diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 40265834a..bbfd520db 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ Notable changes between versions.
   * Allow [alternative](https://docs.projectcalico.org/v3.1/reference/node/configuration#ip-autodetection-methods) methods for multi NIC nodes, like can-reach=IP or interface=REGEX
 * Deprecate `container_linux_oem` variable
 
+#### DigitalOcean
+
+* Update Fedora Atomic module to use Fedora Atomic 28 ([#225](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/pull/225))
+  * Fedora Atomic 27 images disappeared from DigitalOcean and forced this early update
+
 #### Addons
 
 * Fix Prometheus data directory location ([#203](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/pull/203))
diff --git a/digital-ocean/fedora-atomic/kubernetes/cloudinit/controller.yaml.tmpl b/digital-ocean/fedora-atomic/kubernetes/cloudinit/controller.yaml.tmpl
index 72ab5b25f..dbcd67d04 100644
--- a/digital-ocean/fedora-atomic/kubernetes/cloudinit/controller.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/digital-ocean/fedora-atomic/kubernetes/cloudinit/controller.yaml.tmpl
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ bootcmd:
   - [systemctl, disable, firewalld, --now]
   # https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/60869
   - [modprobe, ip_vs]
+  # https://pagure.io/atomic-wg/issue/468
+  - [systemctl, restart, systemd-journald]
 runcmd:
   - [systemctl, daemon-reload]
   - "atomic install --system --name=etcd quay.io/poseidon/etcd:v3.3.5"
diff --git a/digital-ocean/fedora-atomic/kubernetes/cloudinit/worker.yaml.tmpl b/digital-ocean/fedora-atomic/kubernetes/cloudinit/worker.yaml.tmpl
index 4c2e567be..f3b951f4f 100644
--- a/digital-ocean/fedora-atomic/kubernetes/cloudinit/worker.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/digital-ocean/fedora-atomic/kubernetes/cloudinit/worker.yaml.tmpl
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ bootcmd:
   - [systemctl, disable, firewalld, --now]
   # https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/60869
   - [modprobe, ip_vs]
+  # https://pagure.io/atomic-wg/issue/468
+  - [systemctl, restart, systemd-journald]
 runcmd:
   - [systemctl, daemon-reload]
   - [systemctl, enable, cloud-metadata.service]
diff --git a/digital-ocean/fedora-atomic/kubernetes/variables.tf b/digital-ocean/fedora-atomic/kubernetes/variables.tf
index a3cbcab4d..b78bddba0 100644
--- a/digital-ocean/fedora-atomic/kubernetes/variables.tf
+++ b/digital-ocean/fedora-atomic/kubernetes/variables.tf
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ variable "worker_type" {
 
 variable "image" {
   type        = "string"
-  default     = "fedora-27-x64-atomic"
-  description = "OS image from which to initialize the disk (e.g. fedora-27-x64-atomic)"
+  default     = "fedora-28-x64-atomic"
+  description = "OS image from which to initialize the disk (e.g. fedora-28-x64-atomic)"
 }
 
 # configuration