diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa003ec..2ad261c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,12 +1,118 @@
-__pycache__/
-*.py[cod]
-*$py.class
-*.log
-.venv/
-venv/
-.DS_Store
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Credentials and secrets — never commit these.
+#
+# Note: the remote URL in .git/config may embed a username and password. That
+# file is local-only and is never pushed, but it does mean `git remote -v`
+# prints your password to the terminal. Prefer a credential helper or a token.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.env
+.env.*
+*.env
+!.env.example
+secrets.json
+credentials.json
+*.credentials
+.netrc
+.htpasswd
+*.pem
+*.key
+!*.pub
+id_rsa*
+id_ed25519*
+*.p12
+*.pfx
+*_token
+*.token
+token.txt
+auth.json
 
-# persistent telemetry store
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Local machine state — paths, tuning and service config specific to one host.
+# Commit the .example variants instead.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+*.local.json
+*.local.sh
+settings.local.*
+config.local.*
+overclock_profiles.local.json
+hyperswap.conf
+.hyperswap_env
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Persistent telemetry store (SQLite + WAL sidecars).
+# Grows ~0.4 MB/hour; contains this machine's hardware history, not source.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 hyperswap.db
 hyperswap.db-wal
 hyperswap.db-shm
+*.sqlite
+*.sqlite3
+*.db-journal
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Logs and captured run output
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+*.log
+logs/
+manager.log
+nohup.out
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Benchmark, sweep and profiling artefacts
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sweep_*.json
+autotune_*.json
+pl_*.json
+benchmark_*.json
+*.prof
+*.pstats
+perf.data*
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Backups and scratch files (timestamped .bak files have appeared here before)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+*.bak
+*.bak-*
+*.backup
+*.pre-tuning
+*.orig
+*.rej
+*.tmp
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+.#*
+scratch/
+tmp/
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Python
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.so
+.venv/
+venv/
+env/
+.Python
+build/
+dist/
+*.egg-info/
+.eggs/
+.pytest_cache/
+.mypy_cache/
+.ruff_cache/
+.coverage
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Editors and OS
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.iml
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+desktop.ini
diff --git a/ram_optimizer.py b/ram_optimizer.py
index 0a452ef..e29b782 100644
--- a/ram_optimizer.py
+++ b/ram_optimizer.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("ram_optimizer")
 
 OLLAMA_API_BASE = "http://localhost:11434"
 COMFY_API_BASE = "http://127.0.0.1:8188"
-COMFY_MODELS_DIR = os.environ.get("HYPERSWAP_COMFY_MODELS", "/home/drjones/ComfyUI/models")
+COMFY_MODELS_DIR = os.environ.get(
+    "HYPERSWAP_COMFY_MODELS", os.path.expanduser("~/ComfyUI/models"))
 OLLAMA_MODEL_DIRS = [
     "/usr/share/ollama/.ollama/models",
     os.path.expanduser("~/.ollama/models"),
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index e89d7d1..4a2fc00 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import asyncio
 import contextlib
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 import signal
 import time
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("model_manager_server")
 logging.getLogger("httpx").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 logging.getLogger("httpcore").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
-BASE_DIR = "/home/drjones/unified-model-manager"
+BASE_DIR = os.environ.get("HYPERSWAP_BASE_DIR", os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 
 # ==========================================
diff --git a/start_manager.sh b/start_manager.sh
index 66ae44f..4417efa 100755
--- a/start_manager.sh
+++ b/start_manager.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Launch the HyperSwap server. Override HYPERSWAP_PYTHON to use a different interpreter.
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
-exec /home/drjones/comfy-mcp-venv/bin/python server.py
+PYTHON="${HYPERSWAP_PYTHON:-$HOME/comfy-mcp-venv/bin/python}"
+[ -x "$PYTHON" ] || PYTHON="$(command -v python3)"
+exec "$PYTHON" server.py