diff --git a/vm/build.sh b/vm/build.sh
index 6702a96a..860f26f1 100755
--- a/vm/build.sh
+++ b/vm/build.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ sudo  vmbuilder vbox ubuntu --suite=precise \
     --addpkg subversion \
     --addpkg mercurial \
     --addpkg avahi-daemon \
+    --addpkg update-manager-core \
+    --addpkg python-software-properties \
     --addpkg python-setuptools \
     --addpkg python-pip \
     --addpkg python-virtualenv \
diff --git a/vm/firstboot.sh b/vm/firstboot.sh
index 1de8e862..f39c9eda 100755
--- a/vm/firstboot.sh
+++ b/vm/firstboot.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #fails in bootstrap
 apt-get -y install ipython ntp
 
+add-apt-repository ppa:j/pandora
+
 #ffmpeg installed as apt package
 #wget http://firefogg.org/nightly/ffmpeg.linux -O /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
 #chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg