diff --git a/hooks/rabbitmq-relations b/hooks/rabbitmq-relations
index b3b7ebeb..4fd22950 100755
--- a/hooks/rabbitmq-relations
+++ b/hooks/rabbitmq-relations
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ function install_hook() {
   fi
 
   [[ ! `which pwgen` ]] && apt-get -y install pwgen
-  apt-get -y install rabbitmq-server
+
+  DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -qqy \
+    install --no-install-recommends rabbitmq-server
   rc=$?
   ensemble-log "rabbitmq: Installation complete. $rc"
+  service rabbitmq-server stop
 }
 
 function amqp_changed() {
diff --git a/metadata.yaml b/metadata.yaml
index a5e30fe7..43de3c94 100644
--- a/metadata.yaml
+++ b/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ensemble: formula
 name: rabbitmq
-revision: 24
+revision: 27
 summary:  "An AMQP server written in Erlang"
 description: |
  RabbitMQ is an implementation of AMQP, the emerging standard for high