diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cc89f0cc..52c244f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ VERSION := 2.1.0
 
 .PHONY: install-dependencies
 install-dependencies:
-	sudo apt-get -yy install devscripts equivs pandoc bsdtar charm charm-tools jq libsystemd-dev
+	sudo apt-get -yy install devscripts equivs pandoc bsdtar jq libsystemd-dev
 	sudo mk-build-deps -i -t "apt-get --no-install-recommends -y" debian/control
 
 .PHONY: uninstall-dependencies
diff --git a/conjureup/controllers/newcloud/gui.py b/conjureup/controllers/newcloud/gui.py
index c02cc9d6..4564d1bd 100644
--- a/conjureup/controllers/newcloud/gui.py
+++ b/conjureup/controllers/newcloud/gui.py
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ def render(self):
         # information.
 
         if app.current_cloud == 'localhost':
-            if not utils.check_bridge_exists():
+            if not utils.check_bridge_exists() or \
+               not utils.check_user_in_group('lxd'):
                 return controllers.use('lxdsetup').render()
 
             app.log.debug("Found an IPv4 address, "
diff --git a/conjureup/ui/views/lxdsetup.py b/conjureup/ui/views/lxdsetup.py
index f9362af4..1fc5b598 100644
--- a/conjureup/ui/views/lxdsetup.py
+++ b/conjureup/ui/views/lxdsetup.py
@@ -106,20 +106,18 @@ def buttons(self):
 
     def build_info(self):
         items = [
-            Text("There was no LXD bridge found on your system "
-                 "which usually means this is your first time running "
-                 "LXD."),
+            Text("There was no LXD bridge found on your system or "
+                 "not part of the 'lxd' group which usually "
+                 "means this is your first time running LXD."),
             Padding.line_break(""),
-            # Text("If you wish to do so now pressing confirm will drop you out "  # noqa
-            #      "of the installer and walk you through configuring your "
-            #      "network for LXD. Once complete the installer will "
-            #      "start again from the beginning where you can choose "
-            #      "to deploy the bundle via LXD.")
             Text("If you wish to do so now pressing confirm will drop you out "
-                 "of the installer and you will be required to run "
-                 "`lxd init` to configure the network for LXD. Once complete "
-                 "re-run conjure-up and continue the installation.")
-
+                 "of the installer and you will be required to run the "
+                 "following: \n\n"
+                 "  $ sudo lxd init\n"
+                 "  $ newgrp lxd\n"
+                 "  $ lxc finger\n\n"
+                 "If `lxc finger` does not fail with an error you are ready "
+                 "to re-run conjure-up and continue the installation.")
         ]
         return Pile(items)
 
diff --git a/conjureup/utils.py b/conjureup/utils.py
index 278b21be..51271528 100644
--- a/conjureup/utils.py
+++ b/conjureup/utils.py
@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@ def check_bridge_exists():
     return False
 
 
+def check_user_in_group(group):
+    """ Checks if a user is associated with `group`
+    """
+    groups = run_script('groups').stdout.decode()
+    if group in groups.split():
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
 def check_deb_installed(pkg):
     """ Checks if a debian package is installed
     """
@@ -238,7 +247,7 @@ def slurp(path):
 
 
 def install_user():
-    """ returns sudo user
+    """ returns current user
     """
     user = os.getenv('USER', None)
     if user is None: