diff --git a/bootstrap/playbooks/tasks/base.yaml b/bootstrap/playbooks/tasks/base.yaml
index 3b0226e7..5714789c 100644
--- a/bootstrap/playbooks/tasks/base.yaml
+++ b/bootstrap/playbooks/tasks/base.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 # PIP
 - shell: sudo pip install httpie
 - shell: sudo pip install docker-py==1.1.0
+# pre install solare requirements
+- shell: pip install -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openstack/solar/master/requirements.txt
 
 # faster json
 - shell: pip install ujson
diff --git a/bootstrap/playbooks/tasks/docker.yaml b/bootstrap/playbooks/tasks/docker.yaml
index cb4506f6..587e8749 100644
--- a/bootstrap/playbooks/tasks/docker.yaml
+++ b/bootstrap/playbooks/tasks/docker.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@
 # install docker compose
 - shell: curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.5.1/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
 - shell: chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+
+# pre download riak image
+- shell: docker pull solarproject/riak