diff --git a/0-preinstall.sh b/0-preinstall.sh
index e40fd79..0e8cf61 100755
--- a/0-preinstall.sh
+++ b/0-preinstall.sh
@@ -108,25 +108,6 @@ EOF
 cp -R ~/ArchTitus /mnt/root/
 cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /mnt/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 
-#
-# create a swapfile 
-# $ required for completion of scripts on lower end systems (under 8GB ram will need swap)
-#
-
-SWAPSIZEgb=2
-
-SWAPSIZEmb=1024*$SWAPSIZEgb
-
-touch /swapfile
-dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=$SWAPSIZEmb status=progress
-# status=progress is for debugging
-chmod 600 /swapfile
-mkswap /swapfile
-swapon /swapfile
-"\n# /swapfile \n/swapfile				none		 swap				defaults        0 0" >> /etc/fstab
-
-echo "Swap /swapfile created and configured wtih $SWAPSIZEgb GB\n"
-
 echo "--------------------------------------"
 echo "--   SYSTEM READY FOR 0-setup       --"
 echo "--------------------------------------"
diff --git a/1-setup.sh b/1-setup.sh
index 88e866d..aa53d7e 100755
--- a/1-setup.sh
+++ b/1-setup.sh
@@ -264,6 +264,25 @@ elif lspci | grep -E "Integrated Graphics Controller"; then
     pacman -S libva-intel-driver libvdpau-va-gl lib32-vulkan-intel vulkan-intel libva-intel-driver libva-utils --needed --noconfirm
 fi
 
+#
+# create a swapfile 
+# $ required for completion of scripts on lower end systems (under 8GB ram will need swap)
+#
+
+SWAPSIZEgb=2
+
+SWAPSIZEmb=1024*$SWAPSIZEgb
+
+touch /swapfile
+dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=$SWAPSIZEmb status=progress
+# status=progress is for debugging
+chmod 600 /swapfile
+mkswap /swapfile
+swapon /swapfile
+echo -e "\n# /swapfile \n/swapfile				none		 swap				defaults        0 0" >> /etc/fstab
+
+echo -e "Swap /swapfile created and configured wtih $SWAPSIZEgb GB\n"
+
 echo -e "\nDone!\n"
 if ! source install.conf; then
 	read -p "Please enter username:" username