diff --git a/install/agent-install.sh b/install/agent-install.sh
index 8d44552..cadefc1 100644
--- a/install/agent-install.sh
+++ b/install/agent-install.sh
@@ -11,28 +11,49 @@ if [ -z "$SERVER_URL" ] || [ -z "$AGENT_KEY" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Self-elevate if not running as root
-if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
-    if command -v script >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        exec script -q -c "sudo bash '$0' '$1' '$2' '$3'" /dev/null
-    fi
-    exec sudo bash "$0" "$@"
+# Detect if we can run as root (try non-interactive sudo)
+CAN_ROOT=false
+if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
+    CAN_ROOT=true
+elif command -v sudo >/dev/null 2>&1 && sudo -n true 2>/dev/null; then
+    CAN_ROOT=true
 fi
 
-AGENT_BIN="/usr/local/bin/servermanager-agent"
-CONFIG_DIR="/etc/servermanager"
-CONFIG_FILE="$CONFIG_DIR/agent.conf"
-SERVICE_FILE="/etc/systemd/system/servermanager-agent.service"
+if [ "$CAN_ROOT" = true ]; then
+    # ── Root/system mode ──
+    if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
+        # Re-exec with script PTY if available (handles requiretty)
+        if command -v script >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            exec script -q -c "sudo bash '$0' '$1' '$2' '$3'" /dev/null
+        fi
+        exec sudo bash "$0" "$@"
+    fi
 
-echo "[1/5] Creating config directory..."
+    AGENT_BIN="/usr/local/bin/servermanager-agent"
+    CONFIG_DIR="/etc/servermanager"
+    CONFIG_FILE="$CONFIG_DIR/agent.conf"
+    SERVICE_FILE="/etc/systemd/system/servermanager-agent.service"
+    USE_SYSTEMD=true
+    INSTALL_MODE="system"
+else
+    # ── User/no-root mode ──
+    AGENT_BIN="$HOME/.local/bin/servermanager-agent"
+    CONFIG_DIR="$HOME/.config/servermanager"
+    CONFIG_FILE="$CONFIG_DIR/agent.conf"
+    USE_SYSTEMD=false
+    INSTALL_MODE="user"
+fi
+
+echo "[1/4] Creating directories..."
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "$AGENT_BIN")"
 mkdir -p "$CONFIG_DIR"
 
-echo "[2/5] Installing agent binary..."
-mkdir -p "$(dirname "$AGENT_BIN")"
+echo "[2/4] Installing agent binary..."
 cat > "$AGENT_BIN" << 'AGENTSCRIPT'
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
-CONFIG_FILE="/etc/servermanager/agent.conf"
+
+CONFIG_FILE="${1:-$HOME/.config/servermanager/agent.conf}"
 
 load_config() {
     if [ -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
@@ -75,10 +96,10 @@ EOF
         -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" 2>/dev/null || echo "000"
 }
 
-main() {
+run() {
     load_config
     if [ -z "$SERVER_URL" ] || [ -z "$AGENT_KEY" ]; then
-        echo "ERROR: SERVER_URL and AGENT_KEY must be set in $CONFIG_FILE"
+        echo "ERROR: SERVER_URL and AGENT_KEY not configured"
         exit 1
     fi
     echo "ServerManager Agent started (interval: ${INTERVAL}s)"
@@ -86,25 +107,22 @@ main() {
     while true; do
         collect_metrics
         http_code=$(push_metrics)
-        if [ "$http_code" = "200" ]; then
-            echo "[$(date)] Metrics pushed successfully"
-        else
-            echo "[$(date)] Failed to push metrics (HTTP $http_code)"
-        fi
+        echo "[$(date)] HTTP $http_code"
         sleep "$INTERVAL"
     done
 }
-main
+
+run
 AGENTSCRIPT
 chmod +x "$AGENT_BIN"
 
 if [ ! -f "$AGENT_BIN" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: Agent binary was not created at $AGENT_BIN"
+    echo "ERROR: Agent binary was not created"
     exit 1
 fi
-echo "  Verified: $AGENT_BIN ($(wc -c < "$AGENT_BIN") bytes)"
+echo "  Binary: $AGENT_BIN ($(wc -c < "$AGENT_BIN") bytes)"
 
-echo "[3/5] Writing config..."
+echo "[3/4] Writing config..."
 cat > "$CONFIG_FILE" << EOF
 SERVER_URL="$SERVER_URL"
 AGENT_KEY="$AGENT_KEY"
@@ -112,38 +130,37 @@ INTERVAL=$INTERVAL
 EOF
 chmod 600 "$CONFIG_FILE"
 
-echo "[4/5] Installing systemd service..."
-cat > "$SERVICE_FILE" << 'UNIT'
+echo "[4/4] Enabling auto-start..."
+
+if [ "$USE_SYSTEMD" = true ]; then
+    echo "  Using systemd service..."
+    cat > "$SERVICE_FILE" << 'UNIT'
 [Unit]
 Description=ServerManager Monitoring Agent
-Documentation=https://github.com/servermanager
 After=network-online.target
 Wants=network-online.target
-
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/servermanager-agent
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=10
-StartLimitIntervalSec=60
-StartLimitBurst=5
-NoNewPrivileges=yes
-ProtectSystem=full
-ProtectHome=yes
-PrivateDevices=yes
-PrivateTmp=yes
-
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 UNIT
-
-echo "[5/5] Enabling and starting service..."
-systemctl daemon-reload
-systemctl enable servermanager-agent
-systemctl restart servermanager-agent
+    systemctl daemon-reload 2>/dev/null || true
+    systemctl enable servermanager-agent 2>/dev/null || true
+    systemctl restart servermanager-agent 2>/dev/null || true
+else
+    echo "  Using crontab (@reboot)..."
+    CRON_JOB="@reboot $AGENT_BIN > $CONFIG_DIR/agent.log 2>&1"
+    (crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -v '_sm_agent\|servermanager-agent'; echo "$CRON_JOB") | crontab - 2>/dev/null || {
+        echo "WARNING: Could not install crontab. Agent must be started manually."
+        echo "  Run: $AGENT_BIN &"
+    }
+fi
 
 echo ""
 echo "ServerManager Agent installed successfully!"
+echo "  Mode: $INSTALL_MODE"
 echo "  Binary: $AGENT_BIN"
 echo "  Config: $CONFIG_FILE"
-echo "  Service: $SERVICE_FILE"
diff --git a/install/agent-uninstall.sh b/install/agent-uninstall.sh
index b054494..b83cbdc 100644
--- a/install/agent-uninstall.sh
+++ b/install/agent-uninstall.sh
@@ -1,29 +1,35 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # ServerManager Agent Uninstaller
 
-# Self-elevate if not running as root
-if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
-    if command -v script >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        exec script -q -c "sudo bash '$0'" /dev/null
-    fi
-    exec sudo bash "$0"
+# Try system paths first, fall back to user paths
+if [ -f /usr/local/bin/servermanager-agent ]; then
+    echo "[1/3] Stopping and disabling service..."
+    systemctl stop servermanager-agent 2>/dev/null || true
+    systemctl disable servermanager-agent 2>/dev/null || true
+    systemctl daemon-reload 2>/dev/null || true
+
+    echo "[2/3] Removing system files..."
+    rm -f /usr/local/bin/servermanager-agent 2>/dev/null || true
+    rm -rf /etc/servermanager 2>/dev/null || true
+    rm -f /etc/systemd/system/servermanager-agent.service 2>/dev/null || true
+
+    echo "[3/3] Reloading systemd..."
+    systemctl daemon-reload 2>/dev/null || true
+elif [ -f "$HOME/.local/bin/servermanager-agent" ]; then
+    echo "[1/2] Removing cron job..."
+    crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -v 'servermanager-agent' | crontab - 2>/dev/null || true
+
+    echo "[2/2] Removing user files..."
+    rm -f "$HOME/.local/bin/servermanager-agent" 2>/dev/null || true
+    rm -rf "$HOME/.config/servermanager" 2>/dev/null || true
+else
+    echo "Agent is not installed."
+    # Still try to clean up any leftover system files
+    rm -f /usr/local/bin/servermanager-agent 2>/dev/null || true
+    rm -rf /etc/servermanager 2>/dev/null || true
+    rm -f /etc/systemd/system/servermanager-agent.service 2>/dev/null || true
+    systemctl daemon-reload 2>/dev/null || true
+    crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -v 'servermanager-agent' | crontab - 2>/dev/null || true
 fi
 
-AGENT_BIN="/usr/local/bin/servermanager-agent"
-CONFIG_DIR="/etc/servermanager"
-SERVICE_FILE="/etc/systemd/system/servermanager-agent.service"
-
-echo "[1/3] Stopping and disabling service..."
-systemctl stop servermanager-agent 2>/dev/null || true
-systemctl disable servermanager-agent 2>/dev/null || true
-systemctl daemon-reload 2>/dev/null || true
-
-echo "[2/3] Removing files..."
-rm -f "$AGENT_BIN" 2>/dev/null || true
-rm -rf "$CONFIG_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
-rm -f "$SERVICE_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-echo "[3/3] Reloading systemd..."
-systemctl daemon-reload 2>/dev/null || true
-
 echo "ServerManager Agent uninstalled successfully."
diff --git a/src/Services/AgentService.php b/src/Services/AgentService.php
index 69095f3..ea44e9c 100644
--- a/src/Services/AgentService.php
+++ b/src/Services/AgentService.php
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ class AgentService
 
             $output = trim($result['output']);
             $exitStatus = $result['exit_status'] ?? -1;
-            $path = '/usr/local/bin/servermanager-agent';
 
             if ($exitStatus !== 0) {
                 $lastLines = implode("\n", array_slice(explode("\n", $output), -20));
@@ -79,6 +78,11 @@ class AgentService
                 ];
             }
 
+            $path = '/usr/local/bin/servermanager-agent';
+            if (preg_match('/Binary:\s*(\S+)/', $output, $m)) {
+                $path = $m[1];
+            }
+
             $serverModel = new \ServerManager\Models\Server();
             $serverModel->setAgentInstalled($serverId, true, $path);