diff --git a/modules/teleport-node/assets/cloud-init/install_packages.sh b/modules/teleport-node/assets/cloud-init/install_packages.sh
index 342083f..b8ae64f 100644
--- a/modules/teleport-node/assets/cloud-init/install_packages.sh
+++ b/modules/teleport-node/assets/cloud-init/install_packages.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 # --- script------------------------------------------------
 
 yum install -y binutils
-yum install -y yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch
-yum kernel-livepatch enable -y
+yum install -y kpatch-dnf
+yum kernel-livepatch -y auto
 yum install -y kpatch-runtime
 
 systemctl enable kpatch.service
-amazon-linux-extras enable livepatch
+systemctl start kpatch.service
+
 yum update -y
diff --git a/modules/teleport-node/assets/cloud-init/start_core_services.sh b/modules/teleport-node/assets/cloud-init/start_core_services.sh
index ccca61d..35f5c33 100644
--- a/modules/teleport-node/assets/cloud-init/start_core_services.sh
+++ b/modules/teleport-node/assets/cloud-init/start_core_services.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ function cwagent_ctl {
 }
 export -f cwagent_ctl
 
+touch /var/log/cloud-init-output.log
 chmod 644 /var/log/cloud-init-output.log
+
+touch /var/log/messages
 chmod 644 /var/log/messages
 
 cwagent_ctl -a fetch-config -s -m ec2 \