diff --git a/overlay/etc/init.d/S02dmesg b/overlay/etc/init.d/S02dmesg
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..901f37c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay/etc/init.d/S02dmesg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo "Setting default console loglevel to 4"
+dmesg -n 4
diff --git a/qemu.sh b/qemu.sh
index 7a757c7..b6675b6 100755
--- a/qemu.sh
+++ b/qemu.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-qemu-system-i386 -cpu athlon -m 256 -nographic -serial mon:stdio -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net tap,helper=/usr/lib/qemu/qemu-bridge-helper -kernel buildroot/output/images/bzImage -initrd buildroot/output/images/rootfs.cpio.xz --append console=ttyS0
+qemu-system-i386 -cpu athlon -m 256 -nographic -serial mon:stdio -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net tap,helper=/usr/lib/qemu/qemu-bridge-helper -kernel buildroot/output/images/bzImage -initrd buildroot/output/images/rootfs.cpio.xz --append console=ttyS0,115200
diff --git a/syslinux.cfg b/syslinux.cfg
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7971c88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syslinux.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+default linux
+
+label linux
+	kernel bzImage
+	append initrd=rootfs.cpio.xz console=ttyS0,115200