diff --git a/setup-container.sh b/setup-container.sh
index 6fa52d8..1b98c49 100755
--- a/setup-container.sh
+++ b/setup-container.sh
@@ -66,18 +66,5 @@ sudo install -m 755 runc.${PLATFORM} /usr/local/sbin/runc
         sudo systemctl enable --now containerd
 fi
 
+touch /tmp/container.txt
 exit
-#### notes from history just in case
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Fetch the latest release tag from GitHub API
-LATEST_TAG=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/opencontainers/runc/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
-
-# Construct the download URL
-DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/${LATEST_TAG}/runc.amd64"
-
-# Use wget to download the latest version
-wget "$DOWNLOAD_URL"
-
-echo "Downloaded $DOWNLOAD_URL"
-
diff --git a/setup-kubetools.sh b/setup-kubetools.sh
index 62aa726..3ecf031 100755
--- a/setup-kubetools.sh
+++ b/setup-kubetools.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ then
 	exit 3
 fi
 
+if [ -z /tmp/container.txt ]
+then
+	echo run ./setup-containers.sh before running this script
+	exit 4
+fi
+
 # setting MYOS variable
 MYOS=$(hostnamectl | awk '/Operating/ { print $3 }')
 OSVERSION=$(hostnamectl | awk '/Operating/ { print $4 }')
@@ -19,8 +25,6 @@ OSVERSION=$(hostnamectl | awk '/Operating/ { print $4 }')
 KUBEVERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
 KUBEVERSION=${KUBEVERSION%.*}
 
-echo "Latest Kubernetes version is: $latest_version"
-
 
 if [ $MYOS = "Ubuntu" ]
 then