diff --git a/bin/initDesktop b/bin/initDesktop
index e6f6d0a..100854c 100755
--- a/bin/initDesktop
+++ b/bin/initDesktop
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ DOTFILES_REMOTE="https://git.rre.nu:443/jonas/dotfiles.git"
 
 set -aeo pipefail
 
+function asktobreak(){
+    printf "Do you want to run this step (y/n)"
+    while read -r -n 1 -s answer; do
+        if [[ $answer == [YyNn] ]];then
+            [[ $answer == [Yy] ]] && return_value=1
+            [[ $answer == [Nn] ]] && return_value=0
+            break;
+        fi
+    done
+    return $return_value
+}
 function new_log(){
     # script output
     printf "\n****  [$*]  ***\n"
@@ -20,6 +31,10 @@ function log(){
 }
 
 function gnome_key_bindings(){
+    new_log "Setting my default gnome bindings"
+    if asktobreak; then
+        return
+    fi
     local KEY_PATH="/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings"
     local CMD="gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:$KEY_PATH"
     gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys custom-keybindings "['$KEY_PATH/custom0/']"
@@ -33,7 +48,9 @@ function gnome_key_bindings(){
 function setup_dotfiles(){
     local dotf="/usr/bin/git --git-dir="$DOTFILES_REPO" --work-tree=$HOME"
     new_log "Setting up dotf (dotfiles)"
-
+    if asktobreak;then
+        return
+    fi
     log "creating git repo in $DOTFILES_REPO"
     mkdir "$HOME/.dotfiles"
     git init --bare "$DOTFILES_REPO"
@@ -52,4 +69,12 @@ function setup_dotfiles(){
     $dotf checkout master
 }
 
+function do_salt_call(){
+    alias salt='sudo salt-call --local --file-root "$HOME/salt/states" --pillar-root "$HOME/salt/pillars" "$@"'
+    new_log "Running salt high state"
+    if asktobreak;then
+        return
+    fi
+    salt state.apply
+}
 setup_dotfiles