diff --git a/auto/config b/auto/config
index 68b7543..d4b11c0 100755
--- a/auto/config
+++ b/auto/config
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ lb config noauto \
 	--debian-installer live \
 	--linux-packages linux-image \
 	--linux-flavours kali \
+	--username root \
 	"$@"
diff --git a/config/binary_debian-installer/preseed.cfg b/config/binary_debian-installer/preseed.cfg
index 7289115..ce2ce09 100644
--- a/config/binary_debian-installer/preseed.cfg
+++ b/config/binary_debian-installer/preseed.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # Install the kali kernel !
 d-i base-installer/kernel/image string linux-image-kali
 
+# Create root but skip creation of normal user account
+d-i passwd/root-login boolean true
+d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
diff --git a/config/chroot_local-packageslists/kali.list b/config/chroot_local-packageslists/kali.list
index e18d750..b10e343 100644
--- a/config/chroot_local-packageslists/kali.list
+++ b/config/chroot_local-packageslists/kali.list
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 kali-archive-keyring
 kali-menu
+kali-root-login
 
 amap
 nmap