diff --git a/decode.blend b/decode.blend
index b91fafa..b76186a 100644
--- a/decode.blend
+++ b/decode.blend
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ rc-update add dam-client default
 
 ## misc
 sed -i -e 's/devuan/decode/' /etc/hosts
+echo decode /etc/hostname
 mkdir -p /var/lib/tor
 chown -R debian-tor:debian-tor /var/lib/tor
 rm -rf /var/lib/tor/hidden_service
diff --git a/rootfs-overlay/arm/etc/cron.hourly/decode-update b/rootfs-overlay/arm/etc/cron.hourly/decode-update
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ff83283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootfs-overlay/arm/etc/cron.hourly/decode-update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# stub for the squashfs update mechanism