diff --git a/dev/Vagrantfile b/dev/Vagrantfile
index 7ed0c604ac..55efb9eedb 100644
--- a/dev/Vagrantfile
+++ b/dev/Vagrantfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
 
   # Every Vagrant development environment requires a box. You can search for
   # boxes at https://atlas.hashicorp.com/search.
-  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/xenial64"
+  config.vm.box = $vm_image
 
   # Disable automatic box update checking. If you disable this, then
   # boxes will only be checked for updates when the user runs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   # backing providers for Vagrant. These expose provider-specific options.
   config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
     # Display the VirtualBox GUI when booting the machine
-    vb.gui = true
+    vb.gui = false
 
     # Customize the amount of memory on the VM:
     vb.memory = $ram
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     vb.cpus = $vcpu_cores
 
     # Set the size of the VM's root disk:
-    unless File.exist?('.vagrant/machines/default/virtualbox/openstack-helm-storage.vdi')
-      vb.customize ['createhd', '--filename', '.vagrant/machines/default/virtualbox/openstack-helm-storage', '--size', $docker_disk]
+    unless File.exist?('.vagrant/machines/default/openstack-helm-storage.vdi')
+      vb.customize ['createhd', '--filename', '.vagrant/machines/default/openstack-helm-storage', '--size', $docker_disk]
     end
-    vb.customize ['storageattach', :id, '--storagectl', 'SCSI', '--port', 2, '--device', 0, '--type', 'hdd', '--medium', '.vagrant/machines/default/virtualbox/openstack-helm-storage.vdi']
+    vb.customize ['storageattach', :id, '--storagectl', 'SCSI', '--port', 2, '--device', 0, '--type', 'hdd', '--medium', '.vagrant/machines/default/openstack-helm-storage.vdi']
 
   end
 
diff --git a/dev/config.rb b/dev/config.rb
index 3547aca7b8..6311f1a0ab 100644
--- a/dev/config.rb
+++ b/dev/config.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # VM Specs
+$vm_image            = "ubuntu/xenial64"
 $docker_disk         = 20480
 $vcpu_cores          = 4
 $ram                 = 8192