diff --git a/QUICKSTART b/QUICKSTART
index ae03404e..113c34d0 100644
--- a/QUICKSTART
+++ b/QUICKSTART
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 команды
 ~~~~~~~
 - от имени root:
-# apt-get install hasher git-core
+# apt-get install mkimage hasher git-core
 # hasher-useradd USER
 
 - от имени пользователя (после повторного входа):
diff --git a/image.in/Makefile b/image.in/Makefile
index 7455585f..a722c9a2 100644
--- a/image.in/Makefile
+++ b/image.in/Makefile
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ MKI_VER_OPTIMAL = 0.2.0
 
 include distcfg.mk
 include functions.mk
-include $(MKIMAGE_PREFIX)/config.mk
 
+ifeq (,$(realpath $(MKIMAGE_PREFIX)/config.mk))
+$(error please apt-get install mkimage and have a look at QUICKSTART as well)
+endif
 ifeq (-,$(shell rpmvercmp $(MKI_VERSION) $(MKI_VER_MINIMAL) | tr -d [0-9]))
 $(info error: mkimage-$(MKI_VERSION) is too old, please upgrade)
 $(error mkimage is too old, $(MKI_VER_MINIMAL) is minimal supported version)
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ $(info warning: mkimage-$(MKI_VERSION) is suboptimal, consider upgrading)
 $(warning consider upgrading mkimage to $(MKI_VER_OPTIMAL) or better)
 endif
 
+include $(MKIMAGE_PREFIX)/config.mk
+
 # reconstruct instead of passing yet another variable
 IMAGE_LINK := $(IMAGE_NAME).$(IMAGE_TYPE)
 IMAGE_OUTFILE := $(IMAGE_NAME)-$(DATE)-$(ARCH).$(IMAGE_TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/build.mk b/lib/build.mk
index 839adb71..fa26a564 100644
--- a/lib/build.mk
+++ b/lib/build.mk
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ build-image: profile/populate
 	if $(START) $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/ $(LOG); then \
 		echo "$(TIME) done (`tail -1 $(BUILDLOG) | cut -f1 -d.`)"; \
 		tail -200 "$(BUILDLOG)" $(SHORTEN) \
-		| GREP_COLOR="$(ANSI_OK)" \
-		  grep --color=auto '^\*\* image: .*' ||:; \
+		| GREP_COLOR="$(ANSI_OK)" GREP_OPTIONS="--color=auto" \
+		  grep '^\*\* image: .*' ||:; \
 	else \
 		echo -n "$(TIME) failed, see log"; \
 		if [ -z "$(DEBUG)" ]; then \
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ build-image: profile/populate
 			echo " above"; \
 		fi; \
 		tail -200 "$(BUILDLOG)" \
-		| GREP_COLOR="$(ANSI_FAIL)" \
-		  egrep --color=auto "^(E:|[Ee]rror|[Ww]arning).*"; \
+		| GREP_COLOR="$(ANSI_FAIL)" GREP_OPTIONS="--color=auto" \
+		  egrep "^((E:|[Ee]rror|[Ww]arning).*)|(.* Stop\.)$$"; \
 		df -P $(BUILDDIR) | awk 'END { if ($$4 < $(LOWSPACE)) \
 			{ print "NB: low space on "$$6" ("$$5" used)"}}'; \
 	fi; \