diff --git a/test/vm-cluster/cluster.sh b/test/vm-cluster/cluster.sh
index 269a9f89..51a080f6 100755
--- a/test/vm-cluster/cluster.sh
+++ b/test/vm-cluster/cluster.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fi
 contconfig=$(jq -r ".contracts[] | select(.name == \"${CONTRACT}\") | .config" $conf)
 if [ "$contconfig" = "" ] || [ "$contconfig" = "{}" ]; then
     # Apply default config.
-    contconfig="{\"user\": {\"port\": 8080}, \"mesh\":{ \"port\": 22860}, \"contract\": {\"roundtime\": 2000 }, \"log\":{\"loglevel\": \"dbg\", \"loggers\":[\"console\",\"file\"]}}"
+    contconfig="{\"user\": {\"port\": 8080}, \"mesh\":{ \"port\": 22860}, \"contract\": {\"roundtime\": 2000 }, \"log\":{\"loglevel\": \"inf\", \"loggers\":[\"console\",\"file\"]}}"
 fi
 
 vmpass=$(jq -r '.vmpass' $conf)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ fi
 # reboot - Reboot specified vm node.
 # ssh - Open up an ssh terminal for the specified vm node.
 # dns - Uploads given zerossl domain verification file to vm and starts http server for DNS check.
-# ssl - Uploads matching zerossl certificate bundle from ~/Downloads/ to the contract.
+# ssl - Uploads matching zerossl certificate bundle from ~/downloads/ to the contract.
 # lcl - Displays the lcls of all nodes.
 # pubkey - Displays the pubkey on specified vm node or entire cluster.
 
@@ -207,9 +207,10 @@ if [ $mode = "dns" ]; then
         exit 1
     fi
     vmaddr=${vmaddrs[$nodeid]}
-    sshpass -p $vmpass ssh $vmuser@$vmaddr 'mkdir -p $basedir/web80/.well-known/pki-validation'
+    sshpass -p $vmpass ssh $vmuser@$vmaddr "mkdir -p $basedir/web80/.well-known/pki-validation"
     sshpass -p $vmpass scp $3 $vmuser@$vmaddr:$basedir/web80/.well-known/pki-validation/
-    sshpass -p $vmpass ssh $vmuser@$vmaddr -t 'cd $basedir/web80 && sudo python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80'
+    sshpass -p $vmpass ssh $vmuser@$vmaddr "sudo apt-get install -y python"
+    sshpass -p $vmpass ssh $vmuser@$vmaddr -t "cd $basedir/web80 && sudo python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80"
     exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -220,18 +221,19 @@ if [ $mode = "ssl" ]; then
     fi
     vmaddr=${vmaddrs[$nodeid]}
 
-    unzip -d ~/Downloads/$vmaddr/ ~/Downloads/$vmaddr.zip || exit 1;
-    pushd ~/Downloads/$vmaddr > /dev/null 2>&1
+    sudo apt-get install -y unzip
+    unzip -d ~/downloads/$vmaddr/ ~/downloads/$vmaddr.zip || exit 1;
+    pushd ~/downloads/$vmaddr > /dev/null 2>&1
     mkdir certs
     cat certificate.crt <(echo) ca_bundle.crt > certs/tlscert.pem
     mv private.key certs/tlskey.pem
     popd > /dev/null 2>&1
     
     echo "Sending tls certs to the contract..."
-    sshpass -p $vmpass scp ~/Downloads/$vmaddr/certs/* $vmuser@$vmaddr:$basedir/hpfiles/ssl/
+    sshpass -p $vmpass scp ~/downloads/$vmaddr/certs/* $vmuser@$vmaddr:$basedir/hpfiles/ssl/
     sshpass -p $vmpass ssh $vmuser@$vmaddr cp -rf $basedir/hpfiles/ssl/* $contdir/cfg/
     
-    rm -r ~/Downloads/$vmaddr
+    rm -r ~/downloads/$vmaddr
     echo "Done"
     exit 0
 fi
diff --git a/test/vm-cluster/setup-hp.sh b/test/vm-cluster/setup-hp.sh
index 00a919ca..241555fa 100755
--- a/test/vm-cluster/setup-hp.sh
+++ b/test/vm-cluster/setup-hp.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ else
    echo "Installing NodeJs..."
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get -y install curl
-   curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_13.x | sudo -E bash -
+   curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
    sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
 fi
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ if [ $mode = "new" ] || [ $mode = "reconfig" ]; then
 
    # Create lcl.sh script
    echo "max_shard_no=\$(ls -v $contdir/ledger_fs/seed/primary/ | tail -2 | head -1)" > $contdir/lcl.sh
-   echo "echo \"select seq_no, ledger_hash from ledger order by seq_no DESC limit 1;\" | sqlite3 $contdir/ledger_fs/seed/primary/\$max_shard_no/ledger.sqlite" >> $contdir/lcl.sh
+   echo "echo \"select seq_no || '-' || lower(hex(ledger_hash)) from ledger order by seq_no DESC limit 1;\" | sqlite3 file:$contdir/ledger_fs/seed/primary/\$max_shard_no/ledger.sqlite?mode=ro" >> $contdir/lcl.sh
    sudo chmod +x $contdir/lcl.sh
 
    # Configure .screenrc