diff --git a/bastion/src/bastion/src/routes/asahi.ts b/bastion/src/bastion/src/routes/asahi.ts
index ebdbfff..5a2a06a 100644
--- a/bastion/src/bastion/src/routes/asahi.ts
+++ b/bastion/src/bastion/src/routes/asahi.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ fi
     const hostname = request.query.hostname ?? "unknown";
     const role = (request.query.role ?? "infra") as Role;
     const mac = request.query.mac ?? "unknown";
-    const user = request.query.user ?? config.adminUser;
+    const user = request.query.user ?? "lab";
 
     const script = renderFirstbootScript({
       hostname,
diff --git a/bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/iscsi.ts b/bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/iscsi.ts
index 551eebd..50e137a 100644
--- a/bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/iscsi.ts
+++ b/bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/iscsi.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export const enableIscsi: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
 
   // Install the package (detect distro)
   const osRelease = await ctx.ssh.exec("cat /etc/os-release", sshOpts(ctx));
-  const isFedora = osRelease.stdout.includes("fedora") || osRelease.stdout.includes("rhel") || osRelease.stdout.includes("centos");
+  const osLower = osRelease.stdout.toLowerCase();
+  const isFedora = osLower.includes("fedora") || osLower.includes("rhel") || osLower.includes("centos");
 
   const pkg = isFedora ? "iscsi-initiator-utils" : "open-iscsi";
   const installCmd = isFedora ? `dnf install -y ${pkg}` : `apt-get install -y ${pkg}`;