diff --git a/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/rootfs_postbuild.sh b/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/rootfs_postbuild.sh
index 9333c86..1df1054 100755
--- a/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/rootfs_postbuild.sh
+++ b/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/rootfs_postbuild.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 . "${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/scripts/certs.sh
 
+# lets point emergency.target to reboot.target
+
+rm "${TARGET_DIR}"/usr/lib/systemd/system/emergency.target
+ln -sr "${TARGET_DIR}"/usr/lib/systemd/system/reboot.target \
+	"${TARGET_DIR}"/usr/lib/systemd/system/emergency.target
+
 # copy changelog into the target
 
 cp "${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/changelog.md \
diff --git a/configs/myna_player_odyssey_defconfig b/configs/myna_player_odyssey_defconfig
index 0f50071..a7d85b1 100644
--- a/configs/myna_player_odyssey_defconfig
+++ b/configs/myna_player_odyssey_defconfig
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CXX=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="MynaPlayer"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to MynaPlayer"
-BR2_INIT_OPENRC=y
-BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR=y
+BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD=y
 BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_BASH=y
+# BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY is not set
 # BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_REMOUNT_ROOTFS_RW is not set
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="en_US.UTF-8"
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="$(BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH)/board/myna-player-odyssey/rootfs_overlay"
@@ -53,10 +53,13 @@
 BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_BRCM_BCM43XX=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_BRCM_BCM43XXX=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_DT_UTILS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_I2C_TOOLS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LM_SENSORS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_RNG_TOOLS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_RTC_TOOLS=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_USBUTILS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE_BSDTAR=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE_BSDCAT=y
@@ -66,7 +69,8 @@
 # BR2_PACKAGE_IFUPDOWN_SCRIPTS is not set
 BR2_PACKAGE_IPROUTE2=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_IPUTILS=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSH=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_NETWORK_MANAGER=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_NETWORK_MANAGER_TUI=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_RSYNC=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_WGET=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
@@ -85,6 +89,13 @@
 BR2_PACKAGE_PSMISC=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_RAUC=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_RAUC_NETWORK=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_PSTORE is not set
+# BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_HWDB is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_LOGIND=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_NETWORKD is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_POLKIT=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_VCONSOLE is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_BOOTCHART=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_TAR=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_HWCLOCK=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_KILL=y
@@ -122,4 +133,6 @@
 BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="$(BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH)/board/myna-player-odyssey/configs/barebox.config"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GENIMAGE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_RAUC=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_DISABLED_SERVICES=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIFEPO4WERED_PI=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSH_SYSTEMD=y