diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/coreos/profiles/default/initprofile.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/coreos/profiles/default/initprofile.sh
index eef2336a..d783fc6e 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/coreos/profiles/default/initprofile.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/coreos/profiles/default/initprofile.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+profname=$(basename $2)
+if file -L $1/images/ignition.img | grep gzip > /dev/null; then
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/confluent/private/os/${profname}/pending/
+    cd /var/lib/confluent/private/os/${profname}/pending/
+    zcat $1/images/ignition.img | cpio -dumiv
+fi
 ln -s $1/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz $2/boot/kernel && \
 ln -s $1/images/pxeboot/initrd.img $2/boot/initramfs/distribution && \
-ln -s $1/images/ignition.img $2/boot/initramfs/ignition.img && \
 mkdir -p $2/boot/efi/boot/ && \
 ln -s $1/images/pxeboot/rootfs.img $2/ && \
 (mcopy -i $1/images/efiboot.img ::efi/redhat/grubx64.efi $2/boot/efi/boot/ || \