diff --git a/contrib/partitioner/partitioner.py b/contrib/partitioner/partitioner.py
index 7be5a17..8619fe4 100755
--- a/contrib/partitioner/partitioner.py
+++ b/contrib/partitioner/partitioner.py
@@ -96,6 +96,20 @@ def main():
 
 
     if len(usb_devs()) == 1:
+        if len(usb_partitions()) < 1:
+            try:
+                print("Running parted...")
+                os.system('/sbin/parted -s /dev/sda mkpart p ext4 3 100%');
+                print('Making first partition');
+                os.system('/sbin/mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/sda1');
+            except:
+                print('Error running parted');
+                sys.exit(1);
+        else:
+            print("Already partitioned")
+
+
+
         if len(usb_partitions()) == 1:
             try:
                 os.system('/bin/mount /dev/' + usb_partitions()[0] + ' /mnt/data')
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1d6577a..fa4d7ff 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ services:
                 stop_grace_period: 5m30s
                 volumes:
                         - ${PWD}/db:/db
+                        - ${PWD}/events/signals:/signals
                         - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
                         - /usr/bin/docker:/usr/bin/docker
                         - ${PWD}:${PWD}
diff --git a/signals/.gitkeep b/events/signals/.blah
similarity index 100%
rename from signals/.gitkeep
rename to events/signals/.blah
diff --git a/events/triggers/reboot b/events/triggers/reboot
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..36eec5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/events/triggers/reboot
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+docker-compose stop
+shutdown -r now
diff --git a/events/triggers/shutdown b/events/triggers/shutdown
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9662331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/events/triggers/shutdown
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+docker-compose stop
+shutdown -h now
diff --git a/karen b/karen
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cb8c79c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/karen
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# karen watches for signals and executes triggers in the events dir
+# karen gets triggered a lot
+
+check_dependencies () {
+  for cmd in "$@"; do
+    if ! command -v $cmd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      echo "This script requires \"${cmd}\" to be installed"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
+check_root () {
+  if [[ $UID != 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Error: This script must be run as root."
+    echo "Can I speak to a manager please?"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+check_dependencies fswatch readlink dirname
+
+check_root
+
+if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
+  root_dir="$(readlink -f $1)"
+else
+  root_dir="$(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}))/events"
+fi
+signal_dir="$root_dir/signals"
+trigger_dir="$root_dir/triggers"
+
+if [[ ! -d "$root_dir" ]]; then
+  echo "Root dir does not exist '$root_dir'"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "karen is running in $root_dir"
+fswatch -0 --event=PlatformSpecific $signal_dir | while read -d "" event; do
+  signal="${event#"$signal_dir"}"
+  signal="${signal#"/"}"
+  trigger="$trigger_dir/$signal"
+
+  echo "Got signal: $signal"
+  if test -x "$trigger"; then
+    echo "karen is getting triggered!"
+    "$trigger" &
+  else
+    echo "No trigger found"
+  fi
+done