diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/168/filelists/openssh b/config/rootfiles/core/168/filelists/openssh
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..d8c77fd8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/168/filelists/openssh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../common/openssh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/168/update.sh b/config/rootfiles/core/168/update.sh
index f49447617..44464725b 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/168/update.sh
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/168/update.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ ldconfig
 # Filesytem cleanup
 /usr/local/bin/filesystem-cleanup
 
+# Apply local configuration to sshd_config
+/usr/local/bin/sshctrl
+
 # Start services
+/etc/init.d/sshd restart
 /etc/init.d/vnstatd restart
 /etc/init.d/squid start
 /usr/local/bin/openvpnctrl -s