diff --git a/arm-link b/arm-link
index 844f61a16ae87a01c62a20186d20f87c378578d5..18282adbeab754400e926530b7c795053c703266 100755
--- a/arm-link
+++ b/arm-link
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 LOCKFILE=~/."${0##*/}".lock
 ARMBASE=/srv/ftp/archlinux/arm
 ARCBASE=/srv/ftp/archlinux/archive/repos
-LAST=last
-LASTM=month
-LASTW=week
 
 [[ $1 != "" && ${1:0:1} != / ]] && { echo 'Absolute path please, ln is bugged'; exit 1; }
 
@@ -37,12 +34,12 @@ umask 022
 cd "$ARMBASE"
 
 # update last
-ln -srnf "$(ls -1d "$ARCBASE"/*/*/*|sort|tail -n1)" "$LAST"
-
-# update last month
-ln -srnf "$(date +%Y/%m/01)" "$LASTM"
+ln -svrnf "$(ls -1d "$ARCBASE"/*/*/*|sort|tail -n1)" last
 
 # update last week
-ln -srnf "$(date -d 'last monday' +%Y/%m/%d)" "$LASTW"
+ln -srvnf "$ARCBASE/$(date -d 'last monday' +%Y/%m/%d)" week
+
+# update last month
+ln -srvnf "$ARCBASE/$(date +%Y/%m/01)" month
 
 # vim:set sw=2 ts=2 ft=sh et:
diff --git a/package-links b/package-links
index 0a021914fcde03f126964db88d0e5d93683d1fc2..bb7d134321bb0a4dd2d3daa888fafdfbb173ace0 100755
--- a/package-links
+++ b/package-links
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ umask 022
 # ensure dirs are here
 [[ -e $BASE/$PKGFLAT ]] || mkdir -p "$BASE/$PKGFLAT"
 
-echo ":: removing dead links in ${BASE##*/}"
+echo "removing dead links in ${BASE##*/}"
 find -L "$BASE" -type l -delete -print
 
 # create new links pass
-echo ':: creating new links'
+echo 'creating new links'
 find ${1:-$REPOS} -type f -name '*.pkg.tar.xz' -o -name '*.pkg.tar.xz.sig'| while read src; do
   filename="${src##*/}"
   pkgname="${filename%-*}" #remove arch and extension
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ done
 # disallow listing of PKGFLAT. Too much file
 echo 'No listing allowed here.' > "$BASE/$PKGFLAT/index.html"
 
-echo ":: removing empty directories in ${BASE##*/}"
+echo "removing empty directories in ${BASE##*/}"
 find "$BASE" -type d -empty -delete -print
 
 touch "$BASE" "$BASE/$PKGFLAT"
diff --git a/repo-rsync b/repo-rsync
index 8da68fe8e28c8bc56e363e874cad3fcd84409139..6825f28cd191a6314f4bbd77af52726439b1fb4c 100755
--- a/repo-rsync
+++ b/repo-rsync
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ umask 022
 # ensure destination exists
 [[ -d $SNAP ]] || mkdir -p "$SNAP"
 
+# display info
+echo starting rsync
+echo   snapshot is: $SNAP
+echo   last is: $LAST
+
 # Rsync from master using last sync
 # We must use absolute path with --link-dest to avoid errors
 rsync  -rltH --link-dest="$LAST/" --exclude '*/.*' "$UPSTREAM" "$SNAP/"