diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 844e7070c..9f0e5d520 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ PKG_ID := "$(REPO_TAG)-OTP$(OTP_VER)"
 PKG_VERSION = $(shell echo $(PKG_ID) | sed -e 's/^$(REPO)-//')
 
 package:
+	compile
 	mkdir -p rel/pkg/out/$(PKG_ID)
 	git archive --format=tar HEAD | gzip >rel/pkg/out/$(PKG_ID).tar.gz
 	$(MAKE) -f rel/pkg/Makefile
diff --git a/priv/riak.schema b/priv/riak.schema
index f2cdc048a..605090e72 100644
--- a/priv/riak.schema
+++ b/priv/riak.schema
@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@
 ]}.
 
 %% VM emulator ignore break signal (prevent ^C / ^Gq)
-{mapping, "erlang.vm.ignore_break_signal", "vm_args.+Bi", [
-  {default, "true"},
+{mapping, "erlang.vm.ignore_break_signal", "vm_args.+B", [
+  {default, "i"},
+  {datatype, {enum, [c, d, i]}},
   merge
 ]}.
 
diff --git a/rel/pkg/deb/Makefile b/rel/pkg/deb/Makefile
index d6bba3f57..f0d16def4 100644
--- a/rel/pkg/deb/Makefile
+++ b/rel/pkg/deb/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ default:
 	dch  --create --package riak -v "$(PKG_VERSION)" \
              "Build from $(PKG_ID)";\
 	debuild --prepend-path=$(ERLANG_BIN) \
+	        --no-lintian \
 			-e REVISION=$(PKG_VERSION) \
 			-e RELEASE=$(PKG_BUILD) \
 		-i -uc -us -b
diff --git a/rel/pkg/deb/debian/riak.riak.service b/rel/pkg/deb/debian/riak.riak.service
index 3ca055367..42f3d092f 100644
--- a/rel/pkg/deb/debian/riak.riak.service
+++ b/rel/pkg/deb/debian/riak.riak.service
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Type=simple
 PIDFile=/run/riak/riak.pid
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/riak
 RuntimeDirectory=riak
+LimitNOFILE=524288
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/rel/vars/dev_vars.config.src b/rel/vars/dev_vars.config.src
index 154916307..1446d56bc 100644
--- a/rel/vars/dev_vars.config.src
+++ b/rel/vars/dev_vars.config.src
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 {sasl_log_dir,      "{{platform_log_dir}}/sasl"}.
 {repl_data_root,    "{{platform_data_dir}}/riak_repl/"}.
 
-{logger_level, debug}.
+{logger_level, info}.
 
 %%
 %% etc/vm.args