diff --git a/alpine_install.sh b/alpine_install.sh
index 952b6f4..bd6eb8d 100755
--- a/alpine_install.sh
+++ b/alpine_install.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 swappiness="25"
 tmpfs_size="1G"
 repository_protocol="https"
-repository_version="v3.18"
+repository_version="v3.20"
 
 # execution
 printf "|>> executing alpine install script...\n"
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ apk add --force-refresh --no-cache --progress  \
     unzip \
     rsync \
     dropbear \
-	openssh-client \
-    rxvt-unicode-terminfo
+	openssh-client 
 
 read -p "|> enter additional packages to install: " packages
 [[ "$packages" ]] && packages="$(printf "$packages" | tr '\n' ' ')" && apk add --force-refresh --no-cache --progress $packages
@@ -120,6 +119,14 @@ sed -i 's/keyword -docker -jail -lxc -prefix -systemd-nspawn -vserver/keyword -d
 printf "|> remounting '/etc/fstab' entries...\n"
 mount -a
 
+printf "|> configuring git...\n"
+git config --global user.name "velvettear"
+git config --global user.email "daniel.sommer@velvettear.de"
+git config --global credential.helper store
+sudo -u "$user" git config --global user.name "velvettear"
+sudo -u "$user" git config --global user.email "daniel.sommer@velvettear.de"
+sudo -u "$user" git config --global credential.helper store
+
 printf "|> customizing environment...\n"                                                                        
 git clone -b "lxc-alpine" "https://git.velvettear.de/velvettear/etc.git" "/etc/velvettear"                             
 chown -R "$user":users "/etc/velvettear"