diff --git a/archinstall/lib/installer.py b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
index e9ddafce9e..d3dcf9e6b1 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/installer.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ def genfstab(self, flags: str = '-pU') -> None:
 		info(f'Updating {fstab_path}')
 
 		try:
-			gen_fstab = SysCommand(f'genfstab {flags} {self.target}').output()
+			gen_fstab = SysCommand(f'genfstab {flags} -f {self.target} {self.target}').output()
 		except SysCallError as err:
 			raise RequirementError(f'Could not generate fstab, strapping in packages most likely failed (disk out of space?)\n Error: {err}')
 
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/pacman/__init__.py b/archinstall/lib/pacman/__init__.py
index 68a74e64e5..e2a3ffa495 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/pacman/__init__.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/pacman/__init__.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def strap(self, packages: str | list[str]) -> None:
 			'Could not strap in packages',
 			'Pacstrap failed. See /var/log/archinstall/install.log or above message for error details',
 			SysCommand,
-			f'pacstrap -C /etc/pacman.conf -K {self.target} {" ".join(packages)} --noconfirm',
+			f'pacstrap -C /etc/pacman.conf -K {self.target} {" ".join(packages)} --noconfirm --needed',
 			peek_output=True,
 		)