diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fc6baee..30e1a38 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 *.pyc
 roles/tkuhlman.*
 roles/stympy.influxdb
+ansible.cfg
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 429715e..9238051 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ To edit the Ansible roles I suggest downloading the full git source of the role
 your ansible path. Then though you can rerun `vagrant provision` to test your changes. Often it is
 easier to run ansible directly and specify tags, ie `ansible-playbook mini-mon --tags api,persister`.
 For this to work smoothly add these vagrant specific settings to
-your local ansible configuration (~/.ansible.cfg):
+your local ansible configuration (~/.ansible.cfg or a personal ansible.cfg in this dir):
 
     [defaults]
-    hostfile = .vagrant/provisioners/ansible/inventory/vagrant_ansible_inventory
+    hostfile = .ansible_hosts
     private_key_file = ~/.vagrant.d/insecure_private_key
     remote_user = vagrant
 
diff --git a/smoke.yml b/smoke.yml
index 8326aeb..0a30983 100644
--- a/smoke.yml
+++ b/smoke.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - hosts: mini-mon
-  sudo: yes
+  gather_facts: no
   tasks:
     - name: Run the smoke test
       command: /vagrant/tests/smoke.py