diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S05syslog b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S05syslog
index 78586fadf3..fe65281b6d 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S05syslog
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S05syslog
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ case "$1" in
         ${PROG}
         test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
         echo "---- booting ${OS_NAME} ${OS_VERSION} ----" >> ${DMESG_LOG}
-        ${PROG_D} -T -w >> ${DMESG_LOG} &
+        ${PROG_D} -w >> ${DMESG_LOG} &
         ;;
 
     stop)
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S50date b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S50date
index 6d7e43dfa8..5cd0781abf 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S50date
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S50date
@@ -33,24 +33,45 @@ source ${CONF}
 
 set_current_date_http() {
     date_str=$(curl -v -s -m ${DATE_TIMEOUT} -X GET http://${DATE_HOST} 2>&1 | grep Date | sed -e 's/< Date: //')
-    test -z "${date_str}" && return 1
-    ${PROG_DATE} -u -D "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S" -s "${date_str}" > /dev/null
-    return $?
+    if [[ -n "${date_str}" ]]; then
+        ${PROG_DATE} -u -D "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S" -s "${date_str}" > /dev/null
+        logger -t date -s "current system date/time set to $(date) via HTTP"
+        return 0
+    else
+        logger -t date -s "failed to set current system date/time via HTTP"
+        return 1
+    fi
 }
 
 set_current_date_ntp() {
     cat ${NTP_CONF} | grep server | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | xargs ${PROG_NTPDATE} -t ${DATE_TIMEOUT} -s
+    if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then
+        logger -t date -s "current system date/time set to $(date) via NTP"
+        return 0
+    else
+        logger -t date -s "failed to set current system date/time via NTP"
+        return 1
+    fi
 }
 
 start_http() {
     msg_begin "Setting current date using http"
-    set_current_date_http || set_current_date_http
-    test $? == 0 && msg_done "$(${PROG_DATE})" || msg_fail
+    if set_current_date_http; then
+        sleep_interval=${DATE_INTERVAL}
+        msg_done "$(${PROG_DATE})"
+    else
+        sleep_interval=${DATE_TIMEOUT}
+        msg_fail
+    fi
     
     msg_begin "Starting http date updater"
     while true; do
-        sleep ${DATE_INTERVAL}
-        set_current_date_http
+        sleep ${sleep_interval}
+        if set_current_date_http; then
+            sleep_interval=${DATE_INTERVAL}
+        else
+            sleep_interval=${DATE_TIMEOUT}
+        fi
     done &
     msg_done
 }
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/profile b/board/common/overlay/etc/profile
index f56cf28154..0224094d57 100644
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/profile
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/profile
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ fi;
 test -f /data/etc/profile && source /data/etc/profile
 
 # global environment variables
+set -a
 test -f /etc/environment && source /etc/environment
 test -f /data/etc/environment && source /data/etc/environment
 test -f /boot/etc/environment && source /boot/etc/environment
-
+set +a
diff --git a/writeimage.sh b/writeimage.sh
index 36946f8370..665df07481 100755
--- a/writeimage.sh
+++ b/writeimage.sh
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ fi
 if [ -n "$IP" ] && [ -n "$GW" ] && [ -n "$DNS" ]; then
     msg "setting static IP configuration"
     conf=$BOOT/static_ip.conf
-    echo "static_ip=\"$IP\"" > $conf
-    echo "static_gw=\"$GW\"" >> $conf
-    echo "static_dns=\"$DNS\"" >> $conf
+    echo "STATIC_IP=\"$IP\"" > $conf
+    echo "STATIC_GW=\"$GW\"" >> $conf
+    echo "STATIC_DNS=\"$DNS\"" >> $conf
 fi
 
 msg "unmounting sdcard"