diff --git a/cli/internal/cmd/minidown.go b/cli/internal/cmd/minidown.go
index 9b869c0b8..aa5c798a9 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cmd/minidown.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cmd/minidown.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func newMiniDownCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(0),
 		RunE:  runDown,
 	}
-
+	cmd.Flags().BoolP("yes", "y", false, "terminate the cluster without further confirmation")
 	return cmd
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/internal/cmd/miniup.go b/cli/internal/cmd/miniup.go
index 7feb149d0..1f5498cfd 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cmd/miniup.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cmd/miniup.go
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func prepareConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, fileHandler file.Handler) (*config.Config
 	}
 
 	// download image to current directory if it doesn't exist
-	const imagePath = "./constellation.qcow2"
+	const imagePath = "./constellation.raw"
 	if _, err := os.Stat(imagePath); err == nil {
 		cmd.Printf("Using existing image at %s\n\n", imagePath)
 	} else if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index f135f7207..5670b4311 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func Default() *Config {
 				EnforcedMeasurements:  []uint32{0, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15},
 			},
 			QEMU: &QEMUConfig{
-				ImageFormat:           "qcow2",
+				ImageFormat:           "raw",
 				VCPUs:                 2,
 				Memory:                2048,
 				MetadataAPIImage:      versions.QEMUMetadataImage,
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func Default() *Config {
 				LibvirtContainerImage: versions.LibvirtImage,
 				Measurements:          copyPCRMap(qemuPCRs),
 				EnforcedMeasurements:  []uint32{4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15},
-				NVRAM:                 "testing",
+				NVRAM:                 "production",
 			},
 		},
 		KubernetesVersion: string(versions.Default),
diff --git a/internal/versions/versions.go b/internal/versions/versions.go
index 4d7431174..13a979802 100644
--- a/internal/versions/versions.go
+++ b/internal/versions/versions.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const (
 	LibvirtImage      = "ghcr.io/edgelesssys/constellation/libvirt:v2.2.0@sha256:81ddc30cd679a95379e94e2f154861d9112bcabfffa96330c09a4917693f7cce"           // renovate:container
 
 	// ConstellationQEMUImageURL is the artifact URL for QEMU qcow2 images.
-	ConstellationQEMUImageURL = "https://d1gl9j3ejrmbpr.cloudfront.net/mini-constellation-v2.1.0.qcow2"
+	ConstellationQEMUImageURL = "https://cdn.confidential.cloud/constellation/images/mini-constellation/v2.2.0/constellation.raw"
 
 	// currently supported versions.
 	//nolint:revive