diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/raspberrypi/device_table.txt b/buildroot-external/board/raspberrypi/device_table.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ef47e223..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/board/raspberrypi/device_table.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# See package/makedevs/README for details
-#
-# This device table is used to assign proper ownership and permissions
-# on various files. It doesn't create any device file, as it is used
-# in both static device configurations (where /dev/ is static) and in
-# dynamic configurations (where devtmpfs, mdev or udev are used).
-#
-# <name>				<type>	<mode>	<uid>	<gid>	<major>	<minor>	<start>	<inc>	<count>
-/dev					d	755	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
-/tmp					d	1777	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
-/etc					d	755	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
-/root					d	700	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
-/var                                    d       777     0       0       -       -       -       -       -
-/var/log                                d       777     0       0       -       -       -       -       -
-/var/www				d	755	33	33	-	-	-	-	-
-/opt                                    d       777     0       0       -       -       -       -       -
-/opt/mycroft                            d       777     0       0       -       -       -       -       -
-/opt/mycroft/skills                     d       777     0       0       -       -       -       -       -
-/etc/shadow				f	600	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
-/etc/passwd				f	644	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
-/etc/network/if-up.d			d	755	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
-/etc/network/if-pre-up.d		d	755	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
-/etc/network/if-down.d			d	755	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
-/etc/network/if-post-down.d		d	755	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
-# uncomment this to allow starting x as non-root
-#/usr/X11R6/bin/Xfbdev		     	f	4755	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
diff --git a/buildroot-external/configs/mycroftos_rpi3_defconfig b/buildroot-external/configs/mycroftos_rpi3_defconfig
index 4d3ca831..1b2b2c27 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/configs/mycroftos_rpi3_defconfig
+++ b/buildroot-external/configs/mycroftos_rpi3_defconfig
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GLIBC_GCONV_LIBS_COPY=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="MycroftOS"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to MycroftOS"
 BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD=y
-BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="../buildroot-external/board/raspberrypi3/device_table.txt"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ROOT_PASSWD="mycroft"
 BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_BASH=y
 # BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY is not set
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 # BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_PURGE is not set
 BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
-BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="../buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay"
-BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="../buildroot-external/board/raspberrypi3/post-build.sh"
-BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="../buildroot-external/board/raspberrypi3/post-image.sh"
+BR2_ROOTFS_USERS_TABLES="$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/user_table.txt"
+BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/rootfs-overlay"
+BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/board/raspberrypi3/post-build.sh"
+BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/board/raspberrypi3/post-image.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="--add-pi3-miniuart-bt-overlay"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT=y
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION="7688b39276ff9952df381d79de63b258e73971ce"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="bcm2709"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="bcm2710-rpi-3-b bcm2710-rpi-3-b-plus bcm2710-rpi-cm3"
-BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="../buildroot-external/busybox.config"
+BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/busybox.config"
 BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_INDIVIDUAL_BINARIES=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_UTILS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_UTILS_ALSACONF=y
@@ -203,10 +203,12 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_GPIOZERO=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_GTTS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_HUMANHASH3=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_INFLECTION=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_LAZY=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MSK=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_OAUTH2CLIENT=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_OLEFILE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PADATIOUS=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PAKO=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PEP8=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PETACT=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_POCKETSPHINX=y
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/mycroft-service/mycroft-service.mk b/buildroot-external/package/mycroft-service/mycroft-service.mk
index 31012d2e..05ee9a92 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/package/mycroft-service/mycroft-service.mk
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/mycroft-service/mycroft-service.mk
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ MYCROFT_SERVICE_SITE_METHOD = local
 MYCROFT_SERVICE_LICENSE = Apache License 2.0
 MYCROFT_SERVICE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
-define MYCROFT_SERVICE_USERS
-	mycroft -1 mycroft -1 * /home/mycroft /bin/sh audio,pulse-access
-endef
-
 define MYCROFT_SERVICE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(@D)/start-mycroft.sh $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(@D)/stop-mycroft.sh $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/mycroft-service/start-mycroft.sh b/buildroot-external/package/mycroft-service/start-mycroft.sh
index a2c8acab..d6e122c6 100755
--- a/buildroot-external/package/mycroft-service/start-mycroft.sh
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/mycroft-service/start-mycroft.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 
 function init-once() {
-    fbv -f -d 1 /opt/mycroft/splash/logo.png > /dev/null 2>&1
+    sudo fbv -f -d 1 /opt/mycroft/splash/logo.png > /dev/null 2>&1
     if ($first_time) ; then
         echo "Initializing..."
         # Check if Mycroft log folders are present and if not
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/mycroft-service/stop-mycroft.sh b/buildroot-external/package/mycroft-service/stop-mycroft.sh
index d664b7ba..17bb2e9f 100755
--- a/buildroot-external/package/mycroft-service/stop-mycroft.sh
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/mycroft-service/stop-mycroft.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ case ${OPT} in
         end-process audio
         end-process speech
         end-process enclosure
-	fbv -f -d 1 /opt/mycroft/splash/background.png > /dev/null 2>&1
+	sudo fbv -f -d 1 /opt/mycroft/splash/background.png > /dev/null 2>&1
         ;;
     "bus")
         end-process messagebus.service
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/respeaker/respeaker.mk b/buildroot-external/package/respeaker/respeaker.mk
index d44cd0ef..bc518f27 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/package/respeaker/respeaker.mk
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/respeaker/respeaker.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RESPEAKER_DEPENDENCIES = rpi-firmware rpi-userland dtc
 $(eval $(kernel-module))
 
 define RESPEAKER_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 $(@D)/seeed-voicecard.service \
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(BR2_EXTERNAL_MYCROFTOS_PATH)/package/respeaker/seeed-voicecard.service \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/seeed-voicecard.service
 	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants
 	ln -fs ../../../../usr/lib/systemd/system/seeed-voicecard.service \
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ define RESPEAKER_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/*.conf $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/voicecard
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/*.state $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/voicecard
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/seeed-voicecard $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(BR2_EXTERNAL_MYCROFTOS_PATH)/package/respeaker/start-seeed-voicecard.sh \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin
 
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/seeed-2mic-voicecard.dtbo $(BINARIES_DIR)/rpi-firmware/overlays/
         $(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/seeed-4mic-voicecard.dtbo $(BINARIES_DIR)/rpi-firmware/overlays/
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/respeaker/seeed-voicecard.service b/buildroot-external/package/respeaker/seeed-voicecard.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a13279a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/respeaker/seeed-voicecard.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Seeed Voicecard service
+After=alsa-restore.service
+ 
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/start-seeed-voicecard.sh
+User=root
+ 
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sysinit.target
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/respeaker/start-seeed-voicecard.sh b/buildroot-external/package/respeaker/start-seeed-voicecard.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..960228e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/respeaker/start-seeed-voicecard.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Configure seeed-voicecard....
+#
+
+echo "Starting seeed-voicecard..."
+mount -t configfs none /sys/kernel/config
+mkdir -p /boot
+mount -t vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1 /boot
+/usr/bin/seeed-voicecard
+touch /var/lock/seeed-voicecard
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/fstab b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/fstab
index 8fc43c36..0a983ae3 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/fstab
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/fstab
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ tmpfs		/dev/shm	tmpfs	mode=0777	0	0
 tmpfs		/tmp		tmpfs	mode=1777	0	0
 tmpfs		/run		tmpfs	mode=0755,nosuid,nodev	0	0
 sysfs		/sys		sysfs	defaults	0	0
+tmpfs		/var/log	tmpfs	defaults	0	0
 tmpfs		/var/tmp	tmpfs	defaults	0	0
 tmpfs		/ramdisk	tmpfs	rw,nodev,nosuid,size=20M	0	0
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/ssh/sshd_config b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/ssh/sshd_config
index 44fff67b..3807b886 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/ssh/sshd_config
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/ssh/sshd_config
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@
 # Authentication:
 
 #LoginGraceTime 2m
-PermitRootLogin yes
+PermitRootLogin no
 #StrictModes yes
 #MaxAuthTries 6
 #MaxSessions 10
+AllowUsers *@*
 
 #PubkeyAuthentication yes
 
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/sudoers b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/sudoers
index 60b4b4ed..c1563c91 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/sudoers
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/sudoers
@@ -94,4 +94,4 @@ root ALL=(ALL) ALL
 
 ## Read drop-in files from /etc/sudoers.d
 ## (the '#' here does not indicate a comment)
-includedir /etc/sudoers.d
+#includedir /etc/sudoers.d
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/tmpfiles.d/mycroft.conf b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/tmpfiles.d/mycroft.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78f8b414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/tmpfiles.d/mycroft.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+d /var/log/mycroft 700 mycroft mycroft
+d /opt/mycroft 755 mycroft mycroft
+d /opt/mycroft/skills 755 mycroft mycroft
+d /opt/mycroft/splash 755 mycroft mycroft 
diff --git a/buildroot-external/user_table.txt b/buildroot-external/user_table.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1c2bb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/user_table.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mycroft -1 mycroft -1 =mycroft /home/mycroft /bin/sh gpio,audio,pulse,pulse-access Mycroft user