diff --git a/recipes-core/images/core-image-recovery.bb b/recipes-core/images/core-image-recovery.bb
index 1f47497..1a3ed47 100644
--- a/recipes-core/images/core-image-recovery.bb
+++ b/recipes-core/images/core-image-recovery.bb
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ cat << 'EOF' >> "${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/hostname"
 diyaid
 EOF
     # enable autologin
-    sed -i 's/options="/&--autologin root /' \
-			"${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${base_bindir}/start_getty"
+    sed -i 's/getty/getty --autologin root/g' \
+			"${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/inittab"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes-diya/initramfs/recovery-boot_0.1.bb b/recipes-diya/initramfs/recovery-boot_0.1.bb
index ea03379..e585e97 100644
--- a/recipes-diya/initramfs/recovery-boot_0.1.bb
+++ b/recipes-diya/initramfs/recovery-boot_0.1.bb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:"
 
 PR = "r4"
 
+inherit useradd
+
 inherit allarch
 
 SRC_URI = "file://init \
@@ -17,6 +19,11 @@ SRC_URI = "file://init \
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}"
 
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+GROUPADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "-u 0 -d /root -r -s /bin/sh root"
+
 do_install() {
     install -d ${D}/init.d