diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/metadata.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/metadata.rb
index 50136a2..d59a182 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/metadata.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/metadata.rb
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ depends 'hostname'
 depends 'firewall'
 depends 'chef_client_updater'
 depends 'timezone-ii'
+depends 'ntp'
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/recipes/default.rb
index 25704cd..8b65e93 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/recipes/default.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 include_recipe 'apt'
 include_recipe 'timezone-ii'
+include_recipe 'ntp'
 
 # Update chef to the chosen version
 chef_version = '12.19.36'
@@ -39,29 +40,29 @@ unless node.chef_environment == "development"
   ]
   node.override['authorization']['sudo']['passwordless'] = true
   include_recipe 'sudo'
-end
 
-include_recipe 'kosmos-postfix'
+  include_recipe 'kosmos-base::firewall'
 
-node.override['set_fqdn'] = '*'
-include_recipe 'hostname'
+  include_recipe 'kosmos-postfix'
 
-include_recipe 'kosmos-base::firewall'
+  node.override['set_fqdn'] = '*'
+  include_recipe 'hostname'
 
-package 'ca-certificates'
+  package 'ca-certificates'
 
-directory '/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/cacert' do
-  action :create
-end
+  directory '/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/cacert' do
+    action :create
+  end
 
-['http://www.cacert.org/certs/root.crt', 'http://www.cacert.org/certs/class3.crt'].each do |cert|
-  remote_file "/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/cacert/#{File.basename(cert)}" do
-    source cert
-    action :create_if_missing
-    notifies :run, 'execute[update-ca-certificates]', :immediately
+  ['http://www.cacert.org/certs/root.crt', 'http://www.cacert.org/certs/class3.crt'].each do |cert|
+    remote_file "/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/cacert/#{File.basename(cert)}" do
+      source cert
+      action :create_if_missing
+      notifies :run, 'execute[update-ca-certificates]', :immediately
+    end
+  end
+
+  execute 'update-ca-certificates' do
+    action :nothing
   end
 end
-
-execute 'update-ca-certificates' do
-  action :nothing
-end