diff --git a/api/main.go b/api/main.go
index 7f1e68a..22945dc 100644
--- a/api/main.go
+++ b/api/main.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func Execute(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
         "python", "python2", "python3",
         "r",
         "ruby",
+        "swift",
     }
 
     // check if the supplied language is supported
diff --git a/lxc/execute b/lxc/execute
index 722423f..8e06dfd 100755
--- a/lxc/execute
+++ b/lxc/execute
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ case "$lang" in
 "java")
     bin=java
     ;;
+"swift")
+    bin=swift
+    ;;
 *)
     echo "invalid language"
     exit
diff --git a/lxc/notes.txt b/lxc/notes.txt
index 685c40b..5124a35 100644
--- a/lxc/notes.txt
+++ b/lxc/notes.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ lxc-attach -n piston
 export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
 sed -i 's/http:\/\/archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu/http:\/\/mirror.math.princeton.edu\/pub\/ubuntu/' /etc/apt/sources.list
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install tzdata nano dpkg-dev build-essential python python3 ruby nodejs golang php7.2 r-base mono-complete nasm openjdk-8-jdk
+apt-get -y install ubuntu-make
+apt-get -y install git tzdata nano dpkg-dev build-essential python python3 ruby nodejs golang php7.2 r-base mono-complete nasm openjdk-8-jdk
+umake swift
+
 
 # create users and apply limits
 for i in {1..150}; do