diff --git a/alpine_init.sh b/alpine_init.sh
index d6f7cd8..d6d8280 100644
--- a/alpine_init.sh
+++ b/alpine_init.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ mv repositories /etc/apk/repositories
 # setting the mirror
 apk add curl
 curl -LO http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/MIRRORS.txt
-mirror=`grep $(head -n 1 /etc/apk/repositories) | sed -e "s/.*\/\///" | sed -e "s/\//\ /" | awk '{print $1}') MIRRORS.txt`
+repo_domain=`head -n 1 /etc/apk/repositories | sed -e "s/.*\/\///" | sed -e "s/\//\ /" | awk '{print $1}'`
+mirror=`grep $repo_domain MIRRORS.txt`
 rm MIRRORS.txt
 
 # setting the chroot dir
@@ -19,9 +20,10 @@ arch=$(uname -m)
 
 
 # set up apk
-version="edge"
+version="2.12.7-r0"
 curl -LO ${mirror}/latest-stable/main/${arch}/apk-tools-static-${version}.apk
 tar -xzf apk-tools-static-*.apk
+rm apk-tools-static-*.apk
 
 # install the alpine base installation onto the chroot
 ./sbin/apk.static -X ${mirror}/latest-stable/main -U --allow-untrusted -p ${chroot_dir} --initdb add alpine-base
@@ -35,8 +37,9 @@ mount -o bind /sys ${chroot_dir}/sys
 cp -L /etc/resolv.conf ${chroot_dir}/etc/
 
 # prepare the APK repositories
-branch=$version # change if you want a specific version
+branch="edge" # change if you want a specific version
 mkdir -p ${chroot_dir}/etc/apk
 echo "${mirror}/${branch}/main" > ${chroot_dir}/etc/apk/repositories
 
-chroot ${chroot_dir} chroot_init.sh
+cp chroot_init.sh ${chroot_dir}/chroot_init.sh
+chroot ${chroot_dir} sh
diff --git a/chroot_init.sh b/chroot_init.sh
index 948428f..01502f2 100644
--- a/chroot_init.sh
+++ b/chroot_init.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,3 @@ rc-update add syslog boot
 rc-update add mount-ro shutdown
 rc-update add killprocs shutdown
 rc-update add savecache shutdown
-
-# login shell
-sh -l