diff --git a/misp.json b/misp.json
index 8da4ba1..cc69b4f 100644
--- a/misp.json
+++ b/misp.json
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 
         "disk_size": "{{user `disk_size`}}",
 
-        "iso_url": "http://releases.ubuntu.com/17.10/ubuntu-17.10-server-amd64.iso",
-        "iso_checksum": "af913c00296eb0cfece99b8a02ae6db035ae173ed240241e780c8d7db96914b1",
+        "iso_url": "http://releases.ubuntu.com/17.10/ubuntu-17.10.1-server-amd64.iso",
+        "iso_checksum": "8ff73f1b622276758475c3bd5190b382774626de5a82c50930519381f6c3a3f8",
         "iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
 
         "http_directory" : "preseeds",
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index 6fef29f..e92b154 100644
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ sudo apt-get install -y postfix > /dev/null 2>&1
 echo "--- Installing MariaDB specific packages and settings ---"
 sudo apt-get install -y mariadb-client mariadb-server > /dev/null 2>&1
 # Secure the MariaDB installation (especially by setting a strong root password)
-sleep 7 # give some time to the DB to launch…
+sleep 10 # give some time to the DB to launch...
+sudo systemctl restart mariadb.service
+sleep 10
 sudo apt-get install -y expect > /dev/null 2>&1
 ## do we need to spawn mysql_secure_install with sudo in future?
 expect -f - <<-EOF