diff --git a/vm/build.sh b/vm/build.sh
index 4ce9c7d6..1e9d1087 100755
--- a/vm/build.sh
+++ b/vm/build.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ if [ "$MIRROR" = "" ]; then
     MIRROR="--mirror http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/"
 fi
 
+if [ -e "$BASE/settings.sh" ]; then
+    . "$BASE/settings.sh"
+fi
+
 if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "you need to run $0 as root"
     exit 1
@@ -18,12 +22,18 @@ fi
 # make sure ubuntu-archive-keyring is installed
 test -e /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg || apt-get install ubuntu-archive-keyring
 
+vmdebootstrap=`vmdebootstrap --version`
+if [[ $vmdebootstrap == "1.4" ]]; then
+    EXTRA=--no-systemd-networkd
+fi
+
 vmdebootstrap \
     --image ${TARGET}.img \
     --size ${SIZE} \
     --sparse \
     --distribution=${RELEASE} \
     $MIRROR \
+    $EXTRA \
     --enable-dhcp \
     --no-serial-console \
     --no-kernel \
diff --git a/vm/prepare.sh b/vm/prepare.sh
index a25388de..bd5abef8 100755
--- a/vm/prepare.sh
+++ b/vm/prepare.sh
@@ -2,46 +2,57 @@
 set -e
 
 rootdir=$1
-base=$(dirname $0)
+BASE=$(dirname $0)
 RELEASE=trusty
 
+if [ -e "$BASE/settings.sh" ]; then
+    . "$BASE/settings.sh"
+fi
+
+SOURCE_LIST="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/base.list"
+if [ ! -e "$rootdir/$SOURCE_LIST" ]; then
+    SOURCE_LIST="/etc/apt/sources.list"
+fi
+
 cat > "$rootdir/root/pandora_install" << EOF
 #!/bin/bash
 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-sed -i "s/main/main restricted universe multiverse/g" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/base.list
+sed -i "s/main\$/main restricted universe multiverse/g" $SOURCE_LIST
 apt-get update
 apt-get -y --force-yes dist-upgrade
 
 EOF
-cat "$base/pandora_install.sh" >> "$rootdir/root/pandora_install"
+cat "$BASE/pandora_install.sh" >> "$rootdir/root/pandora_install"
 
 #reset install proxy settings
 cat >> "$rootdir/root/pandora_install" <<EOF
-cat > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/base.list <<EOS
+cat > $SOURCE_LIST <<EOS
 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $RELEASE main restricted universe multiverse
 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $RELEASE main restricted universe multiverse
 EOS
+
 apt-get -qq update
 sed -i \
     -e 's/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="silent"/g' \
     /etc/default/grub
 update-grub
+rm -f /etc/init/pandora_install.conf /pandora_install
+shutdown -h now
 EOF
 
 chmod +x "$rootdir/root/pandora_install"
 
-test -e "$rootdir/etc/rc.local" && mv "$rootdir/etc/rc.local" "$rootdir/etc/rc.local.orig"
-cat > "$rootdir/etc/rc.local" <<EOF
-#!/bin/sh -e
-
-#execute pandora_install
-if [ -e /root/pandora_install ]; then
-    /root/pandora_install 2>&1 | tee /root/pandora_install.log || true
-    mv /root/pandora_install /root/pandora_installed
-    shutdown -h now
-fi
-
-exit 0
+cat >> "$rootdir/pandora_install" <<EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+/root/pandora_install >/root/pandora_install.log 2>&1 &
+$INSTALL_EXTRA
 EOF
-chmod +x "$rootdir/etc/rc.local"
+chmod +x "$rootdir/pandora_install"
 
+cat > "$rootdir/etc/init/pandora_install.conf" << EOF
+description	"install pan.do/ra"
+start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE=eth0)
+stop on [!12345]
+task
+exec /pandora_install
+EOF