diff --git a/pre-download.sh b/pre-download.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8c422c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre-download.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Ensure script is run as root (required for apt + /etc)
+if [[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Please run as root (or use sudo)." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+#set script directory
+scriptdir="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
+
+# Capture the start time (Unix timestamp)
+START_TIME=$(date +%s)
+
+echo "Updating apt and installing prerequisites..."
+apt update
+apt install -y ca-certificates curl git openssl curl gawk coreutils grep jq sqlite3 iso-codes
+
+echo "Setting up Docker GPG key..."
+install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg \
+  -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+
+echo "Adding Docker apt repository..."
+. /etc/os-release
+
+cat > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.sources <<EOF
+Types: deb
+URIs: https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu
+Suites: ${UBUNTU_CODENAME:-$VERSION_CODENAME}
+Components: stable
+Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+EOF
+
+echo "Updating apt and installing Docker..."
+apt update
+apt install -y \
+  docker-ce \
+  docker-ce-cli \
+  containerd.io \
+  docker-buildx-plugin \
+  docker-compose-plugin 
+
+echo "Docker installation complete."
+docker --version
+
+
+docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/bookstack:latest
+docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/mariadb:latest
+docker pull filebrowser/filebrowser
+docker pull ghcr.io/c4illin/convertx
+docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/heimdall:latest
+docker pull amir20/dozzle:latest
+docker pull corentinth/it-tools:latest
+docker pull jellyfin/jellyfin
+docker pull louislam/uptime-kuma:2
+docker pull jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest
+docker pull onlyoffice/documentserver
+docker pull owncloud/server:latest
+docker pull mariadb:10.11
+docker pull redis:6
+docker pull pihole/pihole:latest
+docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/nginx:latest
+docker pull vaultwarden/server:latest
+docker pull weejewel/wg-easy
+docker pull louislam/dockge:1
diff --git a/stacks/pihole/compose.yml b/stacks/pihole/compose.yml
index e68bab0..1264aad 100644
--- a/stacks/pihole/compose.yml
+++ b/stacks/pihole/compose.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ services:
       - 53:53/tcp
       - 53:53/udp
     environment:
-      TZ: Europe/Amsterdam
+      TZ: ?timezone?
       FTLCONF_WEBSERVER_API_PASSWORD: ?adminpass?
       FTLCONF_DNS_UPSTREAMS: '86.54.11.13'
       FTLCONF_DNS_LISTENINGMODE: all