diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 8b56e521e4..59ce057994 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -4,18 +4,8 @@
 Vagrant.require_version ">= 1.5"
 
 $provisioning_script = <<SCRIPT
-dpkg --add-architecture i386
-apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y dist-upgrade && \
-	DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y git dialog lsb-release binutils wget ca-certificates device-tree-compiler \
-	pv bc lzop zip binfmt-support build-essential ccache debootstrap ntpdate gawk gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi \
-	qemu-user-static u-boot-tools uuid-dev zlib1g-dev unzip libusb-1.0-0-dev ntpdate parted pkg-config libncurses5-dev whiptail \
-	debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring f2fs-tools libfile-fcntllock-perl rsync libssl-dev nfs-kernel-server btrfs-tools \
-	gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu ncurses-term p7zip-full dos2unix dosfstools libc6-dev-armhf-cross libc6-dev-armel-cross libc6-dev-arm64-cross \
-	curl gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-arm-none-eabi patchutils python liblz4-tool libpython2.7-dev linux-base swig libpython-dev \
-	systemd-container udev distcc libstdc++-arm-none-eabi-newlib gcc-4.9-arm-linux-gnueabihf gcc-4.9-aarch64-linux-gnu \
-	g++-4.9-arm-linux-gnueabihf g++-4.9-aarch64-linux-gnu g++-5-aarch64-linux-gnu g++-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf lib32stdc++6 \
-	libc6-i386 lib32ncurses5 lib32tinfo5 locales ncurses-base zlib1g:i386 aptly pixz
-locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
+# use remote git version instead of sharing a copy from host to preserve proper file permissions
+# and prevent permission related issues for the temp directory
 git clone https://github.com/armbian/build /home/ubuntu/armbian
 ln -sf /vagrant/output /home/ubuntu/armbian/output
 ln -sf /vagrant/userpatches /home/ubuntu/armbian/userpatches
@@ -48,8 +38,8 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
         vb.name = "Armbian Builder"
 
-        # uncomment this to use the VirtualBox GUI
-        #vb.gui = true
+        # comment this to disable the VirtualBox GUI
+        vb.gui = true
 
         # Tweak these to fit your needs.
         #vb.memory = "8192"
diff --git a/config-vagrant.conf b/config-vagrant.conf
index a955ea6931..0af7bf13f7 100644
--- a/config-vagrant.conf
+++ b/config-vagrant.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ display_alert "SSH config for the Vagrant box"
 
 vagrant ssh-config
 
-display-alert "Use 'vagrant halt' to stop the box"
+display_alert "Use 'vagrant halt' to stop the box"
 
 # don't need to proceed further on the host
 exit 0