diff --git a/roles/developer-machine/tasks/main.yml b/roles/developer-machine/tasks/main.yml
index f6bfefc..344be80 100644
--- a/roles/developer-machine/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/developer-machine/tasks/main.yml
@@ -162,3 +162,9 @@
   template: src=../roles/developer-machine/templates/ssh-config.j2 dest=/home/{{ standard_user }}/.ssh/config
   become: yes
   become_user: "{{ standard_user }}"
+
+- name: Install desktop grub file
+  template: src=../roles/developer-machine/templates/grub-default.j2 dest=/etc/grub/default
+
+- name: Update Grub
+  shell: update-grub
diff --git a/roles/developer-machine/templates/grub-default.j2 b/roles/developer-machine/templates/grub-default.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b8bce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/developer-machine/templates/grub-default.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
+# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
+# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
+#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'
+
+GRUB_DEFAULT=0
+#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
+GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
+GRUB_TIMEOUT=2
+GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
+#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
+GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="text"
+
+# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
+# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
+# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
+#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"
+
+# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
+GRUB_TERMINAL=console
+
+# The resolution used on graphical terminal
+# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
+# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
+#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
+
+# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
+#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
+
+# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
+#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
+
+# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
+#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
+