diff --git a/Berksfile b/Berksfile
index 41cd3e7..822ed85 100644
--- a/Berksfile
+++ b/Berksfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+source 'https://api.berkshelf.com'
+
 metadata
-cookbook 'hostsfile', '= 1.0.1'
 cookbook 'mon_api', git: 'git@git.hpcloud.net:mon/cookbooks-mon_api'
 cookbook 'kafka', git: 'git@git.hpcloud.net:mon/cookbooks-kafka'
 cookbook 'mon_agent', git: 'git@git.hpcloud.net:mon/cookbooks-mon_agent'
@@ -9,3 +10,7 @@ cookbook 'mon_thresh', git: 'git@git.hpcloud.net:mon/cookbooks-mon_thresh'
 cookbook 'percona', git: 'https://github.com/tkuhlman/chef-percona'
 cookbook 'vertica', git: 'git@git.hpcloud.net:mon/cookbooks-vertica'
 cookbook 'zookeeper', git: 'git@git.hpcloud.net:mon/cookbooks-zookeeper'
+
+# community cookbook we pin
+cookbook 'hostsfile', '= 1.0.1'
+cookbook 'build-essential', '= 1.4.4'
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 6be7c6e..156b117 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+name             "mini-mon"
 maintainer       "SOM Team"
 maintainer_email "hpcs-mon@hp.com"
 license          "All rights reserved"