diff --git a/archlabs-installer b/archlabs-installer
index 16ad2a5..be30e8e 100755
--- a/archlabs-installer
+++ b/archlabs-installer
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086,SC2046,SC2254
 
-VER=2.1.38
+VER=2.1.39
 
 # default values {
 
@@ -1925,6 +1925,7 @@ install_mkinitcpio()
 install_mirrorlist()
 {
 	if hash reflector > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		timedatectl set-ntp 1 && timedatectl > /dev/null 2>&1
 		reflector --verbose --score 80 -l 40 -f 5 --sort rate --save "$1"
 	elif hash rankmirrors > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 		echo "Sorting mirrorlist... This will take a while"
@@ -1961,6 +1962,7 @@ install_background()
 	if yesno "Background Install" "$_bginstall" "Pacstrap" "Copy ISO"; then
 		(
 		install_mirrorlist "/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" > /tmp/bgout 2>&1 &&
+		pacman -Syy >> /tmp/bgout 2>&1 &&
 		pacstrap /mnt base ${ISO_PKGS[*]} $net >> /tmp/bgout 2>&1 &&
 		cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist "$MNT/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" &&
 		cp /etc/pacman.conf "$MNT/etc/pacman.conf" &&
@@ -1973,9 +1975,12 @@ install_background()
 	else
 		(
 		rsync -avh /run/archiso/sfs/airootfs/ "$MNT/" > /tmp/bgout 2>&1 &&
-		install_mirrorlist "$MNT/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" >> /tmp/bgout 2>&1 &&
+		install_mirrorlist "/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" >> /tmp/bgout 2>&1 &&
+		pacman -Syy >> /tmp/bgout 2>&1 &&
+		cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist "$MNT/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" &&
+		cp /etc/pacman.conf "$MNT/etc/pacman.conf" &&
 		al_repo "$MNT/etc/pacman.conf" &&
-		chrun "pacman -Syyu $net --noconfirm --needed" >> /tmp/bgout 2>&1
+		chrun "pacman -Syyu $net --noconfirm --needed" >> /tmp/bgout 2>&1 &&
 		[[ $net == "networkmanager" ]] && chrun "systemctl enable NetworkManager.service" >> /tmp/bgout 2>&1
 		[[ -e /tmp/wmlist ]] && chrun "pacman -S ${BASE_PKGS[*]} --noconfirm --needed" >> /tmp/bgout 2>&1
 		) &