diff --git a/group_vars/rocky8.yml b/group_vars/rocky8.yml
index acc6e6a..ab9650b 100644
--- a/group_vars/rocky8.yml
+++ b/group_vars/rocky8.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ipcmd: >-
   {%     endif %}
   {%   endif %}
   {% endif %}
-virt_install_os_args: >
-  --location https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8/BaseOS/x86_64/os
+virt_install_os_args: >-
+  --location /var/lib/libvirt/images/Rocky-8.5-x86_64-minimal.iso
   --extra-args "inst.ks={{ ks_file }} console=ttyS0 net.ifnames=0 bootdev=eth0 {{ ipcmd }}"
 virt_install_os_variant: centos8
diff --git a/hosts.devel b/hosts.devel
index 862bf79..db830f0 100644
--- a/hosts.devel
+++ b/hosts.devel
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 [devel]
 devel01.home.foo.sh
 
-[centos8:children]
+[rocky8:children]
 devel
diff --git a/playbooks/vmhost.yml b/playbooks/vmhost.yml
index d9ce513..9f15923 100644
--- a/playbooks/vmhost.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vmhost.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,13 @@
   roles:
     - base
     - kvm-host
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: fetch rocky linux install image
+      get_url:
+        dest: /var/lib/libvirt/images/Rocky-8.5-x86_64-minimal.iso
+        url: https://nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/rockylinux.org/8.5/Minimal/x86_64/iso/Rocky-8.5-x86_64-minimal.iso
+        checksum: sha256:4eb2ae6b06876205f2209e4504110fe4115b37540c21ecfbbc0ebc11084cb779
+        mode: 0644
+        owner: root
+        group: "{{ ansible_wheel }}"