diff --git a/bin/psyconf b/bin/psyconf
index 498692c..6ec5682 100755
--- a/bin/psyconf
+++ b/bin/psyconf
@@ -44,18 +44,36 @@ use File::Spec;
 #    }
 #}
 
+sub debug() { 0 }
+
 # append something while testing
 #my $test = "-NEW";
-use Data::Dumper;
+#use Data::Dumper;
 
 sub say {
 	print join('', @_); # if $test;
 }
 
+sub sys {
+	print join(' ', @_), "\n" if debug;
+	if (system(@_)) {
+		if ($? == -1) {
+			print "\t{failed to execute: $!}\n";
+		} elsif ($? & 127) {
+			printf "\t{command died with sig %d, %s core dump}\n",
+			 ($? & 127),  ($? & 128) ? 'with' : 'without';
+		} else {
+			printf "\t{command exited with value %d}\n", $? >> 8;
+		}
+		exit $? if $?;
+		exit $@ if $@;
+	}
+}
 
 	### MAIN ###
 	# if you are manually compiling an ldmud, rename it or change here.
 	my $driver = 'psyclpc';
+	my $newbie = 0;
 
 	use Getopt::Std;
 	&getopt;
@@ -166,8 +184,26 @@ X
 		         $c{_basic_host_name} || 'psyced';
 	$chatname = 'psyced' if $chatname eq 'psyc';
 
-#	say "Generating control files in $c{_basic_path_base} ..\n\n";
-	my $t = "$base/local/ports.h$test";
+	my $t = "$base/local";
+	unless (-w $t) {
+		$newbie = 1;
+		say <<X;
+
+Welcome new installer!
+Copying (just this time) default configuration into $t ..
+X
+		sys("/bin/cp", "-rp", "$base/config/blueprint", $t);
+	}
+	$t = "$base/data";
+	mkdir($t) unless -w $t;
+	$t = "$base/data/person";
+	mkdir($t) unless -w $t;
+	$t = "$base/data/place";
+	mkdir($t) unless -w $t;
+	$t = "$base/log";
+	mkdir($t) unless -w $t;
+
+	$t = "$base/local/ports.h$test";
 	say "Generating control file $t ..\n";
 	rename $t, "$t~";
 	open O, '>', $t or die "Cannot write to $t";
@@ -549,6 +585,7 @@ X
 		print O "\t\$commandline\n";
 	} else {
 		say "The file $sandbox/log/psyced.out will contain the runtime output.\n";
+		say "The file $sandbox/log/psyced.err will contain error messages.\n";
 		print O <<X;
 	touch $sandbox/log/psyced.out $sandbox/log/psyced.err
 	$domv $sandbox/log/psyced.err $sandbox/log/psyced.err-old
@@ -581,9 +618,9 @@ X
 
 # PSYCED INIT.D SCRIPT
 	$t = "$base/etc";
-	mkdir($t);
+	mkdir($t) unless -w $t;
 	$t .= "/init.d";
-	mkdir($t);
+	mkdir($t) unless -w $t;
 	$t .= "/psyced$test";
 	say "Generating control file $t ..\n";
 	rename $t, "$t~";
@@ -675,13 +712,13 @@ X
 
 # TORRC
 	$t = "$base/etc/tor";
-	mkdir($t);
+	mkdir($t) unless -w $t;
 	$t = "$base/var";
-	mkdir($t);
+	mkdir($t) unless -w $t;
 	$t = "$base/var/tor";
-	mkdir($t);
+	mkdir($t) unless -w $t;
 	$t = "$base/etc/tor/torrc";
-	say "Generating Tor configuration $t ..\n";
+	say "Generating optional Tor configuration $t ..\n";
 	rename $t, "$t~";
 	open O, '>', $t or die "Cannot write to $t";
 
@@ -822,7 +859,9 @@ X
 
 ## end of former archetype.pl
 
-	say "\nCaution: You may have to completely shut down and restart psyced\n";
-	say "to ensure the newly generated start-up scripts are actually used.\n";
+	unless ($newbie) {
+	    say "\nCaution: You may have to completely shut down and restart psyced\n";
+	    say "to ensure the newly generated start-up scripts are actually used.\n";
+	}
 
 # vim:ts=8
diff --git a/config/psyced.ini b/config/psyced.ini
index 61f6871..490a028 100644
--- a/config/psyced.ini
+++ b/config/psyced.ini
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 [_basic]
 ; Base directory of this PSYCED installation
 _path_base = /opt/psyced
+; psyced runs in a sandbox of psyclpc and therefore needs this to be writable
 
 ; Configuration directory of this PSYCED installation
 ; psyconf will automatically search /etc/psyc for psyced.ini.
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ _path_configuration = /etc/psyc
 
 ; Path leading to your private and public TLS keys
 ; (absolute or relative to the configuration directory).
-_path_PEM_key = /etc/ssl/private/psyced_key.pem
-_path_PEM_certificate = /etc/ssl/certs/psyced_cert.pem
+_path_PEM_key = psyced.key
+_path_PEM_certificate = psyced.crt
 ; Remember to make these files accessible to the userid
 ; running the psyced daemon!
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 46cf769..86974f2 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -192,12 +192,12 @@ if ! test `ls -1 ${driver}-*tar.${zip} 2>/dev/null`
     then
         if wget "${lpcbaseurl}/${driver}-${driverver}.tar.${zip}"
         then
-                echo "${driver} successfully retrieved."
-                else
-        echo "${hi}ATTENTION: Unable to download ${driver}"
-        echo "${hi}ATTENTION: ${lo}You have no ${driver}-*.tar.${zip} in this directory."
-        echo "Please obtain one from http://lpc.psyc.eu."
-        $exit
+	    echo "${driver} successfully retrieved."
+	else
+	    echo "${hi}ATTENTION: Unable to download ${driver}"
+	    echo "${hi}ATTENTION: ${lo}You have no ${driver}-*.tar.${zip} in this directory."
+	    echo "Please obtain one from http://lpc.psyc.eu."
+	    $exit
         fi
     else
 if test -d .git
diff --git a/bin/psyked b/utility/attic/psyked
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/psyked
rename to utility/attic/psyked