diff --git a/install/install.conf b/install/install.conf
index 5734e225..7903b8c5 100755
--- a/install/install.conf
+++ b/install/install.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ export OS_INSTALLER=${OS_INSTALLER:-cobbler}
 # PACKAGE_INSTALLER indicates the tool for Package provisioning, default is 'chef'.
 export PACKAGE_INSTALLER=${PACKAGE_INSTALLER:-package}
 
+# set remi release url
+# export ATOMIC=${ATOMIC:-http://www6.atomicorp.com/channels/atomic/${IMAGE_TYPE,,}/${IMAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}/${IMAGE_ARCH}/RPMS/atomic-release-1.0-19.${IMAGE_TYPE_OTHER}${IMAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.art.noarch.rpm}
+export REMI=${REMI:-http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm}
+
 # service NIC
 export NIC=${NIC:-}
 export IPADDR=${IPADDR:-}
diff --git a/install/install.conf.template b/install/install.conf.template
index 9344c0dd..e32d913c 100755
--- a/install/install.conf.template
+++ b/install/install.conf.template
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ export OS_INSTALLER=cobbler
 # PACKAGE_INSTALLER indicates the tool for Package provisioning, default is 'chef'.
 export PACKAGE_INSTALLER=chef
 
+# set remi release
+# export ATOMIC=https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/compass-local-repo/atomic-release-1.0-19.el6.art.noarch.rpm
+export REMI=http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm
+
 # service NIC (A bridge "installation" is used for jenkins CI)
 export NIC=installation
 
diff --git a/install/install.sh b/install/install.sh
index 3bd09fa1..af95f7ef 100755
--- a/install/install.sh
+++ b/install/install.sh
@@ -82,21 +82,26 @@ fi
 
 sed -i 's/^mirrorlist=https/mirrorlist=http/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
 
-### Add atomic repo
 sudo rpm -q atomic-release
+if [ "$?" == "0" ]; then
+    sudo rpm -e atomic-release
+fi
+
+### Add remi repo
+sudo rpm -q remi-release
 if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
-    sudo rpm -Uvh http://www6.atomicorp.com/channels/atomic/${IMAGE_TYPE,,}/${IMAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}/${IMAGE_ARCH}/RPMS/atomic-release-1.0-19.${IMAGE_TYPE_OTHER}${IMAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.art.noarch.rpm >& /dev/null
+    sudo rpm -Uvh $REMI >& /dev/null
     if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
-        echo "failed to install atomic-release"
+        echo "failed to install remi-release"
         exit 1
     else
-        echo "successfully installed atomic-release"
+        echo "successfully installed remi-release"
     fi
 else
-    echo "atomic-release is already installed"
+    echo "remi-release is already installed"
 fi 
 
-sed -i 's/^mirrorlist=https/mirrorlist=http/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/atomic.repo
+# sed -i 's/^mirrorlist=https/mirrorlist=http/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/atomic.repo
 
 ### Trap any error code with related filename and line.
 errtrap()