diff --git a/roles/global_defaults/tasks/_normalize_system.yml b/roles/global_defaults/tasks/_normalize_system.yml
index e5dcd4c..a3a4ac6 100644
--- a/roles/global_defaults/tasks/_normalize_system.yml
+++ b/roles/global_defaults/tasks/_normalize_system.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - name: Build normalized system configuration
   vars:
     system_raw: "{{ system_defaults | combine(system, recursive=True) }}"
-    system_type: "{{ system_raw.type | string | lower }}"
+    system_type: "{{ 'virtual' if (system_raw.type | string | lower) in ['vm', 'virtual'] else (system_raw.type | string | lower) }}"
     system_os_input: "{{ system_raw.os | default('') | string | lower }}"
     system_name: >-
       {{
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     system_cfg:
       # --- Identity & platform ---
       type: "{{ system_type }}"
-      os: "{{ system_os_input if system_os_input | length > 0 else ('archlinux' if system_type == 'physical' else '') }}"
+      os: "{{ system_os_input if system_os_input | length > 0 else (physical_default_os if system_type == 'physical' else '') }}"
       version: "{{ system_raw.version | default('') | string }}"
       filesystem: "{{ system_raw.filesystem | default('') | string | lower }}"
       name: "{{ system_name }}"
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@
             )
           }}
       # --- Locale & environment ---
-      timezone: "{{ system_raw.timezone | default('Europe/Vienna') | string }}"
-      locale: "{{ system_raw.locale | default('en_US.UTF-8') | string }}"
-      keymap: "{{ system_raw.keymap | default('us') | string }}"
+      timezone: "{{ system_raw.timezone | string }}"
+      locale: "{{ system_raw.locale | string }}"
+      keymap: "{{ system_raw.keymap | string }}"
       path: "{{ system_raw.path | default('') | string }}"
       packages: >-
         {{
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         chroot:
           tool: "{{ system_raw.features.chroot.tool | string }}"
     hostname: "{{ system_name }}"
-    os: "{{ system_os_input if system_os_input | length > 0 else ('archlinux' if system_type == 'physical' else '') }}"
+    os: "{{ system_os_input if system_os_input | length > 0 else (physical_default_os if system_type == 'physical' else '') }}"
     os_version: "{{ system_raw.version | default('') | string }}"
   no_log: true