diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cdcd21d..e0b7ebe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,54 +3,13 @@ This repo helps quickly set up a vm development environment for cs club's
 mirrors using ansible.
 
 There are three options for getting the mirror dev vm running:
-- qemu
-- libvirt
-- manual
+- qemu (automated install)
+- libvirt (manual install)
 
 Follow the relevant instructions below.
 
 ## VM Installation Option 1 (qmeu)
-
-Install the following:
-- ansible
-- qemu
-- genisoimage
-- ovmf (find the location of OVMF\_CODE.fd, it is system dependent)
-
-Before doing anything else, edit the config files in `group_vars/` to your
-system's needs. For qemu installation specifically, you need to provide the
-location of your `OVMF_CODE.fd` file.
-
-To begin the setup process, in this repo's root, run:
-```
-$ ansible-playbook -K qemu/main.yml
-```
-
-Due to the way the ubuntu autoinstall is designed, user confirmation is
-required to start the autoinstallation process. To view the vm, you also need a
-vnc viewer. [TigerVNC](https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc) is a good choice.
-
-Simply run
-```
-$ vncviewer :5900
-```
-
-Enter `yes` when prompted with
-this line:
-```
-Continue with autoinstall (yes|no)
-```
-
-Once the installation is complete, you can run the vm using:
-```
-$ ansible-playbook qemu/run.yml
-```
-
-The default login user has
-```
-username: ubuntu
-password: ubuntu
-```
+Follow instructions in the README.md of the qemu directory
 
 ## VM Install Option 2 (libvirt)
 Follow the instructions in `libvirt/README.md`
diff --git a/hosts b/hosts
index 6562eac..75678e8 100644
--- a/hosts
+++ b/hosts
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
-# I will move this to the hosts.yml soon
+[local]
+127.0.0.1
+
+[local:vars]
+ansible_connection=local
 
 [vm]
-192.168.123.2 host=mirror ansible_connection=ssh  ansible_port=22 ansible_user=ubuntu ansible_password=ubuntu ansible_become_user=root ansible_become_password=ubuntu
+ubuntu@localhost
+
+[vm:vars]
+host=mirror
+
+ansible_connection=ssh
+ansible_port=7777
+ansible_user=ubuntu
+ansible_password=ubuntu
+ansible_become_user=root
+ansible_become_password=ubuntu
+# 192.168.123.2 host=mirror ansible_connection=ssh ansible_port=22 ansible_user=ubuntu ansible_password=ubuntu ansible_become_user=root ansible_become_password=ubuntu
 # ansible_ssh_private_key_file
 
-# guide on how to create vm manually (more control, more disks)
-# another playbook that runs on such a vm and sets up all the services in roles (except zfs)
-[local]
-127.0.0.1   ansible_connection=local
diff --git a/qemu/README.md b/qemu/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7d95b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qemu/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Installation
+
+Install the following:
+- ansible
+- qemu
+- genisoimage
+- ovmf (find the location of `OVMF\_CODE.fd`, it is system dependent)
+
+Before doing anything else, edit the config files in `group_vars/` to your
+system's needs. For qemu installation specifically, you need to provide the
+location of your `OVMF_CODE.fd` file.
+
+To begin the setup process, in this repo's root, run:
+```
+$ ansible-playbook -K qemu/main.yml
+```
+
+To view the vm, you also need a vnc viewer.
+[TigerVNC](https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc) is a good choice.
+
+Simply run
+```
+$ vncviewer :5900
+```
+
+Currently, this is a bug with the installation process that causes the vm to
+not terminate after completing the base install, causing the ansible task to
+hang. You can manually terminate ansible once the vm shows:
+
+![installation complete](images/installation_complete.png)
+
+Once the base installation is complete, we need to configure the system in a
+postinstall step, start by running the vm with:
+```
+$ ansible-playbook qemu/run.yml
+```
+
+And then run the postinstall playbook:
+```
+$ ansible-playbook qemu/postinstall.yml
+```
+
+The mirror dev environment is now ready to use.
+
+The default login user has
+```
+username: ubuntu
+password: ubuntu
+```
+
diff --git a/qemu/images/installation_complete.png b/qemu/images/installation_complete.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2a93df
Binary files /dev/null and b/qemu/images/installation_complete.png differ
diff --git a/qemu/main.yml b/qemu/main.yml
index 6449191..02608c5 100644
--- a/qemu/main.yml
+++ b/qemu/main.yml
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@
             -initrd {{userdata}}/initrd \
             -append autoinstall"
 
-    # bug: autoinstall will not shutdown properly so the ansible task will never finish
+  # bug: autoinstall will not shutdown properly so the ansible task will never finish
diff --git a/qemu/postinstall.yml b/qemu/postinstall.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d45346e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qemu/postinstall.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+- hosts: vm
+  tasks:
+    - name: Basic system configuration
+      import_role:
+        name: ../roles/system
+    # - name: Setting up ssh
+    #   import_role:
+    #     name: ../roles/ssh
+
diff --git a/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
index e8f721c..25a8372 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@
   systemd:
     name: nginx
     state: restarted
-    enabled: yes
\ No newline at end of file
+    enabled: yes