diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index df3e7ae..f3a1095 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -2,27 +2,30 @@ turnkey-tracks-18.1 (1) turnkey; urgency=low
 
   * v18.1 rebuild - includes latest Debian & TurnKey packages.
 
-  * Update Tracks: v2.7.1.
+  * Install latest Tracks release: v2.7.1
+    - install via git using release tag (v18.0 used 'master').
 
-  * fix DB corruption on reboot - closes #1983.
+  * Use oldest stable Ruby: v3.1.x (Tracks notes v3.0.x - but that is now
+    EOL).
+
+  * Rebuild to fix DB corruption on reboot - closes #1983.
 
   * Adds 'mariadb_admin' DB user - exclusively for use in the Webmin MariaDB
     module. Part of #1945.
 
   * Configuration console (confconsole) - v2.1.6:
-    - Bugfix broken DNS-01 Let's Encrypt challenge - closes #1876 & #1895.
-      Fixed in v2.1.5 - already included in some appliances.
     - Let's Encrypt/Dehydrated - bugfix cron failure - closes #1962.
     - General dehydrated-wrapper code cleanup - now passes shellcheck.
+    [Jeremy Davis <jeremy@turnkeylinux.org>]
 
   * Reduce log noise by creating ntpsec log dir - closes #1952.
 
   * Apache mod_evasive config improvements:
     - Bump DOSPageCount from (default) 2 -> 5 - closes #1951.
     - DOSLogDir - use default log dir & fix permissions - closes #1950.
-    - Add DOSWhitelist example - commented out.
+    - Add DOSWhitelist example in conf - commented out.
 
- -- Jeremy Davis <jeremy@turnkeylinux.org>  Wed, 25 Sep 2024 05:08:41 +0000
+ -- Jeremy Davis <jeremy@turnkeylinux.org>  Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:07:30 +0000
 
 turnkey-tracks-18.0 (1) turnkey; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/conf.d/downloads b/conf.d/downloads
deleted file mode 100755
index 787947f..0000000
--- a/conf.d/downloads
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -ex
-
-dl() {
-    [[ "$FAB_HTTP_PROXY" ]] && PROXY="--proxy $FAB_HTTP_PROXY"
-    cd $2; curl -L -f -O $PROXY $1; cd -
-}
-
-REPO=TracksApp/tracks
-VERSION=$(gh_releases ${REPO} | grep -iv "ALPHA\|BETA\|RC" | sort -V | tail -1)
-URL="https://github.com/${REPO}/archive/${VERSION}.tar.gz"
-
-# previously releases we very slow, but things have improved now
-#VERSION=master
-
-SRC="/usr/local/src"
-dl https://github.com/TracksApp/tracks/archive/${VERSION}.zip $SRC
-mv $SRC/${VERSION}.zip $SRC/tracks-${VERSION}.zip
diff --git a/conf.d/main b/conf.d/main
index 17b85b0..b7e820f 100755
--- a/conf.d/main
+++ b/conf.d/main
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash -ex
-
 SRC=/usr/local/src
 WEBROOT=/var/www/tracks
 
@@ -9,38 +8,26 @@ ADMIN_PASS=turnkey1
 # start mysql
 service mysql start
 
-# install tracks and configure it
-unzip $SRC/tracks-*.zip -d $(dirname $WEBROOT)
-rm $SRC/tracks-*.zip
+[[ -z "$FAB_HTTP_PROXY" ]] || export http_proxy=$FAB_HTTP_PROXY
+[[ -z "$FAB_HTTPS_PROXY" ]] || export https_proxy=$FAB_HTTPS_PROXY
 
+# clone repo
+REPO=TracksApp/tracks
+VERSION=$(gh_releases $REPO | grep -iv 'ALPHA\|BETA\|RC' | sort -V | tail -1)
 mv $WEBROOT $WEBROOT.orig
-mv $(dirname $WEBROOT)/tracks-* $WEBROOT
-cp $WEBROOT.orig/config/database.yml $WEBROOT/config/database.yml
-rm -rf $WEBROOT.orig
+git clone --branch=$VERSION https://github.com/$REPO $WEBROOT
 
+# config
+cp $WEBROOT.orig/config/database.yml $WEBROOT/config/database.yml
 cp $WEBROOT/config/site.yml.tmpl $WEBROOT/config/site.yml
+rm $WEBROOT/.ruby-version # required to install on latest Ruby stable (v3.1)
 
-rm $WEBROOT/.ruby-version
-
+# install
 cd $WEBROOT
-
-[[ -z "$FAB_HTTP_PROXY" ]] || export http_proxy=$FAB_HTTP_PROXY
-[[ -z "$FAB_HTTPS_PROXY" ]] || export https_proxy=$FAB_HTTPS_PROXY
-
-# rails fixes
-echo >> Gemfile
-echo '# TKL: Fixes for old Rails with new Ruby causing issues' >> Gemfile
-echo gem "'psych', '< 4'" >> Gemfile
-echo gem "'net-smtp', require: false" >> Gemfile
-echo gem "'net-pop', require: false" >> Gemfile
-
-# fix broken dep - see https://github.com/TracksApp/tracks/blob/ruby31/Gemfile#L32
-sed -i "\|^gem 'therubyracer',|s|'therubyracer'|'mini_racer'|" Gemfile
-
 export RAILS_ENV="production"
 bundle config set --local path 'vendor/bundle'
 bundle config set --local without 'postgresql sqlite'
-bundle update
+bundle install
 bundle exec rake db:migrate
 
 # configure permissions
@@ -49,7 +36,11 @@ chown -R www-data:www-data $WEBROOT/{tmp,log,public/uploads}
 chmod 666 $WEBROOT/log/*
 
 # precompile assets
-bundle exec rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production
+# Setting 'RAILS_GROUPS=assets' works around
+# https://github.com/TracksApp/tracks/issues/3065
+# See https://github.com/TracksApp/tracks/issues/3065#issuecomment-2400803381
+# for reason/rationale.
+RAILS_GROUPS=assets bundle exec rake assets:precompile
 
 # turnkey-credit (passenger substitute x2 bug)
 cat >>$WEBROOT/app/assets/stylesheets/tracks.css.scss<<EOF
@@ -87,10 +78,10 @@ curl -s -X POST -b /tmp/cookies.txt http://localhost/users \
         --data-urlencode "user%5Bpassword%5D=${ADMIN_PASS}" \
         --data-urlencode "user%5Bpassword_confirmation%5D=${ADMIN_PASS}"
 
-# clean up
+# clean up & finalize
+rm -rf $WEBROOT.orig
 unset RAILS_ENV http_proxy https_proxy
 rm -f /tmp/cookies.txt
-
-# stop services
+rails tmp:clear
 service mysql stop
 service apache2 stop