diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 3d58ef7a5..df019dd06 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -1,54 +1,30 @@
 
-server_ip_trusty = "192.168.22.10"
-server_ip_xenial = "192.168.22.11"
-server_memory = "1024" # MB
+server_ip = "192.168.22.10"
+server_memory = "2048" # MB
 server_timezone = "UTC"
 
 public_folder = "/vagrant"
 
 Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
-######################################################################
-  # Set server to Ubuntu 14.04
-  config.vm.define "trusty" do |trusty|
-    trusty.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
-
-    # Disable automatic box update checking. If you disable this, then
-    # boxes will only be checked for updates when the user runs
-    # `vagrant box outdated`. This is not recommended.
-    # config.vm.box_check_update = false
-
-    # Create a hostname, don't forget to put it to the `hosts` file
-    # This will point to the server's default virtual host
-    # TO DO: Make this work with virtualhost along-side xip.io URL
-    trusty.vm.hostname = "friendica-trusty.dev"
-
-    # Create a static IP
-    trusty.vm.network :private_network, ip: server_ip_trusty
-  end
-
-######################################################################
   # Set server to Ubuntu 16.04
-  config.vm.define "xenial" do |xenial|
-    xenial.vm.box = "boxcutter/ubuntu1604"
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/xenial64"
 
-    # Disable automatic box update checking. If you disable this, then
-    # boxes will only be checked for updates when the user runs
-    # `vagrant box outdated`. This is not recommended.
-    # config.vm.box_check_update = false
+  # Disable automatic box update checking. If you disable this, then
+  # boxes will only be checked for updates when the user runs
+  # `vagrant box outdated`. This is not recommended.
+  config.vm.box_check_update = true
 
-    # Create a hostname, don't forget to put it to the `hosts` file
-    # This will point to the server's default virtual host
-    # TO DO: Make this work with virtualhost along-side xip.io URL
-    xenial.vm.hostname = "friendica-xenial.dev"
+  # Create a hostname, don't forget to put it to the `hosts` file
+  # This will point to the server's default virtual host
+  # TO DO: Make this work with virtualhost along-side xip.io URL
+  config.vm.hostname = "friendica-xenial.dev"
 
-    # Create a static IP
-    xenial.vm.network :private_network, ip: server_ip_xenial
-  end
+  # Create a static IP
+  config.vm.network :private_network, ip: server_ip
 
-######################################################################
   # Share a folder between host and guest
-  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", id: "vagrant-root", owner: "www-data", group: "vagrant"
-
+  # config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", id: "vagrant-root", owner: "www-data", group: "vagrant"
+  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", id: "vagrant-root", owner: "www-data", group: "www-data"
 
   # Provider-specific configuration so you can fine-tune various
   # backing providers for Vagrant. These expose provider-specific options.
@@ -57,7 +33,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   #   vb.gui = true
   #
   #   # Customize the amount of memory on the VM:
-      vb.memory = server_memory
+    vb.memory = server_memory
   end
 
   # Enable provisioning with a shell script. 
diff --git a/util/vagrant_provision.sh b/util/vagrant_provision.sh
index 39db0d73c..0cdddc58c 100644
--- a/util/vagrant_provision.sh
+++ b/util/vagrant_provision.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 echo "Friendica configuration settings"
 sudo apt-get update
 
+# Install virtualbox guest additions
+sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11
+
 #Selfsigned cert
 echo ">>> Installing *.xip.io self-signed SSL"
 SSL_DIR="/etc/ssl/xip.io"
@@ -32,30 +35,16 @@ sudo apt-get install -y apache2
 sudo a2enmod rewrite actions ssl
 sudo cp /vagrant/util/vagrant_vhost.sh /usr/local/bin/vhost
 sudo chmod guo+x /usr/local/bin/vhost
-if [ $( lsb_release -c | cut -f 2 ) == "trusty" ]; then
-    sudo vhost -s 192.168.22.10.xip.io -d /var/www -p /etc/ssl/xip.io -c xip.io -a friendica-trusty.dev
+    sudo vhost -s 192.168.22.10.xip.io -d /var/www -p /etc/ssl/xip.io -c xip.io -a friendica-xenial.dev
     sudo a2dissite 000-default
     sudo service apache2 restart
-elif [ $( lsb_release -c | cut -f 2 ) == "xenial" ]; then
-    sudo vhost -s 192.168.22.11.xip.io -d /var/www -p /etc/ssl/xip.io -c xip.io -a friendica-xenial.dev
-    sudo a2dissite 000-default
-    sudo systemctl restart apache2
-fi
 
 #Install php
-if [ $( lsb_release -c | cut -f 2 ) == "trusty" ]; then
-    echo ">>> Installing PHP5"
-    sudo apt-get install -y php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-cli php5-mysql php5-curl php5-gd
-    sudo apt-get install -y imagemagick
-    sudo apt-get install -y php5-imagick
-    sudo service apache2 restart
-elif [ $( lsb_release -c | cut -f 2 ) == "xenial" ]; then
-    echo ">>> Installing PHP7"
-    sudo apt-get install -y php libapache2-mod-php php-cli php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-mbstring
-    sudo apt-get install -y imagemagick
-    sudo apt-get install -y php-imagick
-    sudo systemctl restart apache2
-fi
+echo ">>> Installing PHP7"
+sudo apt-get install -y php libapache2-mod-php php-cli php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-mbstring
+sudo apt-get install -y imagemagick
+sudo apt-get install -y php-imagick
+sudo systemctl restart apache2
 
 
 #Install mysql
@@ -73,21 +62,13 @@ Q1="GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'root' WITH GRANT OPTION;"
 Q2="FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
 SQL="${Q1}${Q2}"
 $MYSQL -uroot -proot -e "$SQL"
-if [ $( lsb_release -c | cut -f 2 ) == "trusty" ]; then
-    service mysql restart
-elif [ $( lsb_release -c | cut -f 2 ) == "xenial" ]; then
-    systemctl restart mysql
-fi
+systemctl restart mysql
 
 
 
 #configure rudimentary mail server (local delivery only)
 #add Friendica accounts for local user accounts, use email address like vagrant@friendica.dev, read the email with 'mail'.
-if [ $( lsb_release -c | cut -f 2 ) == "trusty" ]; then
-    debconf-set-selections <<< "postfix postfix/mailname string friendica-trusty.dev"
-elif [ $( lsb_release -c | cut -f 2 ) == "xenial" ]; then
-    debconf-set-selections <<< "postfix postfix/mailname string friendica-xenial.dev"
-fi
+debconf-set-selections <<< "postfix postfix/mailname string friendica-xenial.dev"
 debconf-set-selections <<< "postfix postfix/main_mailer_type string 'Local Only'"
 sudo apt-get install -y postfix mailutils libmailutils-dev
 sudo echo -e "friendica1:	vagrant\nfriendica2:	vagrant\nfriendica3:	vagrant\nfriendica4:	vagrant\nfriendica5:	vagrant" >> /etc/aliases && sudo newaliases
@@ -102,12 +83,12 @@ cp /vagrant/util/htconfig.vagrant.php /vagrant/.htconfig.php
 # create the friendica database
 echo "create database friendica DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci" | mysql -u root -proot
 # import test database
-$MYSQL -uroot -proot friendica < /vagrant/friendica_test_data.sql
+# $MYSQL -uroot -proot friendica < /vagrant/friendica_test_data.sql
 
-#create cronjob
-echo "*/10 * * * * cd /vagrant; /usr/bin/php include/poller.php" >> friendicacron
-sudo crontab friendicacron
-sudo rm friendicacron
+# create cronjob - activate if you have enough memory in you dev VM
+# echo "*/10 * * * * cd /vagrant; /usr/bin/php include/poller.php" >> friendicacron
+# sudo crontab friendicacron
+# sudo rm friendicacron
 
 #Optional: checkout addon repositroy
 #sudo git clone https://github.com/friendica/friendica-addons.git /vagrant/addon