diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/initramfs/bin/dcuiweasel b/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/initramfs/bin/dcuiweasel
index e2e47ef1..a573bc4d 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/initramfs/bin/dcuiweasel
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/initramfs/bin/dcuiweasel
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ profile=$(grep ^profile: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg | sed -e 's/^profile
 chmod +x /tmp/makeksnet
 /tmp/makeksnet > /tmp/ksnet
 rootpw=$(grep ^rootpassword: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg|sed -e 's/^rootpassword: //')
-echo rootpw --iscrypted $rootpw > /tmp/rootpw
-export BOOT_OPTIONS=ks=/etc/confluent/ks.cfg
-exec /bin/install
\ No newline at end of file
+echo rootpw --iscrypted $rootpw > /tmp/rootuser
+export BOOT_CMDLINE=ks=/etc/confluent/ks.cfg
+exec /bin/install
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/osimage.py b/confluent_server/confluent/osimage.py
index 87aecaa5..c41438eb 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/osimage.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/osimage.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def update_boot_esxi(profiledir, profile, label):
         else:
             newbootcfg += cfgline + '\n'
     os.makedirs('{0}/boot/efi/boot/'.format(profiledir))
-    with open('{0}/boot/efi/boot/BOOT.CFG'.format(profiledir), 'w+') as bcfg:
+    with open('{0}/boot/efi/boot/boot.cfg'.format(profiledir), 'w+') as bcfg:
         bcfg.write(newbootcfg)
     os.symlink('/var/lib/confluent/public/site/initramfs.tgz',
                '{0}/boot/site.tgz'.format(profiledir))