diff --git a/build_stage1.sh b/build_stage1.sh
index 6554e02..553a267 100755
--- a/build_stage1.sh
+++ b/build_stage1.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ fi
 
 ostree remote add --repo=/srv/repo centos-atomic-host --set=gpg-verify=false http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/atomic/x86_64/repo && ostree pull --depth=-1 --repo=/srv/repo --mirror centos-atomic-host centos-atomic-host/7/x86_64/standard
 
+# temp fix for issue 259
+
+ostree --repo=/srv/repo static-delta generate --from d433342b09673c9c4d75ff6eef50a447e73a7541491e5197e1dde14147b164b8 --to 841fae51e5b68716a9996ddbdb4e543855bbfab9c6e4cb433267b24e41e8bbc1 && ostree --repo=/srv/repo summary -u
+
 ## compose a new tree, based on defs in centos-atomic-host.json
 
 rpm-ostree compose --repo=${OstreeRepoDir} tree ${GitDir}/centos-atomic-host.json |& tee ${BuildDir}/log.compose