diff --git a/scripts/init.sh b/scripts/init.sh
index 22fcc03..7151ad4 100644
--- a/scripts/init.sh
+++ b/scripts/init.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ invoke-rc.d rsyslog restart
 cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.irixboot
 
 echo "Installing packages..."
-apt-get -qq -y install tftpd-hpa isc-dhcp-server rsh-server dnsmasq mksh parted xfsprogs rsync tcpdump
+apt-get update && apt-get -qq -y install tftpd-hpa isc-dhcp-server rsh-server dnsmasq mksh parted xfsprogs rsync tcpdump
 
 ### disable upstream nameserver (now that we don't need it anymore)
 sed -i 's/^nameserver/#nameserver/' /etc/resolv.conf
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ sed -i 's/^TFTP_DIRECTORY.*$/TFTP_DIRECTORY="\/irix"/' /etc/default/tftpd-hpa
 sed -i 's/^TFTP_OPTIONS.*$/TFTP_OPTIONS=\"--secure -vvvv\"/' /etc/default/tftpd-hpa
 
 echo "Creating 'guest' user..."
-if ! id -u guest >/dev/null 2>&1; then useradd -s /bin/ksh -d /irix guest; fi
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+if ! id -u guest >/dev/null 2>&1; then useradd -s /bin/ksh -d /irix guest; fi