diff --git a/scripts/create.sh b/scripts/create.sh
index fd0d802..187fe9e 100644
--- a/scripts/create.sh
+++ b/scripts/create.sh
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ echo ""
 
 read -p "Is this correct (y/n)? " v;if [ "$v" != "y" ];then "Exiting, restart to reenter info"; exit;fi
 
-if [ -n $subnet ]; then dhcp_opts=" -s $subnet";fi
+dhcp_opts=" -m $mac"
+if [ -n $subnet ]; then dhcp_opts+=" -s $subnet";fi
 if [ -n $ip ]; then dhcp_opts+=" -i $ip";fi
-dhcp_opts+=" -m $mac"
 
 lname=`echo $name | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
 
@@ -81,10 +81,11 @@ if [[ "$deflate" == "y" ]]; then deflate="--memballoon model=virtio,autodeflate=
 
 case "$variant" in
   "archlinux")
-        # create cloud-init - replace by grabbing these directly from git
-        mkdir -p /tmp/cloud-init
+    # create cloud-init - replace by grabbing these directly from git
+    mkdir -p /tmp/cloud-init
 
-echo "#cloud-config
+    echo "#cloud-config
+users:
   - name: root
     ssh_authorized_keys:
       - ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILG56T1k766Cru14kyXI8WXSJwlO2sVhmH6JeRWy+mfe root@host.actcur.com" > /tmp/cloud-init/user-data
@@ -102,14 +103,14 @@ echo "#cloud-config
     done
     echo "server up, waiting for ssh"
 
-    sleep 30
+    sleep 60
 
     sed "s/REPLACE_HOSTNAME/${lname}.actcur.com/g" ../base_files/user_configuration.json > /tmp/user_configuration.json
     rs=$((root_disk*1024-206))
     sed -i "s/REPLACE_SIZE/${rs}/g" /tmp/user_configuration.json
 
     ssh-keygen -R ${lname}.actcur.com
-    ssh-keyscan ${lname}.actcur.com | grep -v "#" | grep "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+    ssh-keyscan ${lname}.actcur.com | grep -v "#" | grep "ssh-ed25519 " >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 
     scp -i $ssh_key_dir/id_arch_builder /tmp/user_configuration.json ${lname}.actcur.com:/tmp/user_configuration.json
     ssh -i $ssh_key_dir/id_arch_builder ${lname}.actcur.com "systemctl mask reflector.service; echo 'Server = https://pkg.actcur.com/repo/archlinux/\$repo/os/\$arch' > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ echo "server up, waiting for ssh"
 sleep 30
 
 ssh-keygen -R ${lname}.actcur.com
-ssh-keyscan ${lname}.actcur.com | grep -v "#" | grep "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+ssh-keyscan ${lname}.actcur.com | grep -v "#" | grep "ssh-ed25519 " >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 
 # install some dependencies
 case "$variant" in