diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4ffe37d3a..5fc90bba7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -736,4 +736,4 @@
 * Cleanup graphs UI
 * Polish webadmin UI
 * Fix bug where hard disk size was detected incorrectly
-
+* Use overlay2 as docker storage backend for scaleway
diff --git a/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh b/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
index 6431d10d6..e12e9285f 100644
--- a/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
+++ b/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ storage_driver=$([[ "${arg_provider}" == "scaleway" ]] && echo "overlay2" || ech
 mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d
 echo -e "[Service]\nExecStart=\nExecStart=/usr/bin/docker daemon -H fd:// --log-driver=journald --exec-opt native.cgroupdriver=cgroupfs --storage-driver=${storage_driver}" > /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/cloudron.conf
 
-apt-get -y install docker-engine=1.12.5-0~ubuntu-xenial # apt-cache madison docker-engine
+apt-get -y --allow-downgrades install docker-engine=1.12.5-0~ubuntu-xenial # apt-cache madison docker-engine
 apt-mark hold docker-engine # do not update docker
 
 echo "==> Enable memory accounting"