diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index 13b750a..51ddcc5 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 # Set the destination directories for openstack projects
 NOVA_DIR=$DEST/nova
 DASH_DIR=$DEST/dash
+NIXON_DIR=$DEST/dash/openstack-dashboard/dashboard/nixon
 GLANCE_DIR=$DEST/glance
 KEYSTONE_DIR=$DEST/keystone
 NOVACLIENT_DIR=$DEST/python-novaclient
@@ -114,6 +115,8 @@
 git_clone https://github.com/cloudbuilders/noVNC.git $NOVNC_DIR
 # django powered web control panel for openstack
 git_clone https://github.com/cloudbuilders/openstack-dashboard.git $DASH_DIR
+# add nixon, the iframing dashboard extension 
+git clone https://github.com/jakedahn/nixon.git $NIXON_DIR
 # python client library to nova that dashboard (and others) use
 git_clone https://github.com/cloudbuilders/python-novaclient.git $NOVACLIENT_DIR
 # openstackx is a collection of extensions to openstack.compute & nova 
@@ -155,7 +158,8 @@
     sudo touch $DASH_DIR/openstack-dashboard/quantum/client.py
 
     cd $DASH_DIR/openstack-dashboard
-    sudo cp local/local_settings.py.example local/local_settings.py
+    sudo cp $DIR/files/dash_settings.py local/local_settings.py
+
     dashboard/manage.py syncdb
 
     # create an empty directory that apache uses as docroot