diff --git a/config/aws/rootfs.list b/config/aws/rootfs.list
index ba57101..dbe8832 100644
--- a/config/aws/rootfs.list
+++ b/config/aws/rootfs.list
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 dir  /dev                                               0755 0 0
+dir  /dev/shm                                           0755 0 0
+dir  /dev/pts                                           0755 0 0
 nod  /dev/console                                       0600 0 0 c 5 1
 dir  /sys                                               0755 0 0
 dir  /usr                                               0755 0 0
+dir  /run                                               0755 0 0
+dir  /tmp                                               0755 0 0
 dir  /etc                                               0755 0 0
 dir  /proc                                              0755 0 0
 dir  /bin                                               0755 0 0
diff --git a/src/init/init.rs b/src/init/init.rs
index 7a0e3da..141b1da 100644
--- a/src/init/init.rs
+++ b/src/init/init.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 extern crate libc;
-use libc::mount;
+use libc::c_ulong;
+use libc::c_int;
 use libc::read;
 use libc::write;
 use libc::close;
 use libc::reboot;
 use libc::socket;
 use libc::connect;
-use libc::freopen;
-use libc::fdopen;
 use libc::c_void;
 use libc::sockaddr;
 use libc::sockaddr_vm;
@@ -15,35 +14,81 @@ use libc::SOCK_STREAM;
 use libc::AF_VSOCK;
 use libc::MS_NOSUID;
 use libc::MS_NOEXEC;
+use libc::MS_NODEV;
 use libc::RB_AUTOBOOT;
 use std::mem::zeroed;
 use std::mem::size_of;
+use std::ffi::CString;
 
-fn main() {
-    unsafe {
+// Log errors to console
+pub fn error(message: String){
+    eprintln!("{} {}", boot_time(), message);
+}
+
+// Log info to console
+pub fn info(message: String){
+    println!("{} {}", boot_time(), message);
+}
+
+// Dmesg formatted seconds since boot
+pub fn boot_time() -> String {
+    use libc::{clock_gettime, timespec, CLOCK_BOOTTIME};
+    let mut t = timespec { tv_sec: 0, tv_nsec: 0 };
+    unsafe { clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, &mut t as *mut timespec); }
+    format!("[ {: >4}.{}]", t.tv_sec, t.tv_nsec / 1000).to_string()
+}
+
+// libc::mount casting/error wrapper
+pub fn mount(
+    src: &str,
+    target: &str,
+    fstype: &str,
+    flags: c_ulong,
+    data: &str,
+) {
+    use libc::mount;
+    let src_cs = CString::new(src).unwrap();
+    let target_cs = CString::new(target).unwrap();
+    let fstype_cs = CString::new(fstype).unwrap();
+    let data_cs = CString::new(data).unwrap();
+    if unsafe {
         mount(
-            b"devtmpfs\0".as_ptr() as _,
-            b"/dev\0".as_ptr() as _,
-            b"devtmpfs\0".as_ptr() as _,
-            MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC,
-            b"mode=0755\0".as_ptr() as *const c_void,
-        );
-        freopen(
-            b"/dev/console\0".as_ptr() as _,
-            b"r\0".as_ptr() as _,
-            fdopen(0, b"r\0".as_ptr() as *const i8)
-        );
-        freopen(
-            b"/dev/console\0".as_ptr() as _,
-            b"w\0".as_ptr() as _,
-            fdopen(1, b"w\0".as_ptr() as *const i8)
-        );
-        freopen(
-            b"/dev/console\0".as_ptr() as _,
-            b"w\0".as_ptr() as _,
+            src_cs.as_ptr(),
+            target_cs.as_ptr(),
+            fstype_cs.as_ptr(),
+            flags,
+            data_cs.as_ptr() as *const c_void
+        )
+    } != 0 {
+        error(format!("Failed to mount: {}", target));
+    }
+}
 
-            fdopen(2, b"w\0".as_ptr() as *const i8)
-        );
+// libc::freopen casting/error wrapper
+pub fn freopen(
+    filename: &str,
+    mode: &str,
+    file: c_int,
+) {
+    use libc::{freopen, fdopen};
+    let filename_cs = CString::new(filename).unwrap();
+    let mode_cs = CString::new(mode).unwrap();
+    if unsafe {
+        freopen(
+            filename_cs.as_ptr(),
+            mode_cs.as_ptr(),
+            fdopen(file, mode_cs.as_ptr() as *const i8)
+        )
+    }.is_null() {
+        error(format!("Failed to freopen: {}", filename));
+    }
+}
+
+// Signal to hypervisor that booting was successful
+pub fn heartbeat(){
+    let mut buf: [u8; 1] = [0; 1];
+    buf[0] = 0xB7; // AWS Nitro heartbeat value
+    unsafe {
         let mut sa: sockaddr_vm = zeroed();
         sa.svm_family = AF_VSOCK as _;
         sa.svm_port = 9000;
@@ -54,12 +99,37 @@ fn main() {
             &sa as *const _ as *mut sockaddr,
             size_of::<sockaddr_vm>() as _,
         );
-        let mut buf: [u8; 1] = [0; 1];
-        buf[0] = 0xB7;
         write(fd, buf.as_ptr() as _, 1);
         read(fd, buf.as_ptr() as _, 1);
         close(fd);
-        println!("Hello World from Rust init!");
+    }
+}
+
+// Initialize console with stdin/stdout/stderr
+pub fn init_console() {
+    freopen("/dev/console", "r", 0);
+    freopen("/dev/console", "w", 1);
+    freopen("/dev/console", "w", 2);
+}
+
+// Mount common filesystems with conservative permissions
+pub fn init_rootfs() {
+    mount("devtmpfs", "/dev", "devtmpfs", MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC, "mode=0755");
+    mount("proc", "/proc", "proc", MS_NODEV | MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC, "hidepid=2");
+    mount("tmpfs", "/run", "tmpfs", MS_NODEV | MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC, "mode=0755");
+    mount("tmpfs", "/tmp", "tmpfs", MS_NODEV | MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC, "");
+    mount("shm", "/dev/shm", "tmpfs", MS_NODEV | MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC, "mode=0755");
+    mount("devpts", "/dev/pts", "devpts", MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC, "");
+    mount("sysfs", "/sys", "sysfs", MS_NODEV | MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC, "");
+    mount("cgroup_root", "/sys/fs/cgroup", "tmpfs", MS_NODEV | MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC, "mode=0755");
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    init_rootfs();
+    init_console();
+    heartbeat();
+    info("EnclaveOS Booted".to_string());
+    unsafe {
         reboot(RB_AUTOBOOT);
     }
 }