diff --git a/mrk.c b/mrk.c
index 88c2d0d..1788177 100644
--- a/mrk.c
+++ b/mrk.c
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         Mrk_Build *bld = mrk_build_load("Marrakesh.mrk");
         if (!bld) _mrk_err("Failed to load Marrakesh.mrk\n");
         snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s-%s.mkb", bld->name, bld->version);
+        if (!ecore_file_exists(build_tmpdir)) _mrk_err("No build dir!\n");
         if (!mrk_build_package_bin(bld, tmp, build_tmpdir, os, arch))
           {
              mrk_build_free(bld);
diff --git a/mrklib_buildfile.c b/mrklib_buildfile.c
index fa0ebad..892bf21 100644
--- a/mrklib_buildfile.c
+++ b/mrklib_buildfile.c
@@ -103,11 +103,12 @@ parse_content(char *mem, size_t size)
    char *p = mem;
    int skipline = 0;
    int startline = 0;
+   int line = 1;
    char *seg = NULL, *s;
    char *data1 = NULL, *data2 = NULL;
    int i;
    Tag_Mode mode = TMODE_TEXT;
-#define err(reason) do { fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", reason); goto error; } while (0)
+#define err(reason...) do { fprintf(stderr, ##reason); goto error; } while (0)
 
    bld = calloc(1, sizeof(Mrk_Build));
    if (!bld) return NULL;
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ parse_content(char *mem, size_t size)
      {
         if (prevc == '\n')
           {
+             line++;
              if (*p == '#') skipline = 1;
              else skipline = 0;
              startline = 1;
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ parse_content(char *mem, size_t size)
 
              prevp = p;
              tok = parse_token(&p, end);
-             if (!tok) err("token parse error");
+             if (!tok) err("%i: token parse error\n", line);
              if (startline)
                {
                   for (i = 0; tags[i].tag; i++)
@@ -151,25 +153,25 @@ not_tag:
                      case TMODE_TEXT:
                        p = prevp;
                        data1 = parse_eol(&p, end);
-                       if (!data1) err("no content");
+                       if (!data1) err("%i: no content\n", line);
                        break;
                      case TMODE_PATH:
                      case TMODE_PATH_LIST:
                        data1 = path_check(tok);
-                       if (!data1) err("path invalid");
+                       if (!data1) err("%i: path invalid\n", line);
                        break;
                      case TMODE_PATH_CP:
                      case TMODE_PATH_CP_LIST:
                        data1 = path_check(tok);
-                       if (!data1) err("path invalid");
+                       if (!data1) err("%i: path invalid\n", line);
                        s = parse_token(&p, end);
-                       if (!s) err("missing > in path copy");
-                       if (!(!strcmp(s, ">"))) err("copy token is not >");
+                       if (!s) err("%i: missing > in path copy\n", line);
+                       if (!(!strcmp(s, ">"))) err("%i: copy token is not >\n", line);
                        free(s);
                        s = parse_token(&p, end);
-                       if (!s) err("missing destination path in path copy");
+                       if (!s) err("%i: missing destination path in path copy\n", line);
                        data2 = path_check(s);
-                       if (!data2) err("destination path not valid");
+                       if (!data2) err("%i: destination path not valid\n", line);
                        free(s);
                        break;
                      default:
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ not_tag:
                        if      (!strcmp(seg, "PROJ:"))
                          {
                             if (!_mrk_util_plain_file_check(data1))
-                              err("name failed sanity check");
+                              err("%i: name failed sanity check\n", line);
                             eina_stringshare_del(bld->name);
                             bld->name = eina_stringshare_add(data1);
                          }
@@ -337,6 +339,7 @@ not_tag:
                }
              free(tok);
              prevc = *p;
+             p++;
           }
         else
           {
@@ -530,9 +533,9 @@ mrk_build_do(Mrk_Build *bld, const char *tmpd)
                }
              EINA_LIST_FOREACH(bin->deps, ll, s)
                {
-                  eina_strbuf_append(buf, " pkg-config --cflags --libs ");
+                  eina_strbuf_append(buf, " `pkg-config --cflags --libs ");
                   eina_strbuf_append(buf, s);
-                  eina_strbuf_append(buf, " ");
+                  eina_strbuf_append(buf, "`");
                }
              EINA_LIST_FOREACH(bin->incs, ll, s)
                {
diff --git a/mrklib_util.c b/mrklib_util.c
index 4b7b8e7..85befe5 100644
--- a/mrklib_util.c
+++ b/mrklib_util.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ static const char *sane_name_ok =
 static const char *sane_path_veto[] = 
 {"../", "./", NULL};
 static const char *sane_path_ok = 
-"01234567890-_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. ";
+"/01234567890-_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. ";
 
 static int
 _sane_forbidden_path(const char *file, const char **forbidden)