diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 944d650d7..8c442e70f 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ AddOption('--minimal',
           dest='extras',
           default=os.path.exists(File('#.lfsconfig').abspath), # minimal by default on release branch (where there's no LFS)
           help='the minimum build to run openpilot. no tests, tools, etc.')
+AddOption('--extras',
+          action='store_true',
+          help="build extras")
+
+AddOption('--nosr',
+          action='store_true',
+          help="don't build the screen recorder")
 
 ## Architecture name breakdown (arch)
 ## - larch64: linux tici aarch64
diff --git a/selfdrive/frogpilot/screenrecorder/screenrecorder.h b/selfdrive/frogpilot/screenrecorder/screenrecorder.h
index 1a12329fb..a09b32d90 100644
--- a/selfdrive/frogpilot/screenrecorder/screenrecorder.h
+++ b/selfdrive/frogpilot/screenrecorder/screenrecorder.h
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
 #include "selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad/buttons.h"
 
 class ScreenRecorder : public QPushButton {
+#ifdef NO_SR
+  public:
+    explicit ScreenRecorder(QWidget *parent = nullptr){}
+    ~ScreenRecorder() override{}
+
+    void updateScreen(){}
+    void toggle(){}
+#else
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
@@ -42,4 +50,5 @@ private:
 
   QPixmap recorderIcon;
   QPixmap recordingIcon;
+#endif //NO_SR
 };
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
index 556c12311..06c3c9af6 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ qt_src = ["main.cc", "qt/sidebar.cc", "qt/body.cc",
           "qt/onroad/buttons.cc", "qt/onroad/alerts.cc",
           "../frogpilot/screenrecorder/omx_encoder.cc", "../frogpilot/screenrecorder/screenrecorder.cc"]
 
+if GetOption("nosr"):
+  qt_env.Append(CXXFLAGS=['-DNO_SR'])
+  base_libs.remove('OmxCore')
+  qt_libs.remove('OmxCore')
+  qt_src.remove("../frogpilot/screenrecorder/screenrecorder.cc")
+  qt_src.remove("../frogpilot/screenrecorder/omx_encoder.cc")
+  print("Removing Screen Recorder")
+
 # build translation files
 with open(File("translations/languages.json").abspath) as f:
   languages = json.loads(f.read())
diff --git a/tools/README.md b/tools/README.md
index 361a27ded..6e8a6c433 100644
--- a/tools/README.md
+++ b/tools/README.md
@@ -14,19 +14,13 @@ NOTE: This repository uses Git LFS for large files. Ensure you have [Git LFS](ht
 
 Either do a partial clone for faster download:
 ``` bash
-git clone --filter=blob:none --recurse-submodules --also-filter-submodules https://github.com/commaai/openpilot.git
-```
-
-or do a full clone:
-``` bash
-git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/commaai/openpilot.git
+git clone https://github.com/FrogAi/FrogPilot.git --branch MAKE-PRS-HERE
 ```
 
 **2. Run the setup script**
 
 ``` bash
-cd openpilot
-git lfs pull
+cd FrogPilot
 tools/ubuntu_setup.sh
 ```
 
@@ -38,7 +32,7 @@ poetry shell
 **3. Build openpilot**
 
 ``` bash
-scons -u -j$(nproc)
+scons -u -j$(nproc) --nosr --extras
 ```
 
 ## Dev Container on any Linux or macOS
diff --git a/tools/install_python_dependencies.sh b/tools/install_python_dependencies.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh b/tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/tools/mac_setup.sh b/tools/mac_setup.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/tools/plotjuggler/juggle.py b/tools/plotjuggler/juggle.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/tools/ubuntu_setup.sh b/tools/ubuntu_setup.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 1bdeb50e0..6114e3387
--- a/tools/ubuntu_setup.sh
+++ b/tools/ubuntu_setup.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
 $DIR/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh
 $DIR/install_python_dependencies.sh
 
+sudo mkdir -p /.comma/params/d
+sudo mkdir -p /persist/params/d
+sudo mkdir -p /persist/tracking/d
+
 echo
 echo "----   OPENPILOT SETUP DONE   ----"
 echo "Open a new shell or configure your active shell env by running:"