diff --git a/firstboot.sh b/firstboot.sh
index 6063e13..0841cf8 100644
--- a/firstboot.sh
+++ b/firstboot.sh
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ doasuser 'gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout "appbar:m
 echo "Cleaning up."
 rm chrome.deb zoom.deb gnome-shell-extension-installer 
 
-echo "Running update."
-apt update 
-apt upgrade -y
-
 echo "Adding user for ansible"
 
 #add user for ansible remote updates
@@ -63,5 +59,12 @@ read NEWHOSTNAME
 echo $NEWHOSTNAME > /etc/hostname
 sed -i "s/$OLDHOSTNAME/$NEWHOSTNAME/g" /etc/hosts
 
+#updating to backports kernel
+echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
+
+echo "Updating to backports kernel."
+apt update 
+apt -t buster-backports upgrade -y
+
 echo "Rebooting..."
 systemctl reboot