diff --git a/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh b/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
index ebfed0530..27ae3f8cd 100755
--- a/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
+++ b/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 readonly ubuntu_codename=$(lsb_release -cs)
 readonly ubuntu_version=$(lsb_release -rs)
 
+# readonly arch="amd64"
+readonly arch="arm64"
+
 # hold grub since updating it breaks on some VPS providers. also, dist-upgrade will trigger it
 apt-mark hold grub* >/dev/null
 apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" update -y
@@ -43,7 +46,6 @@ apt-get -y install \
     ipset \
     iptables \
     libpython2.7 \
-    linux-generic \
     logrotate \
     $mysql_package \
     openssh-server \
@@ -55,8 +57,15 @@ apt-get -y install \
     unbound \
     xfsprogs
 
-echo "==> installing nginx for xenial for TLSv3 support"
-curl -sL http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/pool/nginx/n/nginx/nginx_1.18.0-1~${ubuntu_codename}_amd64.deb -o /tmp/nginx.deb
+# TODO make it more generic for arm
+if [[ "${arch}" == "arm64" ]]; then
+    apt-get install -y linux-raspi
+else
+    apt-get isntall -y linux-generic
+fi
+
+echo "==> installing nginx for ${ubuntu_codename} for TLSv3 support"
+curl -sL http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/pool/nginx/n/nginx/nginx_1.18.0-1~${ubuntu_codename}_${arch}.deb -o /tmp/nginx.deb
 # apt install with install deps (as opposed to dpkg -i)
 apt install -y /tmp/nginx.deb
 rm /tmp/nginx.deb
@@ -70,7 +79,11 @@ cp /usr/share/unattended-upgrades/20auto-upgrades /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upg
 
 echo "==> Installing node.js"
 mkdir -p /usr/local/node-10.18.1
-curl -sL https://nodejs.org/dist/v10.18.1/node-v10.18.1-linux-x64.tar.gz | tar zxf - --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/node-10.18.1
+if [[ "${arch}" == "arm64" ]]; then
+    curl -sL https://nodejs.org/dist/v10.18.1/node-v10.18.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz | tar zxf - --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/node-10.18.1
+else
+    curl -sL https://nodejs.org/dist/v10.18.1/node-v10.18.1-linux-x64.tar.gz | tar zxf - --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/node-10.18.1
+fi
 ln -sf /usr/local/node-10.18.1/bin/node /usr/bin/node
 ln -sf /usr/local/node-10.18.1/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
 apt-get install -y python   # Install python which is required for npm rebuild
@@ -84,9 +97,9 @@ mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d
 echo -e "[Service]\nExecStart=\nExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --log-driver=journald --exec-opt native.cgroupdriver=cgroupfs --storage-driver=overlay2" > /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/cloudron.conf
 
 # there are 3 packages for docker - containerd, CLI and the daemon
-curl -sL "https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/${ubuntu_codename}/pool/stable/amd64/containerd.io_1.2.13-2_amd64.deb" -o /tmp/containerd.deb
-curl -sL "https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/${ubuntu_codename}/pool/stable/amd64/docker-ce-cli_19.03.12~3-0~ubuntu-${ubuntu_codename}_amd64.deb" -o /tmp/docker-ce-cli.deb
-curl -sL "https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/${ubuntu_codename}/pool/stable/amd64/docker-ce_19.03.12~3-0~ubuntu-${ubuntu_codename}_amd64.deb" -o /tmp/docker.deb
+curl -sL "https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/${ubuntu_codename}/pool/stable/${arch}/containerd.io_1.2.13-2_${arch}.deb" -o /tmp/containerd.deb
+curl -sL "https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/${ubuntu_codename}/pool/stable/${arch}/docker-ce-cli_19.03.12~3-0~ubuntu-${ubuntu_codename}_${arch}.deb" -o /tmp/docker-ce-cli.deb
+curl -sL "https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/${ubuntu_codename}/pool/stable/${arch}/docker-ce_19.03.12~3-0~ubuntu-${ubuntu_codename}_${arch}.deb" -o /tmp/docker.deb
 # apt install with install deps (as opposed to dpkg -i)
 apt install -y /tmp/containerd.deb  /tmp/docker-ce-cli.deb /tmp/docker.deb
 rm /tmp/containerd.deb /tmp/docker-ce-cli.deb /tmp/docker.deb
@@ -97,11 +110,14 @@ if [[ "${storage_driver}" != "overlay2" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# do not upgrade grub because it might prompt user and break this script
-echo "==> Enable memory accounting"
-apt-get -y --no-upgrade install grub2-common
-sed -e 's/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="\(.*\)"$/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="\1 cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1 panic_on_oops=1 panic=5"/' -i /etc/default/grub
-update-grub
+# TODO what about arm??
+if [[ "${arch}" == "amd64" ]]; then
+    # do not upgrade grub because it might prompt user and break this script
+    echo "==> Enable memory accounting"
+    apt-get -y --no-upgrade install grub2-common
+    sed -e 's/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="\(.*\)"$/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="\1 cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1 panic_on_oops=1 panic=5"/' -i /etc/default/grub
+    update-grub
+fi
 
 echo "==> Downloading docker images"
 if [ ! -f "${arg_infraversionpath}/infra_version.js" ]; then
@@ -124,7 +140,9 @@ if ! apt-get install -y libcurl3-gnutls collectd collectd-utils; then
     sed -e 's/^FQDNLookup true/FQDNLookup false/' -i /etc/collectd/collectd.conf
 fi
 # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/collectd/+bug/1872281
-[[ "${ubuntu_version}" == "20.04" ]] && echo -e "\nLD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/python3.8/config-3.8-x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.8.so" >> /etc/default/collectd
+
+[[ "${ubuntu_version}" == "20.04" && "${arch}" == "amd64" ]] && echo -e "\nLD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/python3.8/config-3.8-x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.8.so" >> /etc/default/collectd
+[[ "${ubuntu_version}" == "20.04" && "${arch}" == "arm64" ]] && echo -e "\nLD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/python3.8/config-3.8-aarch64-linux-gnu/libpython3.8.so" >> /etc/default/collectd
 
 echo "==> Configuring host"
 sed -e 's/^#NTP=/NTP=0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org 3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org/' -i /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
diff --git a/scripts/cloudron-setup b/scripts/cloudron-setup
index 3a9f15729..4b21e4be1 100755
--- a/scripts/cloudron-setup
+++ b/scripts/cloudron-setup
@@ -48,13 +48,14 @@ webServerOrigin="https://cloudron.io"
 sourceTarballUrl=""
 rebootServer="true"
 
-args=$(getopt -o "" -l "help,skip-baseimage-init,provider:,version:,env:,skip-reboot" -n "$0" -- "$@")
+args=$(getopt -o "" -l "help,skip-baseimage-init,provider:,source-tarball-url:,version:,env:,skip-reboot" -n "$0" -- "$@")
 eval set -- "${args}"
 
 while true; do
     case "$1" in
     --help) echo "See https://docs.cloudron.io/installation/ on how to install Cloudron"; exit 0;;
     --provider) provider="$2"; shift 2;;
+    --source-tarball-url) sourceTarballUrl="$2"; shift 2;;
     --version) requestedVersion="$2"; shift 2;;
     --env)
         if [[ "$2" == "dev" ]]; then
@@ -118,21 +119,25 @@ if [[ "${initBaseImage}" == "true" ]]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-echo "=> Checking version"
-if ! releaseJson=$($curl -s "${apiServerOrigin}/api/v1/releases?boxVersion=${requestedVersion}"); then
-    echo "Failed to get release information"
-    exit 1
-fi
+if [[ "$sourceTarballUrl" == "" ]]; then
+    echo "=> Checking version"
+    if ! releaseJson=$($curl -s "${apiServerOrigin}/api/v1/releases?boxVersion=${requestedVersion}"); then
+        echo "Failed to get release information"
+        exit 1
+    fi
 
-if [[ "$requestedVersion" == "" ]]; then
-    version=$(echo "${releaseJson}" | python3 -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print(obj["version"])')
+    if [[ "$requestedVersion" == "" ]]; then
+        version=$(echo "${releaseJson}" | python3 -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print(obj["version"])')
+    else
+        version="${requestedVersion}"
+    fi
+
+    if ! sourceTarballUrl=$(echo "${releaseJson}" | python3 -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print(obj["info"]["sourceTarballUrl"])'); then
+        echo "No source code for version '${requestedVersion:-latest}'"
+        exit 1
+    fi
 else
-    version="${requestedVersion}"
-fi
-
-if ! sourceTarballUrl=$(echo "${releaseJson}" | python3 -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print(obj["info"]["sourceTarballUrl"])'); then
-    echo "No source code for version '${requestedVersion:-latest}'"
-    exit 1
+    version=${requestedVersion}
 fi
 
 echo "=> Downloading version ${version} ..."