diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffba16a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+require "vagrant"
+
+task :setup do
+  env = Vagrant::Environment.new
+  raise "Must run `vagrant up`" if !env.primary_vm.created?
+  raise "Must be running!" if !env.primary_vm.vm.running?
+  
+  env.primary_vm.ssh.execute do |ssh|
+    ssh.exec! "export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8"
+    ssh.exec! "git clone git://github.com/eteubert/dotfiles.git"
+    ssh.exec! "sudo gem install rake"
+    
+    puts "\nNow do the following to finish the setup:"
+    puts "vagrant ssh"
+    puts "go to ~/dotfiles and type `rake install` to setup dotfiles"
+    puts "sudo chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh vagrant"
+    puts "sudo reboot"
+  end  
+end
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 962875d..243c85c 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -40,26 +40,19 @@ Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
     chef.add_recipe "apt"
     chef.add_recipe "wordpress"
 
-    chef.json.merge!(
-      "mysql" => {
-        "server_root_password" => "",
-        "allow_remote_root"    => true
-      },
-
-      "wordpress" => {
-        "db" => {
-          "database" => "wordpress",
-          "user"     => "wordpress",
-          "password" => "wordpress"
-        }
-      }
-    )
-
-    # das wäre noch nett anschließend auszuführen:
-    # export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
-    # git clone git://github.com/eteubert/dotfiles.git
-    # notice: "go to ~/dotfiles and type `rake install` to setup dotfiles"
-    # sudo chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh vagrant
-    # sudo reboot
+    # chef.json.merge!(
+    #   :mysql => {
+    #     :server_root_password => "",
+    #     :allow_remote_root    => true
+    #   },
+    # 
+    #   :wordpress => {
+    #     :db => {
+    #       :database => "wordpress",
+    #       :user     => "wordpress",
+    #       :password => "wordpress"
+    #     }
+    #   }
+    # )
   end
 end
diff --git a/cookbooks/wordpress/attributes/default.rb b/cookbooks/wordpress/attributes/default.rb
index 3db1d8b..6340259 100644
--- a/cookbooks/wordpress/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/wordpress/attributes/default.rb
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 #
 
 # General settings
-default['wordpress']['version'] = "3.1.2"
-default['wordpress']['checksum'] = "1006a1bb97b42381ad82490d00d9b7fb9f7a1c9d83ee2ed36935a9eb99c81064"
+default['wordpress']['version'] = "latest"
+# default['wordpress']['checksum'] = "1006a1bb97b42381ad82490d00d9b7fb9f7a1c9d83ee2ed36935a9eb99c81064"
 default['wordpress']['dir'] = "/var/www/wordpress"
 default['wordpress']['db']['database'] = "wordpressdb"
 default['wordpress']['db']['user'] = "wordpressuser"
diff --git a/cookbooks/wordpress/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/wordpress/recipes/default.rb
index 7156202..a5811ec 100644
--- a/cookbooks/wordpress/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/wordpress/recipes/default.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ node.set['wordpress']['keys']['logged_in'] = secure_password
 node.set['wordpress']['keys']['nonce'] = secure_password
 
 remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/wordpress-#{node['wordpress']['version']}.tar.gz" do
-  checksum node['wordpress']['checksum']
+  # checksum node['wordpress']['checksum']
   source "http://wordpress.org/wordpress-#{node['wordpress']['version']}.tar.gz"
   mode "0644"
 end