diff --git a/image/build-image.sh b/image/build-image.sh
index 4663fb8..1504d7d 100755
--- a/image/build-image.sh
+++ b/image/build-image.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ alpine-make-vm-image \
 	--fs-skel-dir    "$OVERLAY_DIR" \
 	--fs-skel-chown  root:root \
 	--script-chroot \
-	--packages       "git curl docker cronie dhclient" \
+	--packages       "git curl docker cronie dhcpcd" \
 	"$IMAGE_FILE" \
 	"$CONFIGURE_SH" | tee $TMP
 
diff --git a/image/configure.sh b/image/configure.sh
index 44a5305..38b4dc5 100755
--- a/image/configure.sh
+++ b/image/configure.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ rc-update add acpid default
 rc-update add docker default
 rc-update add cronie default
 
+step 'Adjust syslog'
+sed -i 's/^SYSLOGD_OPTS="\(.*\)"/SYSLOGD_OPTS="\1 -K"/' /etc/conf.d/syslog
+grep "SYSLOGD_OPTS" /etc/conf.d/syslog
+
 step 'Clean up APK cache and documents'
 rm -rf /var/cache/apk/* || true
 
diff --git a/image/overlay/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf b/image/overlay/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index d30dfb4..0000000
--- a/image/overlay/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-interface "eth0" {
-    supersede routers GATEWAY_ADDRESS;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/image/overlay/etc/network/interfaces b/image/overlay/etc/network/interfaces
index de21e34..c4da640 100644
--- a/image/overlay/etc/network/interfaces
+++ b/image/overlay/etc/network/interfaces
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@ iface lo inet loopback
 
 auto eth0
 iface eth0 inet manual
-    post-up dhclient -v eth0
-    pre-down dhclient -x eth0
\ No newline at end of file
+	 pre-up ip link set dev eth0 up
+    up dhcpcd --nobackground --static routers=GATEWAY_ADDRESS eth0
+   
+    down dhcpcd --release eth0
+    post-down ip link set dev eth0 down
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index c0721e5..9c3d8bd 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ set -euo pipefail
   --cmdline "modules=ext4 root=/dev/vda rootfstype=ext4 rw console=hvc0" \
   --cpus boot=${CPU_COUNT:-4} \
   --memory size=${MEMORY:-4G},shared=on \
-  --net "tap=,mac=,ip=,mask="
+  --net "tap=,ip=,mac=,mask="
   $@
diff --git a/vm.Dockerfile b/vm.Dockerfile
index 1bb2504..f0cc570 100644
--- a/vm.Dockerfile
+++ b/vm.Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RUN apk update && apk add alpine-make-vm-image
 COPY ./image /kitchen
 RUN sed -i "s#_REPO_#$CLOUD_CONFIG_REPO#g" /kitchen/overlay/daemon/update-keys.sh && \
     sed -i "s#_REVISION_#$CLOUD_CONFIG_REVISION#g" /kitchen/overlay/daemon/update-keys.sh && \
-    sed -i "s#GATEWAY_ADDRESS#$CLOUD_GATEWAY_ADDRESS#g" /kitchen/overlay/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
+    sed -i "s#GATEWAY_ADDRESS#$CLOUD_GATEWAY_ADDRESS#g" /kitchen/overlay/etc/network/interfaces
 COPY --from=bubble-builder /build/daemon /bin/bubble
 COPY --from=bubble-builder /build/auth_server /bin/auth-server
 RUN --security=insecure \