diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index f730391..0308902 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
-  config.vm.box = "lucid19"
-  config.vm.box_url = "http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8443957/lucid19.box"
+  config.vm.box = "lucid64ruby19"
+  config.vm.box_url = "http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8443957/lucid64ruby19.box"
 
   config.vm.network("192.168.34.10")
 
diff --git a/cookbooks/rails/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/rails/recipes/default.rb
index a67e04a..b01f59d 100644
--- a/cookbooks/rails/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/rails/recipes/default.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+require_recipe "apt"
+
+package "libxml2-dev"
+package "libxslt1-dev"
+
 gem_package "rails" do
   version node[:rails][:version]
 end
diff --git a/cookbooks/rails/templates/default/Gemfile.erb b/cookbooks/rails/templates/default/Gemfile.erb
index a045fcc..559fac5 100644
--- a/cookbooks/rails/templates/default/Gemfile.erb
+++ b/cookbooks/rails/templates/default/Gemfile.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 source "http://rubygems.org"
-gem "rake", "0.8.7"
 gem "<%= @db_gem %>"
 gem "rails", "<%= node[:rails][:version] %>"
 gem "haml"