diff --git a/vm/build.sh b/vm/build.sh
index ea34870fd..8699fe457 100755
--- a/vm/build.sh
+++ b/vm/build.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ sudo  vmbuilder vbox ubuntu --suite=oneiric \
     --dest $base/pandora \
     --hostname pandora \
     --swapsize 512 \
-    --rootsize 65536 \
+    --rootsize 1048576 \
     --user pandora \
     --pass pandora \
     --components main,universe,multiverse \
diff --git a/vm/firstboot.sh b/vm/firstboot.sh
index 515012940..c92d7573d 100755
--- a/vm/firstboot.sh
+++ b/vm/firstboot.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ DATABASES = {
     }
 }
 
-DATA_SERVICE='http://data.0xdb.org/api/'
+DEBUG = False
+
+DATA_SERVICE = ""
+SITE_CONFIG = '/srv/pandora/pandora/pandora.jsonc'
 
 BROKER_PASSWORD = "$RABBITPWD"
 
@@ -39,8 +42,9 @@ XACCELREDIRECT = True
 EOF
 
 cd /srv/pandora/pandora
-sudo -u pandora python manage.py syncdb --noinput 
-echo "UPDATE django_site SET domain = 'pandora.local', name = 'pandora.local' WHERE 1=1;" | sudo -u pandora python manage.py dbshell
+sudo -u pandora python manage.py syncdb --noinput
+HOST=$(hostname -s)
+echo "UPDATE django_site SET domain = '$HOST.local', name = '$HOST.local' WHERE 1=1;" | sudo -u pandora python manage.py dbshell
 
 
 mkdir /srv/pandora/data