diff --git a/recipes-image/console/console-base-image-nm.bb b/recipes-image/console/console-base-image-nm.bb
index 79d651a..54359a5 100644
--- a/recipes-image/console/console-base-image-nm.bb
+++ b/recipes-image/console/console-base-image-nm.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-require console-base-image-no-nm.bb
+require console-base-image.bb
 
+# by default it connects by dhcp and does useful initializations - e.g for wifi
 IMAGE_INSTALL += " \
     networkmanager \
 "
diff --git a/recipes-image/console/console-base-image-no-nm.bb b/recipes-image/console/console-base-image.bb
similarity index 92%
rename from recipes-image/console/console-base-image-no-nm.bb
rename to recipes-image/console/console-base-image.bb
index a5bbb6e..8023d71 100644
--- a/recipes-image/console/console-base-image-no-nm.bb
+++ b/recipes-image/console/console-base-image.bb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ IMAGE_LOGIN_MANAGER = "busybox shadow"
 
 inherit image
 
-export IMAGE_BASENAME = "console-base-image-no-nm"
+export IMAGE_BASENAME = "console-base-image"
 
 # we have journal
 BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += "busybox-syslog"