diff --git a/scripts/jannet b/scripts/jannet
index d0d6f3d8..84ec3b77 100644
--- a/scripts/jannet
+++ b/scripts/jannet
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 myname=`basename $0`
 
+channel_present()
+{
+	if smart channel --show $1 2>&1 | grep -q baseurl >/dev/null; then
+		return 0
+	fi
+	return 1
+}
+
 usage()
 {
 cat << EOT
@@ -10,6 +18,8 @@ cat << EOT
 
   command is one of
 
+    init:     initialize
+    uninit:   undo initialization
     update:   update all jannet software on the system
 
 EOT
@@ -19,6 +29,23 @@ EOT
 }
 
 case $1 in
+init)
+	if ! channel_present ftp.jannet.de; then
+		echo -n "adding installation source ... "
+		sudo smart channel -y --add ftp.jannet.de \
+			type=yast2 \
+			baseurl=ftp://dspadm:dspasswd@ftp.jannet.de/pub/packages/linux/suse/10.1/inst-source \
+			>/dev/null 2>&1
+		if channel_present; then echo done; else echo failed; fi
+	fi
+	;;
+uninit)
+	if channel_present ftp.jannet.de; then
+		echo -n "removing installation source ... "
+		sudo smart channel -y --remove ftp.jannet.de >/dev/null 2>&1
+		echo done
+	fi
+	;;
 update)
 	sudo smart update ftp.jannet.de
 	sudo smart upgrade -y