diff --git a/coldbackup/README.md b/coldbackup/README.md
index 5c172bf..62d1b78 100644
--- a/coldbackup/README.md
+++ b/coldbackup/README.md
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ Vagrantfile and script to backup a home directory to a standard linux
 luks image on an unencrypted disk.  Created because duplicity is somewhat of
 a pain and I don't trust Time Machine that much and OSX encrypted image
 files (sparse and normal both) are proprietary.
+
+# Notes
+
+This doesn't really work yet.
diff --git a/coldbackup/Vagrantfile b/coldbackup/Vagrantfile
index a4e88ae..bd5daca 100644
--- a/coldbackup/Vagrantfile
+++ b/coldbackup/Vagrantfile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ set -v
 echo "UseDNS no" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 service ssh restart
 
+dpkg --remove-architecture i386 # speeds up update
 apt-get update
 apt-get -y install kpartx debootstrap lvm2 qemu-utils cryptsetup