diff --git a/dns_scripts/dns_add_joker b/dns_scripts/dns_add_joker
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c345a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dns_scripts/dns_add_joker
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+FULLDOMAIN=$1
+TOKEN=$2
+TMPFILE=$(mktemp /tmp/dns_add_joker.XXXXXXX)
+
+USERNAME="youruser"
+PASSWORD="yourpassword"
+
+# Verify that required parameters are set
+if [[ -z "${FULLDOMAIN}" ]]; then
+  echo "DNS script requires full domain name as first parameter"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "${TOKEN}" ]]; then
+  echo "DNS script requires challenge token as second parameter"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+DOMAIN_ROOT=$(echo "${FULLDOMAIN}" | awk -F\. '{print $(NF-1) FS $NF}')
+
+SID=$(curl --silent -X POST https://dmapi.joker.com/request/login \
+	-H "Accept: application/json" -H "User-Agent: getssl/0.1" \
+	-H "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -d "username=${USERNAME}&password=${PASSWORD}" \
+	-i -k 2>/dev/null | grep Auth-Sid | awk '{ print $2 }')
+
+## put zone data in tempfile
+curl --silent -X POST https://dmapi.joker.com/request/dns-zone-get \
+	-H "Accept: application/json" -H "User-Agent: getssl/0.1" \
+	-H "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -d "domain=${DOMAIN_ROOT}&auth-sid=${SID}" | \
+	tail -n +7 >${TMPFILE}
+
+## add txt record
+printf "_acme-challenge.%s. TXT 0  \"%s \" 300\n\n" "${FULLDOMAIN}" "${TOKEN}" >>${TMPFILE}
+
+## generate encoded url data
+URLDATA=$(cat ${TMPFILE} | sed 's/ /%20/g' | sed 's/"/%22/g' | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/%0A/g')
+
+## write new zonefile to joker
+curl --silent --output /dev/null "https://dmapi.joker.com/request/dns-zone-put?domain=${DOMAIN_ROOT}&zone=${URLDATA}&auth-sid=${SID}" 2>&1
+
+## remove tempfile
+rm -f ${TMPFILE}
diff --git a/dns_scripts/dns_add_nsupdate b/dns_scripts/dns_add_nsupdate
index 891614e..14896d8 100755
--- a/dns_scripts/dns_add_nsupdate
+++ b/dns_scripts/dns_add_nsupdate
@@ -3,8 +3,15 @@
 # example of script to add token to local dns using nsupdate
 
 dnskeyfile="path/to/bla.key"
-
+server="localhost"
 fulldomain="$1"
 token="$2"
 
-printf "update add _acme-challenge.%s. 300 in TXT \"%s\"\n\n" "${fulldomain}" "${token}" | nsupdate -k "${dnskeyfile}" -v
+updatefile=$(mktemp)
+
+printf "server ${server}\n" > "${updatefile}"
+printf "update add _acme-challenge.%s. 300 in TXT \"%s\"\n\n" "${fulldomain}" "${token}" >> "${updatefile}"
+
+nsupdate -k "${dnskeyfile}" -v "${updatefile}"
+
+rm -f "${updatefile}"
diff --git a/dns_scripts/dns_del_joker b/dns_scripts/dns_del_joker
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1869c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dns_scripts/dns_del_joker
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+FULLDOMAIN=$1
+TOKEN=$2
+TMPFILE=$(mktemp /tmp/dns_add_joker.XXXXXXX)
+
+USERNAME="youruser"
+PASSWORD="yourpassword"
+
+# Verify that required parameters are set
+if [[ -z "${FULLDOMAIN}" ]]; then
+  echo "DNS script requires full domain name as first parameter"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "${TOKEN}" ]]; then
+  echo "DNS script requires challenge token as second parameter"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+DOMAIN_ROOT=$(echo "${FULLDOMAIN}" | awk -F\. '{print $(NF-1) FS $NF}')
+
+SID=$(curl --silent -X POST https://dmapi.joker.com/request/login \
+	-H "Accept: application/json" -H "User-Agent: getssl/0.1" \
+	-H "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -d "username=${USERNAME}&password=${PASSWORD}" \
+	-i -k 2>/dev/null | grep Auth-Sid | awk '{ print $2 }')
+
+## put zone data in tempfile
+curl --silent -X POST https://dmapi.joker.com/request/dns-zone-get \
+	-H "Accept: application/json" -H "User-Agent: getssl/0.1" \
+	-H "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -d "domain=${DOMAIN_ROOT}&auth-sid=${SID}" | \
+	tail -n +7 >${TMPFILE}
+
+## remove txt record
+sed -i "/_acme-challenge.${FULLDOMAIN}.*${TOKEN}.*/d" ${TMPFILE}
+
+## generate encoded url data
+URLDATA=$(cat ${TMPFILE} | sed 's/ /%20/g' | sed 's/"/%22/g' | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/%0A/g')
+
+## write new zonefile to joker
+curl --silent --output /dev/null "https://dmapi.joker.com/request/dns-zone-put?domain=${DOMAIN_ROOT}&zone=${URLDATA}&auth-sid=${SID}" 2>&1
+
+## remove tempfile
+rm -f ${TMPFILE}
diff --git a/dns_scripts/dns_del_nsupdate b/dns_scripts/dns_del_nsupdate
index 808b21c..be41a7b 100755
--- a/dns_scripts/dns_del_nsupdate
+++ b/dns_scripts/dns_del_nsupdate
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@
 # example of script to add token to local dns using nsupdate
 
 dnskeyfile="path/to/bla.key"
+server="localhost"
+
 fulldomain="$1"
 token="$2"
 
-printf "update delete _acme-challenge.%s. 300 in TXT \"%s\"\n\n" "${fulldomain}" "${token}" | nsupdate -k "${dnskeyfile}" -v
+updatefile=$(mktemp)
+
+printf "server ${server}\n" > "${updatefile}"
+printf "update delete _acme-challenge.%s. 300 in TXT \"%s\"\n\n" "${fulldomain}" "${token}" >> "${updatefile}"
+
+nsupdate -k "${dnskeyfile}" -v "${updatefile}"
+
+rm -f "${updatefile}"