diff --git a/deployment/create_lxc_base.sh b/deployment/create_lxc_base.sh
index 3738603..b28ee21 100755
--- a/deployment/create_lxc_base.sh
+++ b/deployment/create_lxc_base.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if lxc list --format csv -q | grep -q "$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME"; then
     fi
 else
     # the base image is ubuntu:22.04.
-    lxc init --profile="$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" --vm --project=default
+    lxc init -q --profile="$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" --vm --project=default
 
     # TODO move this sovereign-stack-base construction VM to separate dedicated IP
     lxc config set "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" --project=default
diff --git a/deployment/deploy_vm.sh b/deployment/deploy_vm.sh
index 17eeb7f..5b4a524 100755
--- a/deployment/deploy_vm.sh
+++ b/deployment/deploy_vm.sh
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ if ! lxc list --format csv | grep -q "$LXD_VM_NAME"; then
     bash -c "./stub_lxc_profile.sh --vm=$VIRTUAL_MACHINE --lxd-hostname=$LXD_VM_NAME --ss-volume-name=$SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME --backup-volume-name=$BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME"
 
     # now let's create a new VM to work with.
-    #lxc init --profile="$LXD_VM_NAME" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "$LXD_VM_NAME" --vm
-    lxc init "$DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" "$LXD_VM_NAME" --vm --profile="$LXD_VM_NAME"
+    #lxc init -q --profile="$LXD_VM_NAME" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "$LXD_VM_NAME" --vm
+    lxc init -q "$DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" "$LXD_VM_NAME" --vm --profile="$LXD_VM_NAME"
 
     # let's PIN the HW address for now so we don't exhaust IP
     # and so we can set DNS internally.
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 9543daf..7f1a796 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ if ! lxc list --format csv | grep -q ss-mgmt; then
     # TODO check to see if there's an existing ss-mgmt image to spawn from, otherwise do this.
     if lxc image list | grep -q ss-mgmt; then
         FROM_BUILT_IMAGE=true
-        lxc init ss-mgmt ss-mgmt --vm -c limits.cpu=4 -c limits.memory=4GiB --profile=default
+        lxc init -q ss-mgmt ss-mgmt --vm -c limits.cpu=4 -c limits.memory=4GiB --profile=default
     else
-        lxc init "images:$BASE_LXC_IMAGE" ss-mgmt --vm -c limits.cpu=4 -c limits.memory=4GiB --profile=default
+        lxc init -q "images:$BASE_LXC_IMAGE" ss-mgmt --vm -c limits.cpu=4 -c limits.memory=4GiB --profile=default
     fi
 
 fi