diff --git a/build/build-stormux.sh b/build/build-stormux.sh
index 035ab76..3883cf5 100755
--- a/build/build-stormux.sh
+++ b/build/build-stormux.sh
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ arch-chroot /mnt << EOF
 # set up pacman
 pacman-key --init
 pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm
-pacman -Syyu --needed --noconfirm alsa-firmware alsa-utils base base-devel bash-completion bluez bluez-utils cronie espeak-ng git magic-wormhole man man-pages networkmanager rhvoice-voice-bdl rng-tools rsync sox w3m wget wireless-regdb xdg-user-dirs xdg-utils
+pacman -Syyu --needed --noconfirm alsa-firmware alsa-utils base base-devel bash-completion bluez bluez-utils brltty cronie espeak-ng git magic-wormhole man man-pages networkmanager ntp rhvoice-voice-bdl rng-tools rsync sox w3m wget wireless-regdb xdg-user-dirs xdg-utils
 # set the language
 sed -i "s/#$imageLanguage/$imageLanguage/" /etc/locale.gen
 echo "LANG=$imageLanguage" > /etc/locale.conf
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ systemctl enable rngd.service
 echo 'Stormux \r (\l)' > /etc/issue
 echo >> /etc/issue
 # Change the alarm user to be stormux
-usermod -a -g users -G wheel,audio,video -m -d /home/stormux -l stormux alarm
+usermod -a -g users -G wheel,audio,video,network,brlapi -m -d /home/stormux -l stormux alarm
 # Grant sudo privileges to the stormux user for package installation.
 echo 'stormux ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' >> /etc/sudoers.d/wheel
 # Set the password for the root user
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ echo '%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/wheel
 # Set the hostname
 echo stormux > /etc/hostname
 # Enable services
-systemctl enable cronie.service fenrirscreenreader.service log2ram.service NetworkManager.service
+systemctl enable brltty.path cronie.service fenrirscreenreader.service log2ram.service NetworkManager.service ntpd.service
 # Update fstab for Raspberry Pi 4.
 #[[ $imageVersion -eq 4 ]] && sed -i 's/mmcblk0/mmcblk1/g' /etc/fstab
 EOF