diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis b/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis
index d2abe094..4a6d9a42 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+export LANG=en_US.utf8
 mkdir -p /etc/confluent
 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd --daemon
 udevadm trigger
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ else
 fi
 (ssh-keygen -A; /usr/sbin/sshd) &
 TRIES=0
+touch /etc/confluent/confluent.info
 while ! grep ^EXTMGRINFO: /etc/confluent/confluent.info | awk -F'|' '{print $3}' | grep 1 >& /dev/null && [ "$TRIES" -lt 15 ]; do
     TRIES=$((TRIES + 1))
     cd /sys/class/net
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-genesis.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-genesis.sh
index c252e7c6..fa7744c2 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-genesis.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-genesis.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ mkdir -p /var/empty/sshd
 sed -i '/^root:x/d' /etc/passwd
 echo root:x:0:0::/:/bin/bash >> /etc/passwd
 echo sshd:x:30:30:SSH User:/var/empty/sshd:/sbin/nologin >> /etc/passwd
-tmux -L console new-sessiod /opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis
+tmux new-session sh /opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis