diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index b3b1319a5..2378e31c5 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ check_admin_pass() {
 check_manager_connection() {
 	# See if you can curl the manager. If not you can either try again or continue
 	info "Checking manager connectivity"	
-	man_test_err=$(curl -k -L -sS https://$MSRVIP/repo --connect-timeout 5 2>&1)
+	man_test_err=$(curl -s $MSRVIP:4505 --connect-timeout 5 2>&1)
 	
 	local ret=$?
 
-	if [[ $ret != 0 ]]; then
+	if [[ $ret != 1 ]]; then
 		error "Could not reach $MSRV"
 		whiptail_manager_unreachable
 	fi
@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ repo_sync_local() {
 	echo "gpgcheck=1" >> /root/repodownload.conf
 	echo "gpgkey=https://repo.securityonion.net/file/securityonion-repo/keys/securityonion.pub" >> /root/repodownload.conf
 
-	dnf repolist
+	logCmd "dnf repolist"
 	# Make sure we can get to the sig repo
     logCmd "curl --retry 5 --retry-delay 60 -A 'gridinstall/$SOVERSION/$OS/$(uname -r)/1' https://sigs.securityonion.net/checkup --output /tmp/checkup" 
 	logCmd "dnf reposync --norepopath -g --delete -m -c /root/repodownload.conf --repoid=securityonionsync --download-metadata -p /nsm/repo/"
@@ -2381,7 +2381,7 @@ update_sudoers() {
 update_packages() {
 	if [[ $is_rocky ]]; then
 		logCmd "dnf repolist"
-		logCmd "dnf -y update --exclude=salt*,wazuh*,docker*,containerd*"
+		logCmd "dnf -y update --allowerasing --exclude=salt*,wazuh*,docker*,containerd*"
 	else
 		retry 150 10 "apt-get -y update" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1 || exit 1
 		retry 150 10 "apt-get -y upgrade" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1 || exit 1
diff --git a/setup/so-whiptail b/setup/so-whiptail
index 6123ea97d..bf1463c67 100755
--- a/setup/so-whiptail
+++ b/setup/so-whiptail
@@ -1143,11 +1143,13 @@ whiptail_reinstall() {
 	read -r -d '' message <<- EOM
 	Setup has detected a previous install. Continuing the install will remove the previous install configuration.
 
+	Selecting continue is a destructive action.
+
 	Would you like to continue?
 	EOM
 
 	whiptail --title "$whiptail_title" \
-		--yesno "$message" 11 75 \
+		--yesno "$message" 13 75 \
 		--yes-button "Continue" --no-button "Exit" --defaultno
 
 	local exitstatus=$?