diff --git a/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/citadel-initramfs.bb b/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/citadel-initramfs.bb
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/citadel-initramfs.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+DESCRIPTION = ""
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
+SECTION = ""
+DEPENDS = ""
+
+SRC_URI = "file://initrd-release file://crypttab file://11-dm.rules"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+do_install() {
+    install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}
+    install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/initrd-release ${D}${sysconfdir}
+    install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/crypttab ${D}${sysconfdir}
+    install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/udev/rules.d
+    install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/11-dm.rules ${D}${sysconfdir}/udev/rules.d
+    install -d ${D}/dev
+    mknod -m 622 ${D}/dev/console c 5 1
+}
+
+FILES_${PN} += "/dev/console"
+
+pkg_postinst_${PN}() {
+    ln -sf initrd-release $D${sysconfdir}/os-release
+    #ln -s ${systemd_unitdir}/systemd $D/init
+    ln -sf ${systemd_system_unitdir}/initrd.target $D${systemd_system_unitdir}/default.target
+    rm -f $D${sysconfdir}/fstab
+    > $D${sysconfdir}/fstab
+}
+
+inherit allarch
diff --git a/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/files/11-dm.rules b/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/files/11-dm.rules
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+++ b/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/files/11-dm.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+SUBSYSTEM!="block", GOTO="dm_end"
+KERNEL!="dm-[0-9]*", GOTO="dm_end"
+ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="dm_end"
+OPTIONS+="db_persist"
+LABEL="dm_end"
diff --git a/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/files/crypttab b/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/files/crypttab
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index 0000000..a3ca7a5
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+++ b/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/files/crypttab
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+luks UUID=683a17fc-4457-42cc-a946-cde67195a101
diff --git a/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/files/initrd-debug-shell.service b/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/files/initrd-debug-shell.service
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/files/initrd-debug-shell.service
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# This file is part of https://github.com/random-archer/mkinitcpio-systemd-tool
+
+# Configure custom debug shell for initramfs
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Initrd Debug Shell Service
+Documentation=https://github.com/random-archer/mkinitcpio-systemd-tool/blob/master/README.md
+ConditionPathExists=/etc/initrd-release
+ConditionPathExists=/dev/tty8
+DefaultDependencies=no
+IgnoreOnIsolate=yes
+
+[Service]
+Environment=TERM=linux
+ExecStart=/bin/sh
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=3s
+StandardInput=tty
+TTYPath=/dev/tty8
+TTYReset=yes
+TTYVHangup=yes
+KillMode=process
+KillSignal=SIGTERM
+IgnoreSIGPIPE=no
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sysinit.target
+
+[X-SystemdTool]
+
+# enable service
+InitrdService=enable
diff --git a/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/files/initrd-release b/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/files/initrd-release
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28e6d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-citadel-distro/recipes-core/citadel-initramfs/files/initrd-release
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ID="citadel-distro"
+NAME="Subgraph OS Citadel"
+VERSION="1.0"
+VERSION_ID="1.0"
+PRETTY_NAME="Subgraph OS Citadel 1.0"