diff --git a/hetzner-debian10-zfs-setup.sh b/hetzner-debian10-zfs-setup.sh
index 703d677..d7e3511 100644
--- a/hetzner-debian10-zfs-setup.sh
+++ b/hetzner-debian10-zfs-setup.sh
@@ -392,9 +392,7 @@ function ask_hostname {
 
 function determine_kernel_variant {
   if dmidecode | grep -q vServer; then
-    v_kernel_variant="-virtual"
-  else
-    v_kernel_variant="-generic"
+    v_kernel_variant="-cloud"
   fi
 }
 
@@ -699,7 +697,7 @@ chroot_execute "rm -f /etc/localtime /etc/timezone"
 chroot_execute "dpkg-reconfigure tzdata -f noninteractive "
 
 echo "======= installing latest kernel============="
-chroot_execute "apt install --yes -t buster-backports linux-image${v_kernel_variant} linux-headers${v_kernel_variant}"
+chroot_execute "apt install --yes -t buster-backports linux-image${v_kernel_variant}-amd64 linux-headers${v_kernel_variant}-amd64"
 
 echo "======= installing aux packages =========="
 chroot_execute "apt install --yes man wget curl software-properties-common nano htop gnupg"
diff --git a/hetzner-debian11-zfs-setup.sh b/hetzner-debian11-zfs-setup.sh
index d3b09b4..5a04880 100644
--- a/hetzner-debian11-zfs-setup.sh
+++ b/hetzner-debian11-zfs-setup.sh
@@ -393,9 +393,7 @@ function ask_hostname {
 
 function determine_kernel_variant {
   if dmidecode | grep -q vServer; then
-    v_kernel_variant="-virtual"
-  else
-    v_kernel_variant="-generic"
+    v_kernel_variant="-cloud"
   fi
 }
 
@@ -700,7 +698,7 @@ chroot_execute "rm -f /etc/localtime /etc/timezone"
 chroot_execute "dpkg-reconfigure tzdata -f noninteractive "
 
 echo "======= installing latest kernel============="
-chroot_execute "apt install --yes linux-image${v_kernel_variant} linux-headers${v_kernel_variant}"
+chroot_execute "apt install --yes linux-image${v_kernel_variant}-amd64 linux-headers${v_kernel_variant}-amd64"
 
 echo "======= installing aux packages =========="
 chroot_execute "apt install --yes man wget curl software-properties-common nano htop gnupg"