diff --git a/first_boot.sh b/first_boot.sh
index 64f102f..039c160 100755
--- a/first_boot.sh
+++ b/first_boot.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9000:9000 --name=portainer --restart=always -v /va
 usermod -aG docker portainer
 
 #Start minikube
-sudo -u portainer minikube start --driver=docker --ports=":30778" --ports=":9001"
+sudo -u portainer minikube start --nodes 3 --driver=docker --ports=":30778" --ports=":9001"
 
 #Add the metrics server to the minikube cluster
 sudo -u portainer minikube addons enable metrics-server
@@ -57,10 +57,11 @@ http --form POST :9000/api/endpoints \
 Name="docker" EndpointCreationType=1
 
 #Get mapped 30778 port from control-plane
-sleep 5
+jwt=`http POST :9000/api/auth Username="portainer" Password="portainer1234" | jq '.jwt' | sed 's/^.//' | sed 's/.$//'`
 port=`docker port minikube | grep 30778 | head -1 | awk '$1=$1' FS=":" OFS=" " |  awk '{ print $4 }'`
 
 #Add local Kubernetes endpoint
+sleep 20
 sudo -u portainer http --form POST :9000/api/endpoints \
 "Authorization: Bearer $jwt" \
 Name="kubernetes" URL="tcp://10.0.2.8:$port" \