diff --git a/promenade/templates/include/up.sh b/promenade/templates/include/up.sh
index 5555eb2b..18c9ecd3 100644
--- a/promenade/templates/include/up.sh
+++ b/promenade/templates/include/up.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 # Disable overwriting our resolv.conf
 #
-if [ -h /etc/resolv.conf ]; then
-  log "=== Removing resolv.conf symlink ==="
-  rm -f /etc/resolv.conf
-fi
 
 systemctl disable systemd-resolved.service
 systemctl stop systemd-resolved.service
 systemctl mask systemd-resolved.service
 
+if [ -h /etc/resolv.conf ]; then
+  log "=== Removing resolv.conf symlink ==="
+  rm -f /etc/resolv.conf
+  touch /etc/resolv.conf
+fi
+
 CURATED_DIRS=(
     /etc/kubernetes
     /var/lib/etcd
diff --git a/promenade/templates/roles/common/etc/resolv.conf b/promenade/templates/roles/common/etc/resolv.conf
index 09b082c8..e5b45eb2 100644
--- a/promenade/templates/roles/common/etc/resolv.conf
+++ b/promenade/templates/roles/common/etc/resolv.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 options timeout:1 attempts:1
-domain {{ config.get_first('Genesis:domain', 'KubernetesNode:domain', default='local') }}
+search {{ config.get_first('Genesis:domain', 'KubernetesNode:domain', default='local') }}
 
 nameserver {{ config['KubernetesNetwork:dns.service_ip'] }}
 {% for server in config['KubernetesNetwork:dns.upstream_servers'] | default([]) %}
 nameserver {{ server }}
 {%- endfor %}
+