diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 6bfc77dc23..37ad298b32 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def v10(config)
   # Assign this VM to a bridged network, allowing you to connect directly to a
   # network using the host's network device. This makes the VM appear as another
   # physical device on your network.
-  # config.vm.network :bridged
+  #config.vm.network :bridged
 
   # Forward a port from the guest to the host, which allows for outside
   # computers to access the VM, whereas host only networking does not.
@@ -119,10 +119,11 @@ end
     aws.keypair_name = ENV["AWS_KEYPAIR_NAME"]
     aws.ssh_private_key_path = ENV["AWS_SSH_PRIVKEY"]
     aws.region = "us-east-1"
-    aws.ami = "ami-1c1e8075"
-    aws.ssh_username = "vagrant"
+    aws.ami = "ami-ae9806c7"
+    aws.ssh_username = "ubuntu"
     aws.instance_type = "t1.micro"
   end
+
   config.vm.provider :rackspace do |rs|
     config.vm.box = "dummy"
     config.vm.box_url = "https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant-rackspace/raw/master/dummy.box"
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ end
     rs.flavor   = /512MB/
     rs.image    = /Ubuntu/
   end   
+
   config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
     config.vm.box = "quantal64_3.5.0-25"
     config.vm.box_url = "http://get.docker.io/vbox/ubuntu/12.10/quantal64_3.5.0-25.box"
diff --git a/puppet/modules/docker/manifests/init.pp b/puppet/modules/docker/manifests/init.pp
index b6b8aecd1c..843cd021f1 100644
--- a/puppet/modules/docker/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/puppet/modules/docker/manifests/init.pp
@@ -1,12 +1,26 @@
 class virtualbox {
 	Package { ensure => "installed" }
 
+	user { "vagrant":
+		name => "vagrant",
+		ensure => present,
+		comment => "Vagrant User",
+		shell => "/bin/bash",
+		home => "/home/vagrant",
+	}
+
+	file { "/home/vagrant":
+		mode => 644,
+		require => User["vagrant"],
+	}
+
 	# remove some files from the base vagrant image because they're old
 	file { "/home/vagrant/docker-master":
 		ensure => absent,
 		recurse => true,
 		force => true,
 		purge => true,
+		require => File["/home/vagrant"],
 	}
 	file { "/usr/local/bin/dockerd":
 		ensure => absent,
@@ -23,9 +37,33 @@ class virtualbox {
 }
 
 class ec2 {
+	user { "vagrant":
+		name => "ubuntu",
+		ensure => present,
+		comment => "Vagrant User",
+		shell => "/bin/bash",
+		home => "/home/ubuntu",
+	}
+	file { "/home/vagrant":
+		ensure => link,
+		target => "/home/ubuntu",
+		require => User["vagrant"],
+	}
 }
 
 class rax {
+	user { "vagrant":
+		name => "ubuntu",
+		ensure => present,
+		comment => "Vagrant User",
+		shell => "/bin/bash",
+		home => "/home/ubuntu",
+	}
+	file { "/home/vagrant":
+		ensure => link,
+		target => "/home/ubuntu",
+		require => User["vagrant"],
+	}
 }
 
 class docker {
@@ -49,43 +87,17 @@ class docker {
     $rax_version = inline_template("<%= %x{/usr/bin/xenstore-read vm-data/provider_data/provider} %>")
 
     if ($ec2_version) {
-	include ec2
+		$vagrant_user = "ubuntu"
+		include ec2
     } elsif ($rax_version) {
+		$vagrant_user = "vagrant"
         include rax
     } else {
     # virtualbox is the vagrant default, so it should be safe to assume
+		$vagrant_user = "vagrant"
         include virtualbox
     }
 
-    user { "vagrant":
-        ensure => present,
-        comment => "Vagrant User",
-        shell => "/bin/bash",
-        home => "/home/vagrant",
-        groups => [
-            "sudo",
-            "vagrant",
-            "ubuntu",
-        ],
-        require => [
-            Group["sudo"],
-            Group["vagrant"],
-            Group["ubuntu"],
-        ],
-    }
-
-	group { "ubuntu":
-		ensure => present,
-	}
-
-	group { "vagrant":
-		ensure => present,
-	}
-
-	group { "sudo":
-		ensure => present,
-	}
-
 	file { "/usr/local/bin":
 		ensure => directory,
 		owner => root,
@@ -112,16 +124,10 @@ class docker {
         require => Exec["copy-docker-bin"],
     }
 
-    file { "/home/vagrant":
-        ensure => directory,
-        mode => 644,
-        require => User["vagrant"],
-    }
-
     file { "/home/vagrant/.profile":
         mode => 644,
-        owner => "vagrant",
-        group => "vagrant",
+        owner => $vagrant_user,
+        group => "ubuntu",
         content => template("docker/profile"),
         require => File["/home/vagrant"],
     }