diff --git a/stub_lxc_profile.sh b/stub_lxc_profile.sh
index 3eb077c..0101adf 100755
--- a/stub_lxc_profile.sh
+++ b/stub_lxc_profile.sh
@@ -145,43 +145,11 @@ EOF
       - sudo apt-get update
       - sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
       - sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y openssh-server
-      - sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu /home/ubuntu/
+
 
 EOF
 
 
-    # write_files:
-    #   - path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
-    #     content: |
-    #           Port 22
-    #           ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
-    #           Protocol 2
-    #           ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
-    #           PasswordAuthentication no
-    #           UsePAM no
-    #           LogLevel INFO
-
-
-    #   - path: /etc/docker/daemon.json
-    #     content: |
-    #           {
-    #             "registry-mirrors": "${REGISTRY_URL}",
-    #             "labels": "githead=${LATEST_GIT_COMMIT}"
-    #           }
-                #"labels": [githead="${LATEST_GIT_COMMIT}"]
-
-    # apt:
-    #   sources:
-    #     docker.list:
-    #       source: "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu ${LXD_UBUNTU_BASE_VERSION} stable"
-    #       keyid: 9DC858229FC7DD38854AE2D88D81803C0EBFCD88
-
-
-
-
-#      - sudo apt-get update
-      #- sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
-
 else 
     # all other machines that are not the base image
     cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
@@ -265,9 +233,19 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 # let's create a profile for the BCM TYPE-1 VMs. This is per VM.
-if ! lxc profile list --format csv | grep -q "$LXD_HOSTNAME"; then
-    lxc profile create "$LXD_HOSTNAME"
+if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = base ]; then
+    if ! lxc profile list --format csv --project default | grep -q "$LXD_HOSTNAME"; then
+        lxc profile create "$LXD_HOSTNAME" --project default
+    fi
+
+    # configure the profile with our generated cloud-init.yml file.
+    cat "$YAML_PATH" | lxc profile edit "$LXD_HOSTNAME" --project default
+else
+    if ! lxc profile list --format csv | grep -q "$LXD_HOSTNAME"; then
+        lxc profile create "$LXD_HOSTNAME"
+    fi
+
+    # configure the profile with our generated cloud-init.yml file.
+    cat "$YAML_PATH" | lxc profile edit "$LXD_HOSTNAME"
 fi
 
-# configure the profile with our generated cloud-init.yml file.
-cat "$YAML_PATH" | lxc profile edit "$LXD_HOSTNAME"