/remove_media.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3310bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mastodon/templates/remove_media.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+cd {{ mastodon_home }}/live
+PATH={{ mastodon_home }}/bin:{{ mastodon_home }}/.local/bin:{{ mastodon_home }}/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:{{ mastodon_home }}/.rbenv/shims:{{ mastodon_home }}/.rbenv/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
+RAILS_ENV=production bin/tootctl media remove
diff --git a/roles/mastodon/templates/remove_preview_cards.sh.j2 b/roles/mastodon/templates/remove_preview_cards.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fb7c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mastodon/templates/remove_preview_cards.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+cd {{ mastodon_home }}/live
+PATH={{ mastodon_home }}/bin:{{ mastodon_home }}/.local/bin:{{ mastodon_home }}/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:{{ mastodon_home }}/.rbenv/shims:{{ mastodon_home }}/.rbenv/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
+RAILS_ENV=production bin/tootctl preview_cards remove
diff --git a/roles/mastodon/vars/main.yml b/roles/mastodon/vars/main.yml
index bcce1e0..f6281fb 100644
--- a/roles/mastodon/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mastodon/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 ---
 
-mastodon_home: "/srv/mastodon"
-
 mastodon_version: "4.0.2"
 
 mastodon_nodejs_key_url: "https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key"
diff --git a/roles/webapps/tasks/tootctl_nodocker.yml b/roles/webapps/tasks/tootctl_nodocker.yml
index 073e3a8..0604cef 100644
--- a/roles/webapps/tasks/tootctl_nodocker.yml
+++ b/roles/webapps/tasks/tootctl_nodocker.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     minute: "0"
     hour: "19"
     weekday: "5"
-    job: "cd live && RAILS_ENV=production bin/tootctl media remove"
+    job: "{{ mastodon_home }}/bin/remove_media.sh"
 
 - name: cron for preview_cards tootctl
   cron:
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
     minute: "30"
     hour: "19"
     weekday: "5"
-    job: "cd live && RAILS_ENV=production bin/tootctl preview_cards remove"
+    job: "{{ mastodon_home }}/bin/remove_preview_cards.sh"