diff --git a/example/configure.sh b/example/configure.sh
index 3ffc4d8..80d8176 100755
--- a/example/configure.sh
+++ b/example/configure.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ step() {
 	printf '\n\033[1;36m%d) %s\033[0m\n' $_step_counter "$@" >&2  # bold cyan
 }
 
+sed -Ei "s|^[# ]*(ttyS0:.*)|\1|" /etc/inittab
 
 step 'Set up timezone'
 setup-timezone -z UTC
diff --git a/example/packages b/example/packages
index e029bd0..7e6a642 100644
--- a/example/packages
+++ b/example/packages
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ chrony
 network-extras
 openssl
 openssh
+python3