diff --git a/packer/initramfs/labsync b/packer/initramfs/labsync
index d001a54..2f707d0 100755
--- a/packer/initramfs/labsync
+++ b/packer/initramfs/labsync
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ labsync_mount_root() {
 	vg_name="vglab"
 	if [ -z "$labsync_localboot" ]; then
 		labsync_info "Downloading torrent file from ${labsync_torrent}"
-		while ! aria2c -t 10 --follow-torrent=false --dir /tmp -o torrent "${labsync_torrent}"; do sleep 1; done
+		while ! wget -O /tmp/torrent "${labsync_torrent}"; do sleep 1; done
 		aria2c -S /tmp/torrent > /tmp/torrent_info
 		squashfs_file="$(sed -n '/idx|path\/length/,${s/\s*1|\(.*\)$/\1/p}' /tmp/torrent_info)"
 		image_size_bytes="$(sed -n 's/Total Length: .*(\([0-9,]*\)).*$/\1/p' /tmp/torrent_info | tr -d ',')"
diff --git a/packer/initramfs/labsync-prereqs b/packer/initramfs/labsync-prereqs
index 8345c6d..f02a0ee 100755
--- a/packer/initramfs/labsync-prereqs
+++ b/packer/initramfs/labsync-prereqs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ case $1 in
 		##
 		. /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions
 		rm -f "$DESTDIR/sbin/mke2fs"
+		mkdir -p "$DESTDIR/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu"
+		cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_dns* "$DESTDIR/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu"
 		copy_exec /sbin/e2fsck
 		copy_exec /sbin/mke2fs
 		copy_exec /sbin/sfdisk