diff --git a/setup_ente_web.sh b/setup_ente_web.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7c37c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup_ente_web.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
+set -e
+
+# set the local repo location
+LOCAL_REPO="~/src/ente"
+
+cd $LOCAL_REPO/web
+
+yarn install
+yarn build:photos # puts the built files in the web/apps/photos/out directory
+
+sudo cp -r apps/photos/out /var/www/ente/photos
+
+# configure nginx to serve the photos app on ente.sa.vin
+sudo tee /etc/nginx/sites-available/ente.sa.vin.conf > /dev/null <<EOL
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name ente.sa.vin;
+
+    location / {
+        root /var/www/ente/photos;
+        index index.html;
+        try_files \$uri /index.html;
+    }
+}
+EOL
+
+# create a symbolic link to enable the site
+sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/ente.sa.vin.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
+
+# Also configure nginx to serve the same photos app on entep.sa.vin
+sudo tee /etc/nginx/sites-available/entep.sa.vin.conf > /dev/null <<EOL
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name entep.sa.vin;
+
+    location / {
+        root /var/www/ente/photos;
+        index index.html;
+        try_files \$uri /index.html;
+    }
+}
+EOL
+
+# reload nginx to apply changes
+sudo systemctl reload nginx
+
+# use certbot to add SSL certificate for the photos app
+sudo certbot --nginx -d ente.sa.vin -d entep.sa.vin
+
+echo "Ente web app has been set up successfully. Access the app at https://ente.sa.vin or https://entep.sa.vin"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup_museum.sh b/setup_museum.sh
index 9462e4b..17bc964 100755
--- a/setup_museum.sh
+++ b/setup_museum.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ go build -o museum cmd/museum/main.go
 sudo cp museum $INSTALL_DIR
 
 # Create a new user and group named 'museum'
-sudo groupadd -r museum
-sudo useradd -r -g museum -d $LIB_DIR -s /sbin/nologin -c "museum user" museum
+sudo groupadd -r museum || true
+sudo useradd -r -g museum -d $LIB_DIR -s /sbin/nologin -c "museum user" museum || true
 
 
 sudo mkdir -p $LIB_DIR