diff --git a/scripts/cnode-helper-scripts/guild-deploy.sh b/scripts/cnode-helper-scripts/guild-deploy.sh
index ce976f0d0..b7c8b5a26 100755
--- a/scripts/cnode-helper-scripts/guild-deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/cnode-helper-scripts/guild-deploy.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 
 unset CNODE_HOME
+unset MITHRIL_HOME
 
 ##########################################
 # User Variables - Change as desired     #
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ set_defaults() {
   [[ -z ${INSTALL_OGMIOS} ]] && INSTALL_OGMIOS='N'
   [[ -z ${INSTALL_CSIGNER} ]] && INSTALL_CSIGNER='N'
   [[ -z ${CNODE_PATH} ]] && CNODE_PATH="/opt/cardano"
+  [[ -z ${MITHRIL_PATH} ]] && MITHRIL_PATH="/opt/mithril"
   [[ -z ${CNODE_NAME} ]] && CNODE_NAME='cnode'
   [[ -z ${CURL_TIMEOUT} ]] && CURL_TIMEOUT=60
   [[ -z ${UPDATE_CHECK} ]] && UPDATE_CHECK='Y'
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ set_defaults() {
   [[ "${SUDO}" = 'Y' && $(id -u) -eq 0 ]] && err_exit "Please run as non-root user."
   CNODE_HOME="${CNODE_PATH}/${CNODE_NAME}"
   CNODE_VNAME=$(echo "$CNODE_NAME" | awk '{print toupper($0)}')
+  MITHRIL_HOME="${MITHRIL_PATH}/mithril-signer"
   REPO="https://github.com/${G_ACCOUNT}/guild-operators"
   REPO_RAW="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${G_ACCOUNT}/guild-operators"
   URL_RAW="${REPO_RAW}/${BRANCH}"
@@ -324,25 +327,6 @@ build_libsodium() {
   echo -e "\nIOG fork of libsodium installed to /usr/local/lib/"
 }
 
-# Build mithril
-download_mithril() {
-    echo -e "\nDownloading mithril binaries..."
-    pushd "${HOME}"/tmp >/dev/null || err_exit
-    # dynamic latest release updated automatically, uncomment and comment out the hardcoded release below if needed
-    # mithril_release="$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/input-output-hk/mithril/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')"
-    # hardcoded latest release requiring a bump
-    mithril_release="2337.0"
-    echo -e "\n  Downloading mithril ${mithril_release}..."
-    rm -f mithril-signer mithril-client
-    curl -m 200 -sfL https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/releases/download/${mithril_release}/mithril-${mithril_release}-linux-x64.tar.gz -o mithril.tar.gz || err_exit " Could not download mithril's latest release archive from IO github!"
-    tar zxf mithril.tar.gz mithril-signer mithril-client &>/dev/null
-    rm -f mithril.tar.gz
-    [[ -f mithril-signer ]] || err_exit " mithril archive downloaded but binary (mithril-signer) not found after extracting package!"
-    [[ -f mithril-client ]] || err_exit " mithril archive downloaded but binary (mithril-client) not found after extracting package!"
-    mv -t "${HOME}"/.local/bin mithril-signer mithril-client
-    chmod +x "${HOME}"/.local/bin/*
-}
-
 # Download cardano-node, cardano-cli, cardano-db-sync, bech32 and cardano-submit-api
 # TODO: Replace these with self-hosted ones (potentially consider IPFS as upload destination for CI)
 download_cnodebins() {
@@ -510,6 +494,25 @@ download_cardanosigner() {
   fi
 }
 
+# Download pre-built mithril-signer binary
+download_mithril() {
+    echo -e "\nDownloading Mithril..."
+    pushd "${HOME}"/tmp >/dev/null || err_exit
+    # dynamic latest release updated automatically, uncomment and comment out the hardcoded release below if needed
+    # mithril_release="$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/input-output-hk/mithril/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')"
+    # hardcoded latest release requiring a bump
+    mithril_release="2337.0"
+    echo -e "\n  Downloading Mithril Signer/Client ${mithril_release}..."
+    rm -f mithril-signer mithril-client
+    curl -m 200 -sfL https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/releases/download/${mithril_release}/mithril-${mithril_release}-linux-x64.tar.gz -o mithril.tar.gz || err_exit " Could not download mithril's latest release archive from IO github!"
+    tar zxf mithril.tar.gz mithril-signer mithril-client &>/dev/null
+    rm -f mithril.tar.gz
+    [[ -f mithril-signer ]] || err_exit " mithril archive downloaded but binary (mithril-signer) not found after extracting package!"
+    [[ -f mithril-client ]] || err_exit " mithril archive downloaded but binary (mithril-client) not found after extracting package!"
+    mv -t "${HOME}"/.local/bin mithril-signer mithril-client
+    chmod +x "${HOME}"/.local/bin/*
+}
+
 # Create folder structure and set up permissions/ownerships
 setup_folder() {
   echo -e "\nCreating Folder Structure .."
@@ -523,6 +526,8 @@ setup_folder() {
   
   $sudo mkdir -p "${CNODE_HOME}"/files "${CNODE_HOME}"/db "${CNODE_HOME}"/guild-db "${CNODE_HOME}"/logs "${CNODE_HOME}"/scripts "${CNODE_HOME}"/scripts/archive "${CNODE_HOME}"/sockets "${CNODE_HOME}"/priv
   $sudo chown -R "$U_ID":"$G_ID" "${CNODE_HOME}" 2>/dev/null
+
+  # if INSTALL_MITHRIL then create 
 }
 
 # Download and update scripts for cnode