diff --git a/salt/master/files/add_minion.sh b/salt/master/files/add_minion.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..220317193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/master/files/add_minion.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This script adds pillar and schedule files securely
+
+MINION=$1
+
+  echo "Adding $1" 
+  cp /tmp/$MINION/pillar/$MINION.sls /opt/so/saltstack/pillar/minions/
+  cp /tmp/$MINION/schedules/* /opt/so/saltstack/salt/patch/os/schedules/
+  rm -rf /tmp/$MINION
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 97680365d..15fdfd3bd 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ add_soremote_user_master() {
 	$ADDUSER --uid 947 --gid 947 soremote
 	
 	# Set the password for soremote that we got during setup
-	echo soremote:$REMOTEPASS1 | chpasswd --crypt-method=SHA512
+	echo soremote:$SOREMOTEPASS1 | chpasswd --crypt-method=SHA512
 
 }
 
@@ -352,8 +352,12 @@ copy_minion_tmp_files() {
     fi
   else
     echo "scp pillar and salt files in $TMP to master /opt/so/saltstack"
-    scp -prv -i /root/.ssh/so.key $TMP/pillar/* soremote@$MSRV:/opt/so/saltstack/pillar >> $SETUPLOG 2>&1
-    scp -prv -i /root/.ssh/so.key $TMP/salt/* soremote@$MSRV:/opt/so/saltstack/salt >> $SETUPLOG 2>&1
+	ssh -i /root/.ssh/so.key soremote@$MSRV mkdir -p /tmp/$MINION_ID/pillar >> $SETUPLOG 2>&1
+	ssh -i /root/.ssh/so.key soremote@$MSRV mkdir -p /tmp/$MINION_ID/schedules >> $SETUPLOG 2>&1
+	scp -prv -i /root/.ssh/so.key $TMP/pillar/minions/* soremote@$MSRV:/tmp/$MINION_ID/pillar/ >> $SETUPLOG 2>&1
+	scp -prv -i /root/.ssh/so.key $TMP/salt/patch/os/schedules/* soremote@$MSRV:/tmp/$MINION_ID/schedules >> $SETUPLOG 2>&1
+	ssh -i /root/.ssh/so.key soremote@$MSRV sudo /opt/so/saltstack/salt/master/files/add_minion.sh $MINION_ID >> $SETUPLOG 2>&1
+    
   fi
 
   }
@@ -1578,6 +1582,7 @@ update_sudoers() {
 		echo "soremote ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/salt-key" | tee -a /etc/sudoers
 		echo "soremote ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/opt/so/saltstack/pillar/firewall/addfirewall.sh" | tee -a /etc/sudoers
 		echo "soremote ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/opt/so/saltstack/pillar/data/addtotab.sh" | tee -a /etc/sudoers
+		echo "soremote ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/opt/so/salt/master/files/add_minion.sh" | tee -a /etc/sudoers
 	else
 		echo "User soremote already granted sudo privileges"
 	fi
diff --git a/setup/so-whiptail b/setup/so-whiptail
index 00862292c..29ff43be5 100755
--- a/setup/so-whiptail
+++ b/setup/so-whiptail
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ whiptail_create_soremote_user() {
 
 whiptail_create_soremote_user_password1() {
 
-  REMOTEPASS1=$(whiptail --title "Security Onion Install" --passwordbox \
+  SOREMOTEPASS1=$(whiptail --title "Security Onion Install" --passwordbox \
   "Enter a password for user soremote" 10 75 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
 
   local exitstatus=$?
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ whiptail_create_soremote_user_password1() {
 
 whiptail_create_soremote_user_password2() {
 
-  REMOTEPASS2=$(whiptail --title "Security Onion Install" --passwordbox \
+  SOREMOTEPASS2=$(whiptail --title "Security Onion Install" --passwordbox \
   "Re-enter a password for user soremote" 10 75 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
 
   local exitstatus=$?