diff --git a/balazs/dot-cdist/files/motd b/balazs/dot-cdist/files/motd
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+_____   __      _____________                         ______             ______                            
+___  | / /___  ____  /__  /( )_______   ___________  ____  /________________  /_______ ___   _____________ 
+__   |/ /_  / / /_  /__  /_|/__  ___/   _  ___/_  / / /_  __ \  _ \_  ___/_  __ \  __ `/_ | / /  _ \_  __ \
+_  /|  / / /_/ /_  / _  /    _(__  )    / /__ _  /_/ /_  /_/ /  __/  /   _  / / / /_/ /__ |/ //  __/  / / /
+/_/ |_/  \__,_/ /_/  /_/     /____/     \___/ _\__, / /_.___/\___//_/    /_/ /_/\__,_/ _____/ \___//_/ /_/ 
+                                              /____/                                                       
diff --git a/balazs/dot-cdist/manifest b/balazs/dot-cdist/manifest
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diff --git a/balazs/dot-cdist/manifest/init b/balazs/dot-cdist/manifest/init
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+case "$__target_host" in
+     localhost)
+     # Indicate that the target host is configured with cdist
+     __file /etc/cdist-configured
+
+     # Copy a cool motd from the type's file directory
+     __file /etc/motd --state present --source "$__files/motd"
+
+     __package emacs --state present
+
+     __timezone Europe/Zurich
+;;
+esac
+