diff --git a/.vagrant-puppet/manifests/finalize.sh b/.vagrant-puppet/manifests/finalize.sh
index 58c637619..13cd5f8c3 100644
--- a/.vagrant-puppet/manifests/finalize.sh
+++ b/.vagrant-puppet/manifests/finalize.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# for some reason puppet does not start icinga2
+/sbin/service icinga2 start
+
+# fix faulty file permissions
+chown root:apache /etc/icinga/passwd
+/sbin/service httpd reload
+
 echo "The Icinga 2 Vagrant VM has finished installing. See http://localhost:8080/ for more details."