diff --git a/builder/lxd/builder.go b/builder/lxd/builder.go
index 735ca48e8..d43f6d1e0 100644
--- a/builder/lxd/builder.go
+++ b/builder/lxd/builder.go
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 	}
 
 	steps := []multistep.Step{
-		new(stepLxdLaunch),
-		new(StepProvision),
-		new(stepPublish),
+		&stepLxdLaunch{},
+		&StepProvision{},
+		&stepPublish{},
 	}
 
 	// Setup the state bag
diff --git a/builder/lxd/builder_test.go b/builder/lxd/builder_test.go
index f08c18449..b84dd70d6 100644
--- a/builder/lxd/builder_test.go
+++ b/builder/lxd/builder_test.go
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 
 func testConfig() map[string]interface{} {
 	return map[string]interface{}{
-		"output_dir": "foo",
-		"image":      "bar",
+		"output_image": "foo",
+		"image":        "bar",
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/builder/lxd/config.go b/builder/lxd/config.go
index bcd8dfe83..c2201943e 100644
--- a/builder/lxd/config.go
+++ b/builder/lxd/config.go
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	CommandWrapper string `mapstructure:"command_wrapper"`
 	RawInitTimeout string `mapstructure:"init_timeout"`
 	Image          string `mapstructure:"image"`
-	Remote         string `mapstructure:"remote"`
 	//EnvVars             []string `mapstructure:"template_environment_vars"`
-	//TargetRunlevel      int      `mapstructure:"target_runlevel"`
 	InitTimeout time.Duration
 
 	ctx interpolate.Context
diff --git a/builder/lxd/step_lxd_launch.go b/builder/lxd/step_lxd_launch.go
index c42218170..44a52b0b9 100644
--- a/builder/lxd/step_lxd_launch.go
+++ b/builder/lxd/step_lxd_launch.go
@@ -19,17 +19,10 @@ func (s *stepLxdLaunch) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 
 	name := config.ContainerName
 	image := config.Image
-	remote := config.Remote
 
-	commands := make([][]string, 1)
-	if remote == "" {
-		commands[0] = []string{"lxc", "launch", image, name}
-	} else {
-
-		commands[0] = []string{"lxc", "launch", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", remote, image), name}
+	commands := [][]string{
+		{"lxc", "launch", image, name},
 	}
-	//commands[0] = append(commands[0], config.Parameters...)
-	// todo: wait for init to finish before moving on to provisioning instead of this
 
 	ui.Say("Creating container...")
 	for _, command := range commands {
@@ -42,7 +35,9 @@ func (s *stepLxdLaunch) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 			return multistep.ActionHalt
 		}
 	}
-	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+	// TODO: Should we check `lxc info <container>` for "Running"?
+	// We have to do this so /tmp doens't get cleared and lose our provisioner scripts.
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 
 	return multistep.ActionContinue
 }
diff --git a/builder/lxd/step_publish.go b/builder/lxd/step_publish.go
index 16224d3df..ccebcecdb 100644
--- a/builder/lxd/step_publish.go
+++ b/builder/lxd/step_publish.go
@@ -18,21 +18,16 @@ func (s *stepPublish) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 
 	name := config.ContainerName
 
-	//outputPath := filepath.Join(config.OutputDir, "rootfs.tar.gz")
-
-	commands := make([][]string, 2)
-	commands[0] = []string{
-		"lxc", "stop", "--force", name,
-	}
-	commands[1] = []string{
-		"lxc", "publish", name,
+	commands := [][]string{
+		{"lxc", "stop", "--force", name},
+		{"lxc", "publish", name, "--alias", config.OutputImage},
 	}
 
 	ui.Say("Publishing container...")
 	for _, command := range commands {
 		err := s.SudoCommand(command...)
 		if err != nil {
-			err := fmt.Errorf("Error exporting container: %s", err)
+			err := fmt.Errorf("Error publishing container: %s", err)
 			state.Put("error", err)
 			ui.Error(err.Error())
 			return multistep.ActionHalt