diff --git a/config/on-down.sh b/config/on-down.sh
index e69de29..e6ddd10 100644
--- a/config/on-down.sh
+++ b/config/on-down.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# this will be overriden by on-up.sh
diff --git a/config/on-ready.sh b/config/on-ready.sh
index e69de29..c8c20ff 100644
--- a/config/on-ready.sh
+++ b/config/on-ready.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+notify-send "$@ Our Loki Address $LOKINET_ADDR is ready on address $IF_ADDR on $IF_NAME"