diff --git a/iso/empanadas/Containerfile.imagefactory b/iso/empanadas/Containerfile.imagefactory
index aa34ac2..d6b4aca 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/Containerfile.imagefactory
+++ b/iso/empanadas/Containerfile.imagefactory
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ RUN rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo /get_arch
 
 RUN pip install awscli
 
-ENV BRANCH r9
+ARG BRANCH r9
 RUN git clone https://git.resf.org/sig_core/kickstarts.git --branch $BRANCH /kickstarts
 
 RUN pip install 'git+https://git.resf.org/sig_core/toolkit.git@devel#egg=empanadas&subdirectory=iso/empanadas'
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/scripts/build_image.py b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/scripts/build_image.py
index 2f4b846..b4a6c97 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/scripts/build_image.py
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/scripts/build_image.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class ImageBuild:
             ]
         if self.image_type in ["GenericCloud"]:
             self.stage_commands = [
-                    ["qemu-img", "convert", "-f", "raw", "-O", "qcow2", lambda: f"{STORAGE_DIR}/{self.target_uuid}.body", f"{self.outdir}/{self.outname}.qcow2"]
+                    ["qemu-img", "convert", "-c", "-f", "raw", "-O", "qcow2", lambda: f"{STORAGE_DIR}/{self.target_uuid}.body", f"{self.outdir}/{self.outname}.qcow2"]
             ]
         if self.image_type in ["EC2"]:
             self.stage_commands = [
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class ImageBuild:
                     }
             output = f"{_map[self.variant]}" #type: ignore
             self.stage_commands = [
-                    ["qemu-img", "convert", "-f", "raw", "-O", output, lambda: f"{STORAGE_DIR}/{self.target_uuid}.body", f"{self.outdir}/{self.outname}.{output}"]
+                    ["qemu-img", "convert", "-c", "-f", "raw", "-O", output, lambda: f"{STORAGE_DIR}/{self.target_uuid}.body", f"{self.outdir}/{self.outname}.{output}"]
             ]
 
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class ImageBuild:
         args = []
         if self.image_type == "Container":
             args = ["--parameter", "offline_icicle", "true"]
-        if self.image_type in ["GenericCloud", "EC2"]:
+        if self.image_type in ["GenericCloud", "EC2", "Vagrant", "Azure"]:
             args = ["--parameter", "generate_icicle", "false"]
         return args
 
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class ImageBuild:
             log_lines("Command STDERR", stderr)
 
     def fix_ks(self):
-        self.runCmd(["sed", "-i", f"s,$basearch,{self.architecture.name},", self.kickstart_arg[-1]])
+        self.runCmd(["sed", "-i", f"s,$basearch,{self.architecture.name},", self.kickstart_arg[-1]], search=False)
 
     def render_kubernetes_job(self):
         commands = [self.build_command(), self.package_command(), self.copy_command()]
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/icicle/tdl.xml.tmpl b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/icicle/tdl.xml.tmpl
index 900c17d..cec6642 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/icicle/tdl.xml.tmpl
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/icicle/tdl.xml.tmpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
             <version>{{minor}}</version>
             <arch>{{architecture}}</arch>
             <install type='url'>
-              <url>https://dl.rockylinux.org/stg/rocky/{{major}}/BaseOS/{{architecture}}/{{installdir}}</url>
+              <url>https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/{{major}}/BaseOS/{{architecture}}/{{installdir}}</url>
             </install>
             <icicle>
                 <extra_command>rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME},%{VERSION},%{RELEASE},%{ARCH},%{EPOCH},%{SIZE},%{SIGMD5},%{BUILDTIME}