diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 103710d..b9ec139 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- mode: ruby -*-
 # vi: set ft=ruby :
 
-$cordpath = "../../.."
+$cordpath = ".."
 
 Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e138caf..140b90f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -287,6 +287,11 @@
   args = ["-p", "$config.headnode.ansible_ssh_port", "$config.headnode.ansible_user@$config.headnode.ip", ansible_cmd ]
 }
 
+
+
+project(':maas').prime.dependsOn writeYamlConfig
+project(':maas').prime.dependsOn writeInventory
+
 project('onos-apps').publishMavenRepoImage.dependsOn project(':maas').prime
 project(':onos-apps').deploy.dependsOn project(':maas').deployBase
 
diff --git a/scripts/cord-in-a-box.sh b/scripts/cord-in-a-box.sh
index b667519..4951df2 100755
--- a/scripts/cord-in-a-box.sh
+++ b/scripts/cord-in-a-box.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 CONFIG=config/cord_in_a_box.yml
 SSHCONFIG=~/.ssh/config
 VAGRANT_CWD=${CORDDIR}/build/
+VAGRANT_VM_PREFIX=build
 
 # CORD versioning
 REPO_BRANCH="master"
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@
 for i in `seq 1 $NUM_COMPUTE_NODES`;
 do
    echo adding the compute node: compute-node-$i
-   add_compute_node compute-node-$i cord-in-a-box_compute-node-$i
+   add_compute_node compute-node-$i ${VAGRANT_VM_PREFIX}_compute-node-$i
 done
 echo "==> Adding compute nodes: Complete"