diff --git a/modules/base.nix b/modules/base.nix
index ca31a88a..a42e08d8 100644
--- a/modules/base.nix
+++ b/modules/base.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ in {
         PROC_FS = "y";
         # s6-linux-init mounts this on /dev
         DEVTMPFS = "y";
+        # some or all of these may be fix for "tmpfs: Unknown parameter 'mode'" error
+        TMPFS = "y";
+        TMPFS_POSIX_ACL = "y";
+        TMPFS_XATTR = "y";
       };
       checkedConfig = config;
     };
diff --git a/modules/s6/default.nix b/modules/s6/default.nix
index 0262ac24..064621c5 100644
--- a/modules/s6/default.nix
+++ b/modules/s6/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ let
       run = {
         file = ''
               #!${execline}/bin/execlineb -P
-              ${busybox}/bin/getty -l ${busybox}/bin/login 38400 /dev/console
+              ${busybox}/bin/getty -l ${busybox}/bin/login 115200 /dev/console
           '';
         mode = "0755";
       };