diff --git a/functions-common b/functions-common
index f50ff56c7d..dea5aa93a8 100644
--- a/functions-common
+++ b/functions-common
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ function write_clouds_yaml {
         --os-password $ADMIN_PASSWORD \
         --os-system-scope all
 
+    cat >> $CLOUDS_YAML <<EOF
+functional:
+  image_name: $DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME
+EOF
+
     # CLean up any old clouds.yaml files we had laying around
     rm -f $(eval echo ~"$STACK_USER")/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml
 }
diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index b189e206e1..f898e8e229 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ esac
 #IMAGE_URLS="http://smoser.brickies.net/ubuntu/ttylinux-uec/ttylinux-uec-amd64-11.2_2.6.35-15_1.tar.gz" # old ttylinux-uec image
 #IMAGE_URLS="http://download.cirros-cloud.net/${CIRROS_VERSION}/cirros-${CIRROS_VERSION}-${CIRROS_ARCH}-disk.img" # cirros full disk image
 
-CIRROS_VERSION=${CIRROS_VERSION:-"0.4.0"}
+CIRROS_VERSION=${CIRROS_VERSION:-"0.5.1"}
 CIRROS_ARCH=${CIRROS_ARCH:-"x86_64"}
 
 # Set default image based on ``VIRT_DRIVER`` and ``LIBVIRT_TYPE``, either of