diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index c039765..86f4222 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Gregor von Laszewski <laszewski@gmail.com>
-J.P Fleischer <70083705+stapmoshun@users.noreply.github.com>
-J.P Fleischer <stapmoshun@gmail.com>
+J.P. Fleischer <70083705+stapmoshun@users.noreply.github.com>
+J.P. Fleischer <stapmoshun@gmail.com>
+J.P. Fleischer <70083705+jpfleischer@users.noreply.github.com>
 Robert Knuuti <uqq5zz@virginia.edu>
 Fugang Wang <kevinwangfg@gmail.com>
 Badi Abdul-Wahid <abdulwahidc@gmail.com>
 Andrew Holland <ElectricErudite@protonmail.com>
-J.P Fleisher <70083705+jpfleischer@users.noreply.github.com>
 Rick Otten <ottenrichie@gmail.com>
 Robert Knuuti <rknuu@users.noreply.github.com>
 Dave DeMeulenaere <davidmdem@gmail.com>
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ Anthon van der Neut <anthon@mnt.org>
 Anthony Orlowski <aorlowski3@gatech.edu>
 Jackson Miskill <103867645+j-miskill@users.noreply.github.com>
 Toble007 <74217657+Toble007@users.noreply.github.com>
-J.P. Fleischer <70083705+jpfleischer@users.noreply.github.com>
 Ketan Pimparkar <43309148+kpimparkar@users.noreply.github.com>
 Vafa Andalibi <vafa.andalibi@gmail.com>
 Alex Beck <105373869+abeck14@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dc128b2..753b278 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.0.54
+5.0.58
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2dea91e..255ad9b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ requires = [
 
 [project]
 name = "cloudmesh-common"
-version = "5.0.54"
+version = "5.0.58"
 description = "A set of useful APIs for cloudmesh"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
diff --git a/src/cloudmesh/common/Shell.py b/src/cloudmesh/common/Shell.py
index 75c702d..93fdd37 100755
--- a/src/cloudmesh/common/Shell.py
+++ b/src/cloudmesh/common/Shell.py
@@ -621,8 +621,27 @@ def install_chocolatey():
 
                 # Join the script directory with "bin"
                 bin_directory = os.path.join(script_directory, "bin")
-                print(f"Looking in {bin_directory} for install script...")
 
+                print(f"Looking in {bin_directory} for install script...")
+                # Check if the bin_directory exists
+                if not os.path.exists(bin_directory):
+                    Console.info("dir does not exist? downloading script...")
+                    # Create the directories if they don't exist
+                    os.makedirs(bin_directory, exist_ok=True)
+
+                    # If it doesn't exist, download the script from the URL
+                    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudmesh/cloudmesh-common/main/src/cloudmesh/common/bin/win-setup.bat"
+                    response = requests.get(url)
+
+                    # Check if the request was successful
+                    if response.status_code == 200:
+                        # If it was, save the script to a file
+                        with open(rf"{bin_directory}\win-setup.bat", "w") as file:
+                            file.write(response.text)
+                    else:
+                        # If the request was not successful, print an error message and return
+                        Console.error("Failed to download the script.")
+                        return False
                 # Command to install Chocolatey using the Command Prompt
                 chocolatey_install_command = rf"powershell Start-Process -Wait -FilePath {bin_directory}\win-setup.bat"
                 print(chocolatey_install_command)
@@ -639,6 +658,12 @@ def install_chocolatey():
                         "You are currently standing in a non-existent directory."
                     )
                     return False
+                # Check if the command failed
+                if completed_process.returncode != 0:
+                    # If it failed, print an error message and return False
+                    Console.error(f"Failed: {completed_process.stderr}")
+                    return False
+
                 print(completed_process)
                 Console.ok("Chocolatey installed")
                 return True
@@ -2192,6 +2217,7 @@ def mkdir(cls, directory):
                 Console.error(e, traceflag=True)
         return False
 
+    @classmethod
     def unzip(cls, source_filename, dest_dir):
         """Unzips a file into the destination directory.
 
diff --git a/src/cloudmesh/common/parameter.py b/src/cloudmesh/common/parameter.py
index 25a5d2a..16620d0 100644
--- a/src/cloudmesh/common/parameter.py
+++ b/src/cloudmesh/common/parameter.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from cloudmesh.common.dotdict import dotdict
 from hostlist import expand_hostlist
+from itertools import product
 
 
 class Parameter(object):
@@ -212,3 +213,18 @@ def separate(text, sep=":"):
             return text.split(sep, 1)
         else:
             return None, text
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def permutate(data):
+        """returns a list of all permutations of the dict
+
+        Args:
+            data: the dict
+
+        Returns:
+            list of dicts
+        """
+        keys = data.keys()
+        values = data.values()
+        permutations = [dict(zip(keys, v)) for v in product(*values)]
+        return permutations