diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
index 099f621..decb71d 100755
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ b/bin/build.sh
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ fi
 set -e
 USERNAME_REAL="$(grep ${BUILD_USERNAME} /etc/passwd | cut -f5 -d':')"
 
-cat > VERSION_INFO.txt << EOF
+cat > ${BASEDIR}/VERSION_INFO.txt << EOF
 Version:	${VERSION}
 Build:		${BUILD}
 Time:		${BUILDTIME}
@@ -137,18 +137,6 @@ release_me 64 > /dev/null 2>&1
 release_me 32 > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 # do we need to perform any updates?
-if [[ -f "${CHROOTDIR}root.x86_64/root/chroot" || -f "${CHROOTDIR}root.i686/root/chroot" ]];
-then
-  chroot_wrapper 64
-  chroot_wrapper 32
-  if [[ "${HOST_DIST}" == "CentOS" || "${HOST_DIST}" == "RHEL" ]];
-    centos_is_stupid
-  fi
-  will_it_blend 64
-  will_it_blend 32
-  yo_dj
-fi
-
 if [[ ${1} == "update" ]];
 then
   mentos
diff --git a/extra/pre-build.d/etc/apacman.conf b/extra/pre-build.d/etc/apacman.conf
index d0c9ca2..3723234 100644
--- a/extra/pre-build.d/etc/apacman.conf
+++ b/extra/pre-build.d/etc/apacman.conf
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ noedit=1
 skipinteg=1
 #skiptest=1
 #warn=1
-tmpdir=/var/tmp/apacman
-TMPDIR=/var/tmp/apacman
+#tmpdir=/var/tmp/apacman
+#TMPDIR=/var/tmp/apacman
 
 #
 # CONFIGURATION
diff --git a/lib/01-mk.chroot.func.sh b/lib/01-mk.chroot.func.sh
index 19920a4..091b420 100755
--- a/lib/01-mk.chroot.func.sh
+++ b/lib/01-mk.chroot.func.sh
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ function mkchroot {
     echo "Local: ${LOCSUM32}"
     echo "Remote: ${CKSUM32}"
     echo "Fetching fresh copy."
-    curl -o latest.32.tar.gz "${RLSDIR}/${CURRLS32}" >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
+    curl -o latest.32.tar.gz "${RLSDIR}/${CURRLS32}"
   fi
  else
-   curl -o latest.32.tar.gz "${RLSDIR}/${CURRLS32}" >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
+   curl -o latest.32.tar.gz "${RLSDIR}/${CURRLS32}"
  fi
  
  if [ ! -f "${CHROOTDIR32}/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/trustdb.gpg" ] || [ ! -f "${CHROOTDIR64}/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/trustdb.gpg" ];
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ HOME_URL="https://www.archlinux.org/"
 SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/"
 BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.archlinux.org/"
 EOF
+     cp ${BASEDIR}/VERSION_INFO.txt ${BASEDIR}/root.${i}/.
    done   
 
    # And make it usable.
@@ -364,4 +365,7 @@ EOF
 
 }
 
-mkchroot
+if [[ ! -f "${BASEDIR}/root.x86_64/VERSION_INFO.txt" && ! -f "${BASEDIR}/root.x86_64/VERSION_INFO.txt" ]];
+then
+  mkchroot
+fi
diff --git a/lib/08-will_it_blend.func.sh b/lib/08-will_it_blend.func.sh
index 97531a5..c4ae162 100644
--- a/lib/08-will_it_blend.func.sh
+++ b/lib/08-will_it_blend.func.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ function will_it_blend () {
 
   FUNCNAME="will_it_blend"
 
+  SQUASH_CMD="mksquashfs"
+  SQUASH_OPTS="-noappend -comp xz"
+
   local ARCHSUFFIX="${1}"
   if [[ "${1}" == "64" ]]; 
   then
diff --git a/lib/09-stuffy.func.sh b/lib/09-stuffy.func.sh
index 2935707..5a5c900 100644
--- a/lib/09-stuffy.func.sh
+++ b/lib/09-stuffy.func.sh
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ function stuffy {
   if [ ! -f "${TEMPDIR}/EFI/shellx64_v2.efi" ];
   then
     # EFI Shell 2.0 for UEFI 2.3+ ( http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=UEFI_Shell )
-    curl -o ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/shellx64_v2.efi https://svn.code.sf.net/p/edk2/code/trunk/edk2/ShellBinPkg/UefiShell/X64/Shell.efi >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
+    curl -o ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/shellx64_v2.efi "https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/ShellBinPkg/UefiShell/X64/Shell.efi?raw=true" >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
   fi
   if [ ! -f "${TEMPDIR}/EFI/shellx64_v1.efi" ];
   then
     # EFI Shell 1.0 for non UEFI 2.3+ ( http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=Efi-shell )
-    curl -o ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/shellx64_v1.efi https://svn.code.sf.net/p/edk2/code/trunk/edk2/EdkShellBinPkg/FullShell/X64/Shell_Full.efi >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
+    curl -o ${TEMPDIR}/EFI/shellx64_v1.efi "https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/EdkShellBinPkg/FullShell/X64/Shell_Full.efi?raw=true" >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
   fi
 
   # now for setting up loader config/entries. maybe add memtest or something in the future? i dunno.
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Antergos/meta b/lib/prereqs/Antergos/meta
index 8199262..1fca5c3 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/Antergos/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/Antergos/meta
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ function distro_specific_tweaks {
  # For some reason, I can't get "yes y | " to parse correctly with eval. And Arch isn't smart enough
  # to figure out that if I enable the multilib repos, *I want multilib gcc*. Fuck it. We'll just remove it first.
 
+ pacman -S --needed haveged >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
+ haveged
+
  set +e
  for pkg_override in gcc gcc-libs;
  do
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Arch/meta b/lib/prereqs/Arch/meta
index 88230d1..1320802 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/Arch/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/Arch/meta
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ function distro_specific_tweaks {
  # For some reason, I can't get "yes y | " to parse correctly with eval. And Arch isn't smart enough
  # to figure out that if I enable the multilib repos, *I want multilib gcc*. Fuck it. We'll just remove it first.
 
+ pacman -S --needed haveged >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
+ haveged
+
  set +e
  for pkg_override in gcc gcc-libs;
  do
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Mageia/meta b/lib/prereqs/Mageia/meta
index 56dd871..4f62a30 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/Mageia/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/Mageia/meta
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 NAME='Mageia'
 SUPPORTED='yes'
 CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^Mageia\ release\ " /etc/mageia-release'
-PKG_MGR='urpmi --force ${pkgname}'
+PKG_MGR='urpmi --force --auto ${pkgname}'
 PRE_RUN='urpmi.update -a'
 PKG_CHK='rpm -q ${pkgname} | egrep "^${pkgname}-[0-9]"'
 URL='https://www.mageia.org/'
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Manjaro/meta b/lib/prereqs/Manjaro/meta
index 57df8b6..647493c 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/Manjaro/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/Manjaro/meta
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ function distro_specific_tweaks {
  # For some reason, I can't get "yes y | " to parse correctly with eval. And Arch isn't smart enough
  # to figure out that if I enable the multilib repos, *I want multilib gcc*. Fuck it. We'll just remove it first.
 
+ pacman -S --needed haveged >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
+ haveged
+
  set +e
  for pkg_override in gcc gcc-libs;
  do