diff --git a/utils/baremetal.py b/utils/baremetal.py
index 5a8766b..035400c 100644
--- a/utils/baremetal.py
+++ b/utils/baremetal.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ data_bag_path "{dir}/data_bags"'''.format(dir=chef_dir)
 
 
 @task
-def git_mini_mon(install_dir, proxy=None):
+def git_mini_mon(install_dir, branch=None, proxy=None):
     """Download mini-mon from git
     """
     with prefix(proxy_string(proxy)):
@@ -61,10 +61,14 @@ def git_mini_mon(install_dir, proxy=None):
 
         if install_dir_check.succeeded:
             with cd(install_dir):
-                sudo('git pull -f origin master')
+                sudo('git checkout master; git pull -f origin master')
         else:
             sudo('git clone https://github.com/hpcloud-mon/mon-vagrant.git %s' % install_dir)
 
+        if branch is not None:
+            with cd(install_dir):
+                sudo('git checkout %s' % branch)
+
 @task(default=True)
 def install(install_dir='/vagrant', proxy=None):
     """Installs the latest mini-mon and bits necessary to run chef-solo and runs chef-solo on the box.
diff --git a/utils/cluster/README.md b/utils/cluster/README.md
index 6b8c8bf..25541fe 100644
--- a/utils/cluster/README.md
+++ b/utils/cluster/README.md
@@ -17,4 +17,3 @@ The goal of this fabric script is to setup a test cluster on baremetal leveragin
 - Setup the Vertica database schema
 - Setup the mysql database schema
 - Restart any services which require vertica or mysql
-
diff --git a/utils/cluster/__init__.py b/utils/cluster/__init__.py
index b2d2e10..a23332e 100644
--- a/utils/cluster/__init__.py
+++ b/utils/cluster/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ These tasks were developed for hLinux but will likely work on any decently up to
 """
 from fabric.api import *
 from fabric.tasks import Task
+import os
 
 from baremetal import chef_solo, git_mini_mon, install_deps
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ class SetupCluster(Task):
         self.cluster_dir = '/var/tmp/chef-Mon-Node'
         self.cluster_hosts = None
         self.mini_mon_dir = '/vagrant'  # mini_mon_dir is /vagrant to match assumptions in mini-mon
+        self.vertica_packages = ['vertica_7.0.1-0_amd64.deb', 'vertica-r-lang_7.0.1-0_amd64.deb']
 
     def run(self):
         """Installs the latest cookbooks and dependencies to run chef-solo and runs chef-solo on each box.
@@ -42,18 +44,26 @@ class SetupCluster(Task):
         self.cluster_hosts = env.hosts
 
         execute(install_deps)
-        execute(git_mini_mon, self.mini_mon_dir)
+        execute(git_mini_mon, self.mini_mon_dir, 'feature/cluster')
 
         # download cookbooks
-        with cd(self.cluster_dir):
-            sudo('berks vendor')
+        with settings(hide('running', 'output', 'warnings'), warn_only=True):
+            sudo('rm -r %s' % self.cluster_dir)
+            sudo('mkdir %s' % self.cluster_dir)
+
+        with cd(self.mini_mon_dir):
+            sudo('berks vendor %s/berks-cookbooks' % self.cluster_dir)
 
         # the vertica packages from my.vertica.com are needed, this assumes they are one level up from cwd
-        put('../vertica*.deb', self.mini_mon_dir, use_sudo=True)
+        for deb in self.vertica_packages:
+            with settings(hide('running', 'output', 'warnings'), warn_only=True):
+                if run('ls %s/%s' %(self.mini_mon_dir, deb)).failed:
+                    puts('Uploading %s' % deb)
+                    put('../../vertica*.deb', self.mini_mon_dir, use_sudo=True)
 
-        # Copy roles and data bags
-        put('%s/utils/cluster/data_bags' % self.mini_mon_dir, self.cluster_dir, use_sudo=True)
-        put('%s/utils/cluster/roles' % self.mini_mon_dir, self.cluster_dir, use_sudo=True)
+        # Copy roles and data bags - assumes you are running from the utils directory
+        put('%s/cluster/data_bags' % os.path.dirname(env.real_fabfile), self.cluster_dir, use_sudo=True)
+        put('%s/cluster/roles' % os.path.dirname(env.real_fabfile), self.cluster_dir, use_sudo=True)
 
         execute(chef_solo, self.cluster_dir, "role[Mon-Node]")