diff --git a/conf/overrides.conf b/conf/overrides.conf
index 9445ce7..4416288 100644
--- a/conf/overrides.conf
+++ b/conf/overrides.conf
@@ -2,3 +2,36 @@
 # see https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/ref/configuration/master.html for docs on these configs
 
 #cli_summary: true
+
+startup_states: sls
+sls_list:
+  - saltutil.sync_all
+
+# override some defaults
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+hash_type: sha512
+enable_gpu_grains: false
+
+fileserver_followsymlinks: true
+fileserver_ignoresymlinks: false
+pillar_raise_on_missing: true
+
+
+
+# logging
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+cli_summary: true
+color: true
+log_datefmt: '%H:%M:%S'
+log_fmt_console: '%(colorlevel)s  %(asctime)s,%(msecs)03d  %(colorname)-40s  %(message)s'
+log_fmt_jid: '[JID: %(jid)s]'
+log_level: info
+log_level_logfile: debug
+state_output: terse
+state_output_diff: true
+state_output_pct: true
+state_verbose: true
+strip_color: false
+