diff --git a/arch.yaml b/arch.yaml
index 582a0d8..d1f525c 100644
--- a/arch.yaml
+++ b/arch.yaml
@@ -25,8 +25,15 @@ stages:
       - "linux-firmware"
       - "dracut"
 
+override:
+  - path: /var/lib/pacman/
+    keep: new
+
+  - path: /etc/pacman.conf
+    keep: new
+
 distro-config:
-  init-rootfs: |
+  before-stages: |
     set -e
 
     mkdir -m 0755 -p ./var/{cache/blendOS/pacman/pkg,lib/pacman,log} ./{dev,run,etc/pacman.d}
@@ -68,5 +75,13 @@ distro-config:
     ln -sfn usr/lib64 ./lib64
     ln -sfn usr/sbin ./sbin
 
-  can-update: |
+  after-stages: |
+    locale-gen
+    dracut --force --regenerate-all
+
+    cd /usr/lib/modules
+    kernels=(*)
+    cp "${kernels[0]}"/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz-"${kernels[0]}"
+
+  should-update: |
     [ "$(checkupdates | wc -l)" -gt 0 ]