diff --git a/lodgeit/Makefile b/lodgeit/Makefile
index c064048..438aa3e 100644
--- a/lodgeit/Makefile
+++ b/lodgeit/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ POST_FILES += issue
 
 preinstall: make.conf.extra
 	cat make.conf.extra >> $(CHROOT)/etc/make.conf
+	chroot $(CHROOT) $(EMERGE) --select -n $(USEPKG) dev-lang/python:2.7
+	chroot $(CHROOT) eselect python set python2.7
 
 postinstall: $(POST_FILES)
 	chroot $(CHROOT) $(EMERGE) -1n $(USEPKG) dev-vcs/mercurial
diff --git a/lodgeit/package.use b/lodgeit/package.use
index 1f6d91c..b42afcf 100644
--- a/lodgeit/package.use
+++ b/lodgeit/package.use
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 app-editors/nano ncurses
+dev-db/sqlite extensions
 dev-lang/python sqlite ssl threads xml
+sys-auth/pambase minimal
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
+sys-libs/ncurses minimal
diff --git a/lodgeit/world b/lodgeit/world
index 1b8b561..f889668 100644
--- a/lodgeit/world
+++ b/lodgeit/world
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
-app-admin/syslog-ng
-dev-lang/python:2.6
-net-misc/dhcpcd
-sys-boot/grub
-sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
 www-apache/mod_wsgi