diff --git a/bin/cdist-build-explorer b/bin/cdist-build-explorer
deleted file mode 100755
index 48ea38c8..00000000
--- a/bin/cdist-build-explorer
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# 2010 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
-#
-# This file is part of cdist.
-#
-# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-#
-
-. cdist-config
-
-find "${CDIST_LIBDIR}" -type f -name cdist_explore\*.sh > "${CDIST_TMP}"
-
-# first load all functions
-while read funcfull; do
-   cat "${funcfull}"
-done < "${CDIST_TMP}"
-
-# then execute functions
-while read funcfull; do
-   sh="${funcfull##*/}"
-   func="${sh%.sh}"
-   var="__$func"
-
-   echo "$var=\"\$($func)\""
-   echo "echo $var=\\\"\$$var\\\""
-done < "${CDIST_TMP}"
diff --git a/bin/cdist-config b/bin/cdist-config
index 1e3b2392..4a7506ab 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-config
+++ b/bin/cdist-config
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@
 : ${__cdist_cache_hosts:=$__cdist_cache_dir/hosts}
 : ${__cdist_cache_bin:=$__cdist_cache_dir/bin}
 
+: ${__cdist_explorer_dir:=$__cdist_config/explorers}
+
+# Paths used on the target - must be kind of secure....
+: ${__cdist_remote_base_dir:=/var/lib/cdist}
+: ${__cdist_remote_explorer_dir:=$__cdist_remote_base/explorers}
+: ${__cdist_remote_cache_dir:=$__cdist_remote_base/cache}
+: ${__cdist_remote_cache_explorer:=$__cdist_remote_base/cache}
+: ${__cdist_remote_cache_bin:=$__cdist_remote_base/bin}
+
 # create basedir + tempfile for direct usage
 # FIXME: remove on exit
 : ${__cdist_tmp_dir:=$(mktemp -d "/tmp/cdist.XXXXXXXXXXXX")}
diff --git a/bin/cdist-explorer-coordinator b/bin/cdist-explorer-coordinator
index 9d3c270a..8556dbd9 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-explorer-coordinator
+++ b/bin/cdist-explorer-coordinator
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 #
-# Coordinate run of explorers on target
+# Coordinate run of explorers on target (this script runs on the target)
 #
 
 . cdist-config
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ result_dir="$1"; shift
 
 cd "${explorer_dir}"
 for explorer in *; do
-   ./$explorer > "${result_dir}/${explorer}"
+   "./$explorer" > "${result_dir}/${explorer}"
+done
diff --git a/bin/cdist-explorer-run b/bin/cdist-explorer-run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..49e79de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/cdist-explorer-run
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2010-2011 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+
+. cdist-config
+
+set -e
+
+# Transfer all explorers to the target dir - must be one level above, so
+# coyping it multiple times works: a -> remote:/base/ = remote:/base/a vs.
+# a -> remote:/base/a = remote:/base/a/a (second copy)
+scp -r "${__cdist_explorer_dir}" \
+       "root@${__cdist_target_host}:${__cdist_remote_cache_dir}"
+
+# Transfer explorer coordinator
+scp "$(which cdist-explorer-coordinator)" \
+    "root@${__cdist_target_host}:${__cdist_remote_cache_bin}"
+
+# Execute explorer coordinator, which will save results on target
+ssh root@${__cdist_target_host} "\"${__cdist_remote_cache_bin}/cdist-explorer-coordinator\" \
+         \"${__cdist_remote_explorer_dir}\" \"${__cdist_remote_cache_explorer}\""
+
+
+# Transfer back all results
+scp -r "root@${__cdist_target_host}:${__cdist_remote_dir}"
+
+
+exit 0
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# old idea with shell scripts (also sexy)
+# Keep until above version successfully works
+
+
+cd "${__cdist_explorer_dir}"
+ls > "${__cdist_tmp_file}"
+
+# first load all functions
+while read funcfull; do
+   cat "${funcfull}"
+done < "${__cdist_tmp_file}"
+
+# then execute functions
+while read funcfull; do
+   sh="${funcfull##*/}"
+   func="${sh%.sh}"
+   var="__$func"
+
+   echo "$var=\"\$($func)\""
+   echo "echo $var=\\\"\$$var\\\""
+done < "${CDIST_TMP}"