diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/scripts/build_image.py b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/scripts/build_image.py
index 3ee5427..429af9e 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/scripts/build_image.py
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/scripts/build_image.py
@@ -146,16 +146,19 @@ class ImageBuild:
             ]
         if self.image_type in ["Vagrant"]:
             _map = {
-                    "Vbox": {"format": "vmdk", "provider": "virtualbox"},
+                    "Vbox": {"format": "vmdk", "provider": "virtualbox", "convertOptions": ["-o", "subformat=streamOptimized"]},
                     "Libvirt": {"format": "qcow2", "provider": "libvirt", "virtual_size": 10},
                     "VMware": {"format": "vmdk", "provider": "vmware_desktop"}
                     }
             output = f"{_map[self.variant]['format']}" #type: ignore
-            options = _map[self.variant]['convertOptions'] if 'convertOptions' in _map[self.variant].keys() else '' #type: ignore
             provider = f"{_map[self.variant]['provider']}" # type: ignore
 
+            # pop from the options map that will be passed to the vagrant metadata.json
+            convert_options = _map[self.variant].pop('convertOptions') if 'convertOptions' in _map[self.variant].keys() else '' #type: ignore
+
+
             self.stage_commands = [
-                    ["qemu-img", "convert", "-c", "-f", "raw", "-O", output, *options, lambda: f"{STORAGE_DIR}/{self.target_uuid}.body", f"{self.outdir}/{self.outname}.{output}"],
+                    ["qemu-img", "convert", "-c", "-f", "raw", "-O", output, *convert_options, lambda: f"{STORAGE_DIR}/{self.target_uuid}.body", f"{self.outdir}/{self.outname}.{output}"],
                     ["tar", "-C", self.outdir, "-czf", f"/tmp/{self.outname}.box", '.'],
                     ["mv", f"/tmp/{self.outname}.box", self.outdir]
             ]
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/vagrant/Vagrantfile.Vbox b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/vagrant/Vagrantfile.Vbox
index e69de29..36281be 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/vagrant/Vagrantfile.Vbox
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/vagrant/Vagrantfile.Vbox
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+
+  # Example configuration of new VM..
+  # 
+  #config.vm.define :test_vm do |test_vm|
+    # Box name
+    #
+    #test_vm.vm.box = "rockylinux"
+
+    # Domain Specific Options
+    #
+    # See README for more info.
+
+    # Interfaces for VM
+    # 
+    # Networking features in the form of `config.vm.network`
+    #
+    #test_vm.vm.network :private_network, :ip => '10.20.30.40'
+    #test_vm.vm.network :public_network, :ip => '10.20.30.41'
+  #end
+
+  config.vm.base_mac = "080027FCE996"
+end