diff --git a/install-mailcow-debian.sh b/install-mailcow-debian.sh
index 1dd369b..60dc6bb 100644
--- a/install-mailcow-debian.sh
+++ b/install-mailcow-debian.sh
@@ -67,38 +67,33 @@ ufw allow 995/tcp
 ufw allow 4190/tcp
 ufw --force enable
 
-# Configure fail2ban with SSH honeypot
-log_message "Configuring fail2ban and SSH honeypot..."
+# Configure fail2ban for SSH
+log_message "Configuring fail2ban for SSH protection..."
 cat > /etc/fail2ban/jail.local << EOL
 [DEFAULT]
 bantime = 1h
 findtime = 10m
 maxretry = 3
+banaction = ufw
+backend = systemd
+
+ignoreip = 127.0.0.1/8 ::1
 
 [sshd]
 enabled = true
 port = ssh
 filter = sshd
-logpath = /var/log/auth.log
+logpath = %(sshd_log)s
 maxretry = 3
-EOL
-
-# Create SSH honeypot configuration
-cat > /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/ssh-honeypot.conf << EOL
-[ssh-honeypot]
-enabled = true
-filter = ssh-honeypot
-logpath = /var/log/auth.log
-maxretry = 1
 bantime = 1d
-findtime = 1d
+findtime = 10m
 EOL
 
-cat > /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/ssh-honeypot.conf << EOL
-[Definition]
-failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s(?:error: PAM: )?Authentication failure for .* from <HOST>
-ignoreregex =
-EOL
+# Reload systemd daemon
+systemctl daemon-reload
+
+# Restart fail2ban
+systemctl restart fail2ban
 
 # Restart fail2ban
 systemctl restart fail2ban
@@ -108,19 +103,97 @@ log_message "Setting up Mailcow directory..."
 mkdir -p /opt/mailcow-dockerized
 chown dockeruser:dockeruser /opt/mailcow-dockerized
 
+# Function to get FQDN input
+get_fqdn() {
+    local fqdn
+    while true; do
+        read -p "Please enter your Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) (e.g., mail.example.com): " fqdn
+        if [[ $fqdn =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$ ]]; then
+            echo "$fqdn"
+            return 0
+        else
+            echo "Invalid FQDN format. Please try again."
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+# Get timezone
+get_timezone() {
+    local timezone
+    while true; do
+        read -p "Please enter your timezone (e.g., Europe/Berlin) [default: UTC]: " timezone
+        timezone=${timezone:-UTC}
+        if [ -f "/usr/share/zoneinfo/$timezone" ]; then
+            echo "$timezone"
+            return 0
+        else
+            echo "Invalid timezone. Please try again."
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+# Function to configure mailcow
+configure_mailcow() {
+    local fqdn=$1
+    local timezone=$2
+    
+    # Create temporary config file
+    cat > /tmp/mailcow_config << EOL
+MAILCOW_HOSTNAME=${fqdn}
+TIMEZONE=${timezone}
+EOL
+    
+    # Ask for additional configuration
+    read -p "Do you want to customize additional mailcow configuration? (y/N): " customize
+    if [[ $customize =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+        nano /tmp/mailcow_config
+    fi
+    
+    return 0
+}
+
 # Switch to dockeruser and install Mailcow
 log_message "Installing Mailcow as dockeruser..."
+
+# Get configuration parameters
+FQDN=$(get_fqdn)
+TIMEZONE=$(get_timezone)
+
+# Store configuration for dockeruser
+echo "FQDN=$FQDN" > /tmp/mailcow_vars
+echo "TIMEZONE=$TIMEZONE" >> /tmp/mailcow_vars
+
+configure_mailcow "$FQDN" "$TIMEZONE"
+
 su - dockeruser << 'EOF'
+# Source the configuration variables
+source /tmp/mailcow_vars
+
+# Clone and set up mailcow
 cd /opt
 git clone https://github.com/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized
 cd mailcow-dockerized
-./generate_config.sh
+
+# Use the prepared configuration
+cat /tmp/mailcow_config > mailcow.conf
+
+# Generate config with the provided FQDN
+printf "%s\n" "$FQDN" | ./generate_config.sh
+
+# Offer to edit the full configuration
+read -p "Would you like to review and edit the full mailcow configuration? (y/N): " edit_conf
+if [[ $edit_conf =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+    nano mailcow.conf
+fi
 
 # Start Mailcow
 docker compose pull
 docker compose up -d
 EOF
 
+# Clean up temporary files
+rm -f /tmp/mailcow_vars /tmp/mailcow_config
+
 # Final security checks
 log_message "Performing final security checks..."
 su - dockeruser -c "cd /opt/mailcow-dockerized && docker compose ps"