diff --git a/experimental/serverless-fleets/init-fleet-sandbox b/experimental/serverless-fleets/init-fleet-sandbox
index faab815e9..9a192a20a 100755
--- a/experimental/serverless-fleets/init-fleet-sandbox
+++ b/experimental/serverless-fleets/init-fleet-sandbox
@@ -124,6 +124,22 @@ print_msg "\n======================================================"
 print_msg " Setting up \"Code Engine Serverless Fleet\" sample"
 print_msg "======================================================\n"
 
+if [[ "$SETUP_LOGGING" != "true" || "$SETUP_MONITORING" != "true" ]]; then 
+   print_msg " ATTENTION: You requested to setup a fleet sandbox without : \n"
+   if [[ "$SETUP_LOGGING" != "true" ]]; then 
+        print_msg "  - logging support \n"
+   fi 
+   if [[ "$SETUP_MONITORING" != "true" ]]; then 
+        print_msg "  - monitoring support \n"
+   fi 
+   print_msg "Do you really want to continue setup without these services? They cannot be added later \n"
+   read -p "Continue [y|n]? " yn
+    case $yn in
+        [Yy]* ) ;;
+        * ) exit -1;;
+    esac 
+fi
+
 echo ""
 echo "Please note: This script will install various IBM Cloud resources within the resource group '$resource_group_name'."
 
@@ -158,7 +174,7 @@ target_resource_group $resource_group_name
 # Check whether Logging should be configured
 print_msg "\nShould IBM Cloud Logs be configured?"
 if [[ "$SETUP_LOGGING" != "true" ]]; then
-    echo "No!"
+    echo "No! "
 else 
     echo "Yes!"
     print_msg "\nCreating the IBM Cloud Logs instance '$icl_name' ..."
@@ -393,13 +409,16 @@ ibmcloud ce secret create --name fleet-registry-secret --format registry --serve
 
 # using the common base VSI image "jwe-ubuntu24-gpu" enabled for GPU and including podman and s3fs 
 print_msg "\nCreating a Code Engine configmap 'fleet-vpc-config' to access the new VPC ..."
+# retrieve the best fitting ubuntu vsi base image by selection from available image list 
+vsi-image-id=$(ibmcloud is images --output JSON|jq -r 'first( .[]|select(.name | startswith("ibm-ubuntu-24")) ) | .id')
+print_msg "\nSelected the ubuntu-24 vsi image for fleets with the image-id = $vsi-image-id"
 ibmcloud ce configmap create --name fleet-vpc-config \
 --from-literal NETWORK_ZONE="${REGION}-1" \
 --from-literal SSH_SECRET_NAME="fleet-ssh-secret" \
 --from-literal VPC_ID="$(ibmcloud is vpc ${vpc_name} --output json | jq -r '.id')" \
 --from-literal SUBNET_ID="$(ibmcloud is subnet ${vpc_name}-subnet --output json | jq -r '.id')" \
 --from-literal SECURITY_GROUP_ID="$(ibmcloud is security-group ${vpc_name}-group --output json | jq -r '.id')" \
---from-literal VSI_IMAGE_ID="r010-e7b25759-7857-455a-aec0-904b65c3c4cb" \
+--from-literal VSI_IMAGE_ID="$vsi-image-id" \
 --from-literal VSI_PREFERRED_PROFILE="cx2-2x4"
 
 # alternative to fetch the latest stock image: