diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index c1e80f1..2144f26 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ execute_script() {
   return 0  # Indicate success
 }
 
+# Generate recipes and dishes before deployment (they are build products)
+if ! (cd cook && make all); then
+  echo "Failed to generate dishes in cook/ (see 'make all' in cook/)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 # Array of scripts
 scripts=(
   "./deploy/install-prerequisites-on-linux.sh"
diff --git a/deploy/deploy-distro.sh b/deploy/deploy-distro.sh
index 734e314..7194f1c 100755
--- a/deploy/deploy-distro.sh
+++ b/deploy/deploy-distro.sh
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ fi
 echo "You selected: $uri"
 
 # Get a list of files in "dishes" directory
-mapfile -t dish_name < <(find "cook/dishes/" -maxdepth 1 -type f \( -name "virtual*" \) -printf "%f\n" | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//')
+mapfile -t dish_name < <(find "cook/dishes/" -maxdepth 1 -type f \( -name "*guest-agents*" \) -printf "%f\n" | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//')
 
 # Check if there are any files
 if [ ${#dish_name[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ fi
 # virt-install command with user-defined VM name
 virt-install \
     --connect "$uri" \
-    --os-variant fedora41 \
+    --os-variant fedora-unknown \
     --virt-type kvm \
     --arch x86_64 \
     --machine q35 \