diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/add_local_repositories b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/add_local_repositories
index b9bf82b4..e97b6837 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/add_local_repositories
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/add_local_repositories
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ profile = None
 with open('/etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg') as dplcfgfile:
     lines = dplcfgfile.read().split('\n')
     for line in lines:
-        print(repr(line))
         if line.startswith('deploy_server:'):
            _, server = line.split(' ', 1)
         if line.startswith('profile: '):
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/pre.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/pre.sh
index 7ed98f5e..e775762a 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/pre.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/pre.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 # method is to edit the kicktstart file and comment out or
 # delete %include /tmp/partitioning
 
+nicname=$(ip link|grep ^$(cat /tmp/confluent.ifidx): | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F: '{print $1}')
+nmcli c u $nicname
 nodename=$(grep ^NODENAME /etc/confluent/confluent.info|awk '{print $2}')
 locale=$(grep ^locale: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg)
 locale=${locale#locale: }