diff --git a/ssuks/ssukickstarter.cpp b/ssuks/ssukickstarter.cpp
index b48657f..f2724c2 100644
--- a/ssuks/ssukickstarter.cpp
+++ b/ssuks/ssukickstarter.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
  */
 
 
-SsuKickstarter::SsuKickstarter() {
+SsuKickstarter::SsuKickstarter(QString sandbox) {
+  pathPrefix = sandbox;
+
   SsuDeviceInfo deviceInfo;
   deviceModel = deviceInfo.deviceModel();
 
@@ -93,7 +95,9 @@ QStringList SsuKickstarter::partitions(){
   QString partitionFile;
   QFile part;
 
-  QDir dir(QString("%1/kickstart/part/").arg(SSU_DATA_DIR));
+  QDir dir(QString("/%1/%2/kickstart/part/")
+           .arg(pathPrefix)
+           .arg(SSU_DATA_DIR));
 
   if (dir.exists(deviceModel.toLower()))
     partitionFile = deviceModel.toLower();
@@ -124,11 +128,13 @@ QStringList SsuKickstarter::scriptletSection(QString name, bool chroot){
   QDir dir;
 
   if (chroot)
-    path = QString("%1/kickstart/%2/")
+    path = QString("/%1/%2/kickstart/%3/")
+      .arg(pathPrefix)
       .arg(SSU_DATA_DIR)
       .arg(name);
   else
-    path = QString("%1/kickstart/%2_nochroot/")
+    path = QString("/%1/%2/kickstart/%3_nochroot/")
+      .arg(pathPrefix)
       .arg(SSU_DATA_DIR)
       .arg(name);
 
diff --git a/ssuks/ssukickstarter.h b/ssuks/ssukickstarter.h
index 093eccb..8899286 100644
--- a/ssuks/ssukickstarter.h
+++ b/ssuks/ssukickstarter.h
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ class Q_CORE_EXPORT SsuKickstarter: public QObject {
 */
 class SsuKickstarter {
   public:
-    SsuKickstarter();
+    SsuKickstarter(QString sandbox="");
     void setRepoParameters(QHash<QString, QString> parameters);
     bool write(QString kickstart="");
 
   private:
     QHash<QString, QString> repoOverride;
+    QString pathPrefix;
     Ssu ssu;
     bool rndMode;
     QString deviceModel;
diff --git a/ssuks/ssuks.cpp b/ssuks/ssuks.cpp
index eb11287..a4cc462 100644
--- a/ssuks/ssuks.cpp
+++ b/ssuks/ssuks.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <QLibraryInfo>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QStringList>
+#include <QDirIterator>
 
 #include "ssukickstarter.h"
 #include "constants.h"
@@ -42,16 +43,38 @@ void SsuKs::run(){
       repoParameters.insert(split.at(0), split.at(1));
     }
 
-
+    QString sandbox;
     Sandbox *sb;
     if (repoParameters.contains("sandbox")){
-      QString sandbox = repoParameters.value("sandbox");
+      sandbox = repoParameters.value("sandbox");
       repoParameters.remove("sandbox");
 
-      sb = new Sandbox(sandbox, Sandbox::UseAsSkeleton, Sandbox::ThisProcess);
-      sb->addWorldFiles(SSU_BOARD_MAPPING_CONFIGURATION_DIR);
-      sb->addWorldFiles("/etc/ssu");
-      sb->addWorldFiles("/usr/share/ssu");
+
+      // work around sandbox not sandboxing directories
+      QDirIterator it(SSU_DATA_DIR, QDir::AllEntries|QDir::NoDot|QDir::NoDotDot, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+      while (it.hasNext()){
+        it.next();
+
+        if (it.fileName() == "board-mappings.ini")
+          continue;
+
+        QDir dir;
+        QFileInfo info = it.fileInfo();
+
+        dir.mkpath(sandbox + info.absoluteDir().path());
+        QFile::copy(it.filePath(), sandbox + it.filePath());
+      }
+
+      QFile::remove(sandbox + "/" + SSU_BOARD_MAPPING_CONFIGURATION);
+      SsuSettings boardMappings(QString("%1/%2")
+                                .arg(sandbox)
+                                .arg(SSU_BOARD_MAPPING_CONFIGURATION),
+                                QString("%1/%2")
+                                .arg(sandbox)
+                                .arg(SSU_BOARD_MAPPING_CONFIGURATION_DIR));
+
+      sb = new Sandbox(sandbox, Sandbox::UseDirectly, Sandbox::ThisProcess);
+
       if (sb->activate())
         qout << "Using sandbox at " << sandbox << endl;
       else {
@@ -60,9 +83,9 @@ void SsuKs::run(){
       }
     }
 
-    SsuKickstarter *kickstarter = new SsuKickstarter();
-    kickstarter->setRepoParameters(repoParameters);
-    kickstarter->write(fileName);
+    SsuKickstarter kickstarter(sandbox);
+    kickstarter.setRepoParameters(repoParameters);
+    kickstarter.write(fileName);
   } else
     usage();