diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0bd63e9..c9f9646 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Instructions
 
 [VirtualBox]: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
 [VMware player]: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/playerpro-evaluation.html
-[image]: https://github.com/kmARC/openstack-training-virtual-environment/releases/download/v2017.01.1/upstream-training-v2017.01.1.ova
+[image]: https://github.com/kmARC/openstack-training-virtual-environment/releases/download/next/upstream-training-alpha.ova
 [releases]: https://github.com/kmARC/openstack-training-virtual-environment/releases
 [ova-import-help]: README-virtualbox-import.md
 
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 4fb2c0d..392e5df 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
         vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--natnet1", "192.168.10/24"]
         # Xenial COM1 port logging
         vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--uartmode1", "disconnected"]
+        # Set disks as SSD (fixes OSX Virtualbox Ubuntu boot problems)
+        vb.customize ["storageattach", :id, "--storagectl", "SCSI", 
+                                            "--port", "0", 
+                                            "--nonrotational", "on"]
+        vb.customize ["storageattach", :id, "--storagectl", "SCSI", 
+                                            "--port", "1", 
+                                            "--nonrotational", "on"]
     end
     config.vm.provision :shell, inline: "/vagrant/install-base.sh",
         privileged: false, keep_color: true