diff --git a/configuration/scripts/environment.sh b/configuration/scripts/environment.sh
index affa27ef..b32fe410 100755
--- a/configuration/scripts/environment.sh
+++ b/configuration/scripts/environment.sh
@@ -3,28 +3,25 @@
 # performed outside of a function so that other scripts sourcing this in will run this by default
 
 # Get the real user (not root) when script is run with sudo
-# Debug output
-echo "Debug: SUDO_USER=$SUDO_USER"
-echo "Debug: USER=$USER"
-echo "Debug: id -u=$(id -u)"
-echo "Debug: EUID=$EUID"
+
+echo -e "\n\n###### Loading RatOS environment"
 
 if [ -n "$SUDO_USER" ] && [ "$SUDO_USER" != "root" ]; then
-    echo "Case 1: Running with sudo as non-root user"
+    echo "Running with sudo as non-root user"
     REAL_USER=$SUDO_USER
     REAL_HOME=$(getent passwd "$SUDO_USER" | cut -d: -f6)
 elif [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "Case 2: Running as non-root without sudo"
+    echo "Running as non-root without sudo"
     REAL_USER=$USER
     REAL_HOME=$HOME
 else
-    echo "Case 3: Running as root directly"
+    echo "Running as root directly, defaulting to pi user."
     REAL_USER="pi"
     REAL_HOME="/home/pi"
 fi
 
 if [ "$REAL_USER" = "root" ]; then
-    echo "Fatal Error: Running as root, this is not supported, exiting..." >&2
+    echo "Fatal Error: Unable to determine non-root user, please run as a normal user or use sudo, exiting..." >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/common.sh b/src/scripts/common.sh
index a4c6a193..bf191c81 100755
--- a/src/scripts/common.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/common.sh
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ __EOF
 
 patch_log_rotation() {
 	if [ -e /etc/logrotate.d/ratos-configurator ]; then
-		if grep -q "/printer_data/logs/configurator.log" /etc/logrotate.d/ratos-configurator; then
+		if grep -q "${RATOS_PRINTER_DATA_DIR}/logs/ratos-configurator.log" /etc/logrotate.d/ratos-configurator; then
 			report_status "Patching log rotation"
 			sudo sed -i 's|rotate 4|rotate 3|g' /etc/logrotate.d/ratos-configurator
-			sudo sed -i 's|/printer_data/logs/configurator.log"|/printer_data/logs/ratos-configurator.log"|g' /etc/logrotate.d/ratos-configurator
+			sudo sed -i "s|${RATOS_PRINTER_DATA_DIR}/logs/configurator.log|${RATOS_PRINTER_DATA_DIR}/logs/ratos-configurator.log|g" /etc/logrotate.d/ratos-configurator
 		fi
 	else
 		install_logrotation
@@ -145,16 +145,17 @@ patch_log_rotation() {
 
 symlink_configuration() {
 	report_status "Symlinking configuration"
-	[ -z "$RATOS_PRINTER_DATA_DIR" ] && { echo "Error: RATOS_PRINTER_DATA_DIR not set"; return 1; }
-	[ -z "$BASE_DIR" ] && { echo "Error: BASE_DIR not set"; return 1; }
+	[ -z "$RATOS_PRINTER_DATA_DIR" ] && { echo "Error: RATOS_PRINTER_DATA_DIR not set" >&2; return 1; }
+	[ -z "$BASE_DIR" ] && { echo "Error: BASE_DIR not set" >&2; return 1; }
 	
 	sudo=""
 	[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ] && sudo="sudo"
 	
 	target="${RATOS_PRINTER_DATA_DIR}/config/RatOS"
 	if [ ! -L "$target" ] || [ ! "$(readlink "$target")" = "$BASE_DIR/configuration" ]; then
-		$sudo rm -rf "$target" || { echo "Failed to remove old configuration"; return 1; }
-		$sudo ln -s "$BASE_DIR/configuration" "$target" || { echo "Failed to create symlink"; return 1; }
+		$sudo rm -rf "$target" || { echo "Failed to remove old configuration" >&2; return 1; }
+		$sudo ln -s "$BASE_DIR/configuration" "$target" || { echo "Failed to create symlink" >&2; return 1; }
+		$sudo chown -R "${RATOS_USERNAME}:${RATOS_USERGROUP}" "$target" || { echo "Failed to change ownership of configuration" >&2; return 1; }
 		echo "Configuration symlink created successfully"
 	fi
 }
@@ -184,15 +185,18 @@ verify_users()
 
 install_udev_rule()
 {
-	report_status "Installing udev rule"
 
 	sudo=""
 	[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ] && sudo="sudo"
 
-	if [ ! -e /etc/udev/rules.d/97-ratos.rules ]; then
+	if [ ! -L /etc/udev/rules.d/97-ratos.rules ]; then
+		report_status "Installing RatOS udev rule"
+		$sudo rm -f /etc/udev/rules.d/97-ratos.rules
 		$sudo ln -s "$SCRIPT_DIR/ratos.rules" /etc/udev/rules.d/97-ratos.rules
 	fi
-	if [ ! -e /etc/udev/rules.d/97-vaoc.rules ]; then
+	if [ ! -L /etc/udev/rules.d/97-vaoc.rules ]; then
+		report_status "Installing VAOC udev rule"
+		$sudo rm -f /etc/udev/rules.d/97-vaoc.rules
 		$sudo ln -s "$SCRIPT_DIR/vaoc.rules" /etc/udev/rules.d/97-vaoc.rules
 	fi
 }