diff --git a/etc/nginx/pandora b/etc/nginx/pandora
index 485f37072..efc99a3af 100644
--- a/etc/nginx/pandora
+++ b/etc/nginx/pandora
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ server {
             proxy_read_timeout 90;    #should be in sync with gunicorn timeout
             proxy_connect_timeout 90; #should be in sync with gunicorn timeout
             if (!-f $request_filename) {
-                proxy_pass http:/127.0.0.1:2620;
+                proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2620;
                 break;
             }
             client_max_body_size 32m;
diff --git a/vm/firstboot.sh b/vm/firstboot.sh
index 5a347be96..ca4aa9633 100755
--- a/vm/firstboot.sh
+++ b/vm/firstboot.sh
@@ -40,16 +40,19 @@ TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
 JSON_DEBUG = False
 EOF
 
+MANAGE="sudo -H -u pandora python manage.py"
+
 cd /srv/pandora/pandora
-sudo -u pandora python manage.py syncdb --noinput
-sudo -u pandora python manage.py sqlfindindex | sudo -u pandora python manage.py dbshell
-echo "UPDATE django_site SET domain = '$HOST.local', name = '$HOST.local' WHERE 1=1;" | sudo -u pandora python manage.py dbshell
+$MANAGE syncdb --noinput
+$MANAGE migrate
 echo "DB_GIN_TRGM = True" >> /srv/pandora/pandora/local_settings.py
+$MANAGE sqlfindindex
+echo "UPDATE django_site SET domain = '$HOST.local', name = '$HOST.local' WHERE 1=1;" | $MANAGE dbshell
 
 mkdir /srv/pandora/data
 chown -R pandora:pandora /srv/pandora
-sudo -u pandora python manage.py update_static
-sudo -u pandora python manage.py collectstatic -l --noinput
+$MANAGE update_static
+$MANAGE collectstatic -l --noinput
 
 cp /srv/pandora/etc/init/* /etc/init/