diff --git a/src/freedombone-client b/src/freedombone-client
index 33215634..bc5cfed4 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-client
+++ b/src/freedombone-client
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ export TEXTDOMAIN=${PROJECT_NAME}-client
 export TEXTDOMAINDIR="/usr/share/locale"
 
 CURR_USER=$USER
+CURR_GROUP=$USER
+if [ -f /usr/bin/pacman ]; then
+    CURR_GROUP='users'
+fi
 MESH_CLIENT_INSTALL=
 ENABLE_MONKEYSPHERE=
 
@@ -49,10 +53,11 @@ if [ ! -f $MAIN_PROJECT_FILE ]; then
 fi
 
 # ssh (from https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html)
-SSH_CIPHERS=$(cat $MAIN_PROJECT_FILE | grep 'SSH_CIPHERS=' | head -n 1 | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
-SSH_MACS=$(cat $MAIN_PROJECT_FILE | grep 'SSH_MACS=' | head -n 1 | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
-SSH_KEX=$(cat $MAIN_PROJECT_FILE | grep 'SSH_KEX=' | head -n 1 | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
-SSH_HOST_KEY_ALGORITHMS=$(cat $MAIN_PROJECT_FILE | grep 'SSH_HOST_KEY_ALGORITHMS=' | head -n 1 | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
+UTILS_SSH=/usr/share/${PROJECT_NAME}/utils/${PROJECT_NAME}-utils-ssh
+SSH_CIPHERS=$(cat $UTILS_SSH | grep 'SSH_CIPHERS=' | head -n 1 | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
+SSH_MACS=$(cat $UTILS_SSH | grep 'SSH_MACS=' | head -n 1 | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
+SSH_KEX=$(cat $UTILS_SSH | grep 'SSH_KEX=' | head -n 1 | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
+SSH_HOST_KEY_ALGORITHMS=$(cat $UTILS_SSH | grep 'SSH_HOST_KEY_ALGORITHMS=' | head -n 1 | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
 
 # refresh gpg keys every few hours
 REFRESH_GPG_KEYS_HOURS=2
@@ -67,11 +72,7 @@ function global_rate_limit {
     fi
 
     sudo cp $SYSCTL_FILE ~/sysctl.conf
-    if [ ! -f /usr/bin/pacman ]; then
-        sudo chown $CURR_USER:$CURR_USER ~/sysctl.conf
-    else
-        sudo chown $CURR_USER:users ~/sysctl.conf
-    fi
+    sudo chown $CURR_USER:$CURR_GROUP ~/sysctl.conf
     if ! grep -q "tcp_challenge_ack_limit" ~/sysctl.conf; then
         echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_challenge_ack_limit = 999999999' >> ~/sysctl.conf
     else
@@ -91,11 +92,7 @@ function refresh_gpg_keys {
         fi
     fi
     sudo cp /etc/crontab ~/temp_crontab
-    if [ ! -f /usr/bin/pacman ]; then
-        sudo chown $CURR_USER:$CURR_USER ~/temp_crontab
-    else
-        sudo chown $CURR_USER:users ~/temp_crontab
-    fi
+    sudo chown $CURR_USER:$CURR_GROUP ~/temp_crontab
     if ! grep -q "gpg --refresh-keys" ~/temp_crontab; then
         echo "0            */$REFRESH_GPG_KEYS_HOURS *   *   *   $CURR_USER /usr/bin/gpg --refresh-keys > /dev/null" >> ~/temp_crontab
         sudo cp ~/temp_crontab /etc/crontab
@@ -116,13 +113,10 @@ function configure_ssh_client {
     sudo sed -i "s/#   HostKeyAlgorithms.*/   HostKeyAlgorithms $SSH_HOST_KEY_ALGORITHMS/g" /etc/ssh/ssh_config
     sudo sed -i "s/#   Ciphers.*/   Ciphers $SSH_CIPHERS/g" /etc/ssh/ssh_config
     sudo sed -i "s/#   MACs.*/   MACs $SSH_MACS/g" /etc/ssh/ssh_config
+    sudo sed -i "s/HostKeyAlgorithms.*/HostKeyAlgorithms $SSH_HOST_KEY_ALGORITHMS/g" /etc/ssh/ssh_config
     if ! grep -q "HostKeyAlgorithms" /etc/ssh/ssh_config; then
         sudo cp /etc/ssh/ssh_config ~/ssh_config
-        if [ ! -f /usr/bin/pacman ]; then
-            sudo chown $CURR_USER:$CURR_USER ~/ssh_config
-        else
-            sudo chown $CURR_USER:users ~/ssh_config
-        fi
+        sudo chown $CURR_USER:$CURR_GROUP ~/ssh_config
         echo "   HostKeyAlgorithms $SSH_HOST_KEY_ALGORITHMS" >> ~/ssh_config
         sudo mv ~/ssh_config /etc/ssh/ssh_config
         sudo chown root:root /etc/ssh/ssh_config
@@ -130,11 +124,7 @@ function configure_ssh_client {
     sudo sed -i "s/Ciphers.*/Ciphers $SSH_CIPHERS/g" /etc/ssh/ssh_config
     if ! grep -q "Ciphers " /etc/ssh/ssh_config; then
         sudo cp /etc/ssh/ssh_config ~/ssh_config
-        if [ ! -f /usr/bin/pacman ]; then
-            sudo chown $CURR_USER:$CURR_USER ~/ssh_config
-        else
-            sudo chown $CURR_USER:users ~/ssh_config
-        fi
+        sudo chown $CURR_USER:$CURR_GROUP ~/ssh_config
         echo "   Ciphers $SSH_CIPHERS" >> ~/ssh_config
         sudo mv ~/ssh_config /etc/ssh/ssh_config
         sudo chown root:root /etc/ssh/ssh_config
@@ -142,11 +132,7 @@ function configure_ssh_client {
     sudo sed -i "s/MACs.*/MACs $SSH_MACS/g" /etc/ssh/ssh_config
     if ! grep -q "MACs " /etc/ssh/ssh_config; then
         sudo cp /etc/ssh/ssh_config ~/ssh_config
-        if [ ! -f /usr/bin/pacman ]; then
-            sudo chown $CURR_USER:$CURR_USER ~/ssh_config
-        else
-            sudo chown $CURR_USER:users ~/ssh_config
-        fi
+        sudo chown $CURR_USER:$CURR_GROUP ~/ssh_config
         echo "   MACs $SSH_MACS" >> ~/ssh_config
         sudo mv ~/ssh_config /etc/ssh/ssh_config
         sudo chown root:root /etc/ssh/ssh_config