diff --git a/agent-deployment/.gitignore b/agent-deployment/.gitignore
index ca7c7de..d2805c9 100644
--- a/agent-deployment/.gitignore
+++ b/agent-deployment/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *.o
 *.zo
 /crossfire-agent
-/vendor/
+/cache/
+/arch_*
diff --git a/agent-deployment/Makefile b/agent-deployment/Makefile
index ff7da77..7fa43eb 100644
--- a/agent-deployment/Makefile
+++ b/agent-deployment/Makefile
@@ -22,20 +22,26 @@ RKT_NAME=$(APP_NAME).rkt
 
 MONOCYPHER_VERSION=3.1.1
 
+TARGET_ARCH=$(shell $(CC) -dumpmachine)
+
 ####################################################################################################
 
 LIBS=-ldl -lm
 # for musl
 #LIBS=-lffi -lucontext
 
-VENDOR_DIR=vendor
+ARCH_DIR=arch_$(TARGET_ARCH)
+CACHE_DIR=cache
+VENDOR_DIR=$(ARCH_DIR)/vendor
 MONOCYPHER_DIR=$(VENDOR_DIR)/monocypher-$(MONOCYPHER_VERSION)
 MONOCYPHER_URL=https://monocypher.org/download/monocypher-$(MONOCYPHER_VERSION).tar.gz
+MONOCYPHER_FILE=$(CACHE_DIR)/monocypher.tar.gz
 
-all: $(APP_NAME)
+all: $(ARCH_DIR)/$(APP_NAME)
 
 # main build
-$(APP_NAME): main_bc.c app.o $(MONOCYPHER_DIR)/lib/libmonocypher.a
+$(ARCH_DIR)/$(APP_NAME): main_bc.c app.o $(MONOCYPHER_DIR)/lib/libmonocypher.a
+	[ -d $(ARCH_DIR) ] || mkdir -p $(ARCH_DIR)
 	$(CC) -o $@ -pipe -fPIC -O3 -DAPP_NAME='"$(APP_NAME)"' -I$(MONOCYPHER_DIR)/src -static $^ \
 		-L$(MONOCYPHER_DIR)/lib \
 		-lracket3m -lrktio -lmonocypher $(LIBS)
@@ -43,14 +49,16 @@ $(APP_NAME): main_bc.c app.o $(MONOCYPHER_DIR)/lib/libmonocypher.a
 $(MONOCYPHER_DIR)/lib/libmonocypher.a: $(MONOCYPHER_DIR)/.extracted
 	cd $(MONOCYPHER_DIR) && $(MAKE) USE_ED22519=true static-library
 
-$(MONOCYPHER_DIR)/.extracted: $(MONOCYPHER_DIR).tar.gz
+$(MONOCYPHER_DIR)/.extracted: $(MONOCYPHER_FILE)
+	[ -d $(MONOCYPHER_DIR) ] || mkdir -p $(MONOCYPHER_DIR)
 	tar xf $< -C $(VENDOR_DIR) && touch $@
 
-$(MONOCYPHER_DIR).tar.gz:
+$(MONOCYPHER_FILE):
+	[ -d $(CACHE_DIR) ] || mkdir -p $(CACHE_DIR)
 	wget -O $@ $(MONOCYPHER_URL) || curl -o $@ $(MONOCYPHER_URL)
 
 # this is faster than --c-mods by a lot
-# it's less portable but like, we're containerized already so it'll work
+# it's potentially less portable but works on GNU ld and probably lld too
 app.o: app.zo
 	$(LD) -r -b binary $< -o $@
 
diff --git a/crossfire/migrations/20201113-add-initial-tables.sql b/crossfire/migrations/20201113-add-initial-tables.sql
index 40816dc..d944f63 100644
--- a/crossfire/migrations/20201113-add-initial-tables.sql
+++ b/crossfire/migrations/20201113-add-initial-tables.sql
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 -- @revision: e50ab485d8590ead53c2518396c04f81
 -- @description: Creates some initial core tables for crossfire.
 -- @up {
-create table node(id integer primary key, name text not null,
+create table node(id integer primary key, name text not null, arch text not null,
                   type text check(type in ("client", "agent")) not null,
                   secret blob(32) not null)
 -- }
diff --git a/crossfire/protocol.rkt b/crossfire/protocol.rkt
index 5b3d3bb..f258b84 100644
--- a/crossfire/protocol.rkt
+++ b/crossfire/protocol.rkt
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@
 (define-syntax-rule (define-stmt name what)
   (define name (virtual-statement what)))
 
-(define-stmt q-new-node "insert into node (name, type, secret) values (?, ?, ?)")
+(define-stmt q-new-node "insert into node (name, arch, type, secret) values (?, ?, ?, ?)")
 (define-stmt q-add-node-res "insert or ignore into node_resource (nodeid, resource) values (?, ?)")
 (define-stmt q-del-node-res "delete from node_resource where nodeid=? and resource=?")
-(define-stmt q-get-nodes "select id, name from node where type=?")
+(define-stmt q-get-nodes "select id, name, arch from node where type=?")
 (define-stmt q-get-all-resources
   "select nodeid, resource from node_resource inner join node on node.id = node_resource.nodeid
        where node.type = ?")
@@ -73,21 +73,22 @@
 
 (define-rpc-type server)
 
-(struct node-info [id name resources online?] #:transparent)
+(struct node-info [id name arch type resources online?] #:transparent)
 
 (define (get-nodes type)
   (define type-str (symbol->string type))
   (define resources (rows->dict #:key "nodeid" #:value "resource" #:value-mode '(list)
                                 (query (current-db) q-get-all-resources type-str)))
-  (for/list ([(id name) (in-query (current-db) q-get-nodes type-str)])
+  (for/list ([(id name arch) (in-query (current-db) q-get-nodes type-str)])
     (define online? (and (current-comms) (comms-channel-available? (current-comms) id)))
-    (node-info id name (hash-ref resources id) online?)))
+    (node-info id name arch type (hash-ref resources id) online?)))
 
-(define (make-agent name resources)
+(define (make-node name arch type resources)
   (call-with-transaction (current-db) (lambda ()
     (define secret (crypto-sign-make-key))
     (define public (crypto-sign-public-key secret))
-    (define info (simple-result-info (query (current-db) q-new-node name "agent" secret)))
+    (define info
+      (simple-result-info (query (current-db) q-new-node name arch (symbol->string type) secret)))
     (define id (cdr (assoc 'insert-id info)))
     (for ([res (in-list resources)])
       (query-exec (current-db) q-add-node-res id res))
@@ -109,9 +110,9 @@
   (enforce-subject 'client)
   (get-nodes 'agent))
 
-(define-rpc server (new-agent name resources)
+(define-rpc server (new-agent name arch resources)
   (enforce-subject 'client)
-  (define-values [id public] (make-agent name resources))
+  (define-values [id public] (make-node name arch 'agent resources))
   (define comms-node (node id name 'agent public #f #f #f))
   (comms-set-node-info (current-comms) comms-node)
   id)
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@
   (require racket/cmdline)
   (current-db (open-server-db 'create))
   (migrate-server-db)
-  ;;(make-agent "agent0" '("gpu" "hifive"))
+  (make-node "agent0" "x86_64" 'agent '("gpu" "hifive"))
   (parameterize ([current-from-node (node 100 "meow" 'client #f #f #f #f)])
     ((rpc-impl server edit-agent) 1 "meow0" '("cpu" "hifive")))
   (get-nodes 'agent)