diff --git a/config-joey.hs b/config-joey.hs
index 09df857..d269c4e 100644
--- a/config-joey.hs
+++ b/config-joey.hs
@@ -78,8 +78,13 @@ hosts =                 --                  (o)  `
 	  	& ipv4 "66.228.36.95"
 		& ipv6 "2600:3c03::f03c:91ff:fe73:b0d2"
 
+		& File.hasContent "/etc/motd"
+			[ "Welcome to the new kitenet.net server!"
+			, "This is still under construction and not yet live.."
+			]
+
 		& Apt.installed ["linux-image-amd64"]
-		& Linode.chainPVGrub
+		& Linode.chainPVGrub 5
 		& Hostname.sane
 		& Apt.unattendedUpgrades
 		& Apt.installed ["systemd"]
@@ -151,7 +156,7 @@ hosts =                 --                  (o)  `
 	  in standardSystem "elephant.kitenet.net" Unstable "amd64"
 		& ipv4 "193.234.225.114"
 
-		& Grub.chainPVGrub "hd0,0" "xen/xvda1"
+		& Grub.chainPVGrub "hd0,0" "xen/xvda1" 30
 		& Hostname.sane
 		& Postfix.satellite
 		& Apt.unattendedUpgrades
diff --git a/src/Propellor/Property/Grub.hs b/src/Propellor/Property/Grub.hs
index b8e1b66..841861f 100644
--- a/src/Propellor/Property/Grub.hs
+++ b/src/Propellor/Property/Grub.hs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import qualified Propellor.Property.Apt as Apt
 -- | Eg, hd0,0 or xen/xvda1
 type GrubDevice = String
 
+type TimeoutSecs = Int
+
 -- | Use PV-grub chaining to boot
 --
 -- Useful when the VPS's pv-grub is too old to boot a modern kernel image.
@@ -15,12 +17,12 @@ type GrubDevice = String
 --
 -- The rootdev should be in the form "hd0", while the bootdev is in the form
 -- "xen/xvda".
-chainPVGrub :: GrubDevice -> GrubDevice -> Property
-chainPVGrub rootdev bootdev = combineProperties desc
+chainPVGrub :: GrubDevice -> GrubDevice -> TimeoutSecs -> Property
+chainPVGrub rootdev bootdev timeout = combineProperties desc
 	[ File.dirExists "/boot/grub"
 	, "/boot/grub/menu.lst" `File.hasContent`
 		[ "default 1" 
-		, "timeout 30"
+		, "timeout " ++ show timeout
 		, ""
 		, "title grub-xen shim"
 		, "root (" ++ rootdev ++ ")"
diff --git a/src/Propellor/Property/HostingProvider/Linode.hs b/src/Propellor/Property/HostingProvider/Linode.hs
index cfabe81..34d7218 100644
--- a/src/Propellor/Property/HostingProvider/Linode.hs
+++ b/src/Propellor/Property/HostingProvider/Linode.hs
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ import qualified Propellor.Property.Grub as Grub
 -- | Linode's pv-grub-x86_64 does not currently support booting recent
 -- Debian kernels compressed with xz. This sets up pv-grub chaing to enable
 -- it.
-chainPVGrub :: Property
+chainPVGrub :: Grub.TimeoutSecs -> Property
 chainPVGrub = Grub.chainPVGrub "hd0" "xen/xvda"