diff --git a/defaults.sh b/defaults.sh
index f6ddc3a..032e05a 100755
--- a/defaults.sh
+++ b/defaults.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export PROJECTS_DIR="$HOME/ss-projects"
 export SITES_PATH="$HOME/ss-sites"
 
 # The base VM image.
-export LXD_UBUNTU_BASE_VERSION="22.04"
+export LXD_UBUNTU_BASE_VERSION="jammy"
 export BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME="ss-base-${LXD_UBUNTU_BASE_VERSION//./-}"
 export BASE_LXC_IMAGE="ubuntu/$LXD_UBUNTU_BASE_VERSION/cloud"
 export UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME="ss-ubuntu-${LXD_UBUNTU_BASE_VERSION//./-}"
diff --git a/deployment/cluster.sh b/deployment/cluster.sh
index 8edf5b1..5494dd4 100755
--- a/deployment/cluster.sh
+++ b/deployment/cluster.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ if ! lxc remote list | grep -q "$CLUSTER_NAME"; then
         esac
     done
 
+    # first let's copy our ssh pubkey to the remote server so we don't have to login constantly.
+    ssh-copy-id -i "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" "ubuntu@$FQDN"
+
     if [ -z "$DATA_PLANE_MACVLAN_INTERFACE" ]; then
         echo "INFO: It looks like you didn't provide input on the command line for the data plane macvlan interface."
         echo "      We need to know which interface that is! Enter it here now."
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y && sudo apt install htop dnsutils
 
 # install lxd as a snap if it's not installed.
 if ! snap list | grep -q lxd; then
-    sudo snap install lxd
+    sudo snap install lxd --channel=5.10/stable
     sleep 10
 fi
 "
diff --git a/deployment/create_lxc_base.sh b/deployment/create_lxc_base.sh
index 1e773d6..848477a 100755
--- a/deployment/create_lxc_base.sh
+++ b/deployment/create_lxc_base.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fi
 # If the lxc VM does exist, then we will delete it (so we can start fresh) 
 if lxc list -q --format csv | grep -q "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"; then
     # if there's no snapshot, we dispense with the old image and try again.
-    if ! lxc info "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" | grep -q "ss-docker-$(date +%Y-%m)"; then
+    if ! lxc info "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" | grep -q "ss-docker-$LXD_UBUNTU_BASE_VERSION"; then
         lxc delete "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" --force
         ssh-keygen -f "$SSH_HOME/known_hosts" -R "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
     fi
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ else
 
     lxc start "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
 
-    sleep 70
+    sleep 30
 
     # ensure the ssh service is listening at localhost
     lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- wait-for-it 127.0.0.1:22 -t 120
 
+
     # stop the VM and get a snapshot.
     lxc stop "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
-    lxc snapshot "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "ss-docker-$(date +%Y-%m)"
+    lxc snapshot "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "ss-docker-$LXD_UBUNTU_BASE_VERSION"
 fi
diff --git a/deployment/deploy_vms.sh b/deployment/deploy_vms.sh
index 4bd6be1..e881186 100755
--- a/deployment/deploy_vms.sh
+++ b/deployment/deploy_vms.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if ! lxc list --format csv | grep -q "$LXD_VM_NAME"; then
 
     ./stub_lxc_profile.sh "$LXD_VM_NAME"
 
-    lxc copy --profile="$LXD_VM_NAME" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"/"ss-docker-$(date +%Y-%m)" "$LXD_VM_NAME"
+    lxc copy --profile="$LXD_VM_NAME" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"/"ss-docker-$LXD_UBUNTU_BASE_VERSION" "$LXD_VM_NAME"
 
     # now let's create a new VM to work with.
     #@lxc init --profile="$LXD_VM_NAME" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "$LXD_VM_NAME" --vm
diff --git a/deployment/stub_lxc_profile.sh b/deployment/stub_lxc_profile.sh
index 2d554c8..66460f2 100755
--- a/deployment/stub_lxc_profile.sh
+++ b/deployment/stub_lxc_profile.sh
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ if [ "$LXD_HOSTNAME" = "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" ]; then
     preserve_hostname: false
     fqdn: ${BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME}
 
-    apt:
-      sources:
-        docker.list:
-          source: "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu jammy stable"
-          keyid: 9DC858229FC7DD38854AE2D88D81803C0EBFCD88
-
     packages:
       - curl
       - ssh-askpass
@@ -76,10 +70,6 @@ if [ "$LXD_HOSTNAME" = "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" ]; then
       - wait-for-it
       - dnsutils
       - wget
-      - docker-ce
-      - docker-ce-cli
-      - containerd.io
-      - docker-compose-plugin
 
     groups:
       - docker
@@ -104,18 +94,33 @@ if [ "$LXD_HOSTNAME" = "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" ]; then
               UsePAM no
               LogLevel INFO
 
-      - path: /etc/docker/daemon.json
-        content: |
-              {
-                "registry-mirrors": ["${REGISTRY_URL}"]
-              }
-
     runcmd:
+      - sudo mkdir -m 0755 -p /etc/apt/keyrings
+      - curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+      - echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
+      - sudo apt-get update
+      - sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
       - sudo apt-get install -y openssh-server
 
 EOF
-#,
-#"labels": [ "githead=${LATEST_GIT_COMMIT}" ]
+
+
+    # apt:
+    #   sources:
+    #     docker.list:
+    #       source: "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu ${LXD_UBUNTU_BASE_VERSION} stable"
+    #       keyid: 9DC858229FC7DD38854AE2D88D81803C0EBFCD88
+
+    #   - path: /etc/docker/daemon.json
+    #     content: |
+    #           {
+    #             "registry-mirrors": ["${REGISTRY_URL}"],
+    #             "labels": [ "githead=${LATEST_GIT_COMMIT}" ]
+    #           }
+
+
+#      - sudo apt-get update
+      #- sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
 
 else 
     # all other machines.
diff --git a/deployment/www/deploy_clams.sh b/deployment/www/deploy_clams.sh
index 54c7ab1..99e6b50 100755
--- a/deployment/www/deploy_clams.sh
+++ b/deployment/www/deploy_clams.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ if [ "$DEPLOY_BTCPAY_SERVER" = true ]; then
         git clone "$CLAMS_GIT_REPO" "$LOCAL_CLAMS_REPO_PATH"
     else
         cd "$LOCAL_CLAMS_REPO_PATH"
+        #git config pull.ff only
         git pull
         cd -
     fi
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index d2bce62..e3e043f 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fi
 
 # install snap
 if ! snap list | grep -q lxd; then
-    sudo snap install lxd --channel=5.11/candidate
+    sudo snap install lxd --channel=5.10/stable
     sleep 3
 
     # run lxd init on the remote server./dev/nvme1n1
diff --git a/management/provision.sh b/management/provision.sh
index 061ee42..070de0d 100755
--- a/management/provision.sh
+++ b/management/provision.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ sleep 1
 
 # install snap
 if ! snap list | grep -q lxd; then
-    sudo snap install lxd
+    sudo snap install lxd --channel=5.10/stable
     sleep 6
 
     # We just do an auto initialization. All we are using is the LXD client inside the management environment.