diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/compute/cloudinit.tpl b/infrastructure/modules/compute/cloudinit.tpl
index a0455cb..31ec160 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/compute/cloudinit.tpl
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/compute/cloudinit.tpl
@@ -87,5 +87,9 @@ write_files:
       }
     owner: root:root
     permissions: '0644'
+  - path: /mnt/data/kibana-elasticsearch-password
+    content: ""
+    owner: root:root
+    permissions: '0600'
 runcmd:
   - systemctl start nixos-rebuild.service
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/compute/nix/guidelines.nix b/infrastructure/modules/compute/nix/guidelines.nix
index bb913db..13151a2 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/compute/nix/guidelines.nix
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/compute/nix/guidelines.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { pkgs, lib, ... }:
 let
-  releaseVersion = app: (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile "/mnt/data/guidelines.json")).${app};
+  releaseVersion = app: (if builtins.pathExists "/mnt/data/guidelines.json" then builtins.readFile (builtins.fromJSON ("/mnt/data/guidelines.json")).${app} else "latest");
 in
 {
   virtualisation = {