diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/defaults.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/defaults.pp
index 1db27c8..c0b94a8 100644
--- a/site/profiles/manifests/defaults.pp
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/defaults.pp
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ class profiles::defaults {
   }
 
   Package {
-    ensure => present,
+    ensure  => present,
+    require => Class['profiles::base::repos']
+
   }
 
   File {
@@ -29,6 +31,11 @@ class profiles::defaults {
   }
 
   Yumrepo {
-    require => Class['profiles::pki::vaultca'],
+    ensure     => 'present',
+    enabled    => 1,
+    gpgcheck   => 1,
+    mirrorlist => 'absent',
+    require    => Class['profiles::pki::vaultca'],
+    notify     => Exec['dnf_makecache'],
   }
 }
diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/yum/global.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/yum/global.pp
index 2296b7f..44c393c 100644
--- a/site/profiles/manifests/yum/global.pp
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/yum/global.pp
@@ -52,13 +52,6 @@ class profiles::yum::global (
     },
   }
 
-  Yumrepo {
-    ensure     => 'present',
-    enabled    => 1,
-    gpgcheck   => 1,
-    mirrorlist => 'absent',
-  }
-
   resources { 'yumrepo':
     purge => $purge,
   }
@@ -102,6 +95,13 @@ class profiles::yum::global (
     require       => Class['profiles::pki::vaultca'],
   }
 
+  # makecache if changes made to repos
+  exec {'dnf_makecache':
+    command     => 'dnf makecache -q',
+    path        => ['/usr/bin', '/bin'],
+    refreshonly => true,
+  }
+
   # setup dnf-autoupdate
   include profiles::yum::autoupdater