2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c233d11..16efc7f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Version 0.23+git, not yet released
   `where` is `host` or `chroot`, it's still at
   `/var/lib/ick/workspace`.
 
+* The `debootstrap` action now defaults to using the `deb.debian.org`
+  mirror, if the action doesn't specify one.
+
 Version 0.23, released 2018-01-22
 ----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/worker_manager b/worker_manager
index 515f41a..4e805e7 100755
--- a/worker_manager
+++ b/worker_manager
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ class DebootstrapWorker(WorkerBase):
             'debootstrap',
             step['debootstrap'],
             '.',
-            step.get('mirror', 'NOMIRROR'),
+            step.get('mirror', 'http://deb.debian.org/debian'),
         ]