diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/attributes/default.rb b/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/attributes/default.rb
index 1ee4b59..ee89df3 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/attributes/default.rb
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ default['haproxy']['stats_socket_user'] = node['haproxy']['user']
 default['haproxy']['stats_socket_group'] = node['haproxy']['group']
 default['haproxy']['pid_file'] = "/var/run/haproxy.pid"
 
-default['haproxy']['defaults_options'] = ["tcpka", "httpchk", "tcplog"]
+default['haproxy']['defaults_options'] = ["tcpka", "httpchk", "tcplog", "httplog"]
 default['haproxy']['x_forwarded_for'] = false
 default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['connect'] = "5s"
-default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['client'] = "50s"
-default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['server'] = "50s"
+default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['client'] = "100s"
+default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['server'] = "100s"
 default['haproxy']['cookie'] = nil
 
 default['haproxy']['user'] = "haproxy"
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/templates/default/haproxy.cfg.erb b/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/templates/default/haproxy.cfg.erb
index c248335..07d75dc 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/templates/default/haproxy.cfg.erb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/templates/default/haproxy.cfg.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 global
-  log 127.0.0.1   local0
-  log 127.0.0.1   local1 notice
-  #log loghost    local0 info
+  #log 127.0.0.1   local0
+  log 127.0.0.1   local4 notice
+  log 127.0.0.1   local4 info
   daemon
   maxconn <%= node['haproxy']['global_max_connections'] %>
   #debug
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/hosts b/cobbler/snippets/hosts
index 7eb2d2b..13a3e2d 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/hosts
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/hosts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
-::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
-#for $iname, $idata in $interfaces.items()
-    #set $ip = $idata.get("ip_address", "")
-    #if $hostname != "" and $ip != ""
-        $ip $hostname
-    #end if 
-#end for 
-# $compass_ip $compass_hostname
+127.0.0.1   $system_name localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
+::1         $system_name localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
+# #for $iname, $idata in $interfaces.items()
+#     #set $ip = $idata.get("ip_address", "")
+#     #if $hostname != "" and $ip != ""
+#         $ip $hostname
+#     #end if 
+# #end for 
+# # $compass_ip $compass_hostname
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/post_install_network_config b/cobbler/snippets/post_install_network_config
index 012cd1a..6105eff 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/post_install_network_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/post_install_network_config
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ mv /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler /etc/sysconfig/network
 /bin/hostname $hostname
     #end if
 
-cat << EOL /etc/hosts
+cat << EOL > /etc/hosts
 $SNIPPET('hosts')
 EOL