diff --git a/cluster/rackspace/cloud-config/minion-cloud-config.yaml b/cluster/rackspace/cloud-config/minion-cloud-config.yaml
index 3d4b574068305..d1bab0db3f002 100644
--- a/cluster/rackspace/cloud-config/minion-cloud-config.yaml
+++ b/cluster/rackspace/cloud-config/minion-cloud-config.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ coreos:
     peer-addr: $private_ipv4:7001
     peer-bind-addr: $private_ipv4:7001
 
+  flannel:
+    ip_masq: true
+    interface: eth2
+
   fleet:
     public-ip: $private_ipv4
     metadata: kubernetes_role=minion
@@ -96,20 +100,16 @@ coreos:
     - name: fleet.service
       command: start
     - name: flanneld.service
-      command: start
       drop-ins:
-      - name: 50-network-config.conf
-        content: |
-          [Service]
-          ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/etcdctl set /coreos.com/network/config '{ "Network": "KUBE_NETWORK", "Backend": {"Type": "host-gw"}}'
-          ExecStart=
-          ExecStart=/usr/libexec/sdnotify-proxy /run/flannel/sd.sock \
-            /usr/bin/docker run --net=host --privileged=true --rm \
-              --volume=/run/flannel:/run/flannel \
-              --env=NOTIFY_SOCKET=/run/flannel/sd.sock \
-              --env-file=/run/flannel/options.env \
-              --volume=${ETCD_SSL_DIR}:/etc/ssl/etcd:ro \
-              quay.io/coreos/flannel:${FLANNEL_VER} /opt/bin/flanneld -etcd-endpoints http://127.0.0.1:4001 --ip-masq=true --iface=eth2
+        - name: 50-flannel.conf
+          content: |
+            [Unit]
+            Requires=etcd.service
+            After=etcd.service
+
+            [Service]
+            ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/etcdctl mk /coreos.com/network/config '{"Network":"KUBE_NETWORK", "Backend": {"Type": "host-gw"}}'
+      command: start
     - name: docker.service
       command: start
       drop-ins:
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ coreos:
             # won't land in flannel's network...
             Requires=flanneld.service
             After=flanneld.service
+            Restart=Always
     - name: download-release.service
       command: start
       content: |
diff --git a/cluster/rackspace/util.sh b/cluster/rackspace/util.sh
index 5929627cd7ad6..ca254eb09b269 100644
--- a/cluster/rackspace/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/rackspace/util.sh
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ kube-up() {
   detect-master
 
   # TODO look for a better way to get the known_tokens to the master. This is needed over file injection since the files were too large on a 4 node cluster.
-  $(scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/${SSH_KEY_NAME} ${KUBE_TEMP}/known_tokens.csv core@${KUBE_MASTER_IP}:known_tokens.csv)
+  $(scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/${SSH_KEY_NAME} ${KUBE_TEMP}/known_tokens.csv core@${KUBE_MASTER_IP}:/home/core/known_tokens.csv)
+  $(sleep 2)
   $(ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/${SSH_KEY_NAME} core@${KUBE_MASTER_IP} sudo mv /home/core/known_tokens.csv /var/lib/kube-apiserver/known_tokens.csv)
   $(ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/${SSH_KEY_NAME} core@${KUBE_MASTER_IP} sudo chown root.root /var/lib/kube-apiserver/known_tokens.csv)
   $(ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/${SSH_KEY_NAME} core@${KUBE_MASTER_IP} sudo systemctl restart kube-apiserver)
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/rackspace.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/rackspace.md
index 7cdf423c3c550..4ddbd748b2679 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/rackspace.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/rackspace.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Rackspace
 
-* Supported Version: v0.16.2
- * `git checkout v0.16.2`
+* Supported Version: v0.18.1
 
 In general, the dev-build-and-up.sh workflow for Rackspace is the similar to GCE. The specific implementation is different due to the use of CoreOS, Rackspace Cloud Files and the overall network design.
 
@@ -20,8 +19,9 @@ The current cluster design is inspired by:
 
 ##Provider: Rackspace
 
-- To install the latest released version of kubernetes use `export KUBERNETES_PROVIDER=rackspace; wget -q -O - https://get.k8s.io | bash`
 - To build your own released version from source use `export KUBERNETES_PROVIDER=rackspace` and run the `bash hack/dev-build-and-up.sh`
+- Note: The get.k8s.io install method is not working yet for our scripts.
+  * To install the latest released version of kubernetes use `export KUBERNETES_PROVIDER=rackspace; wget -q -O - https://get.k8s.io | bash`
 
 ## Build
 1. The kubernetes binaries will be built via the common build scripts in `build/`.