diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9067fd..c74c606 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
 install.log
 install_choices
+backup_files/
+install
+installed_deps
+
+# following entries are for libs/apps that will be compiled during setup
+json-c/
+libsndfile/
+pulseaudio/
diff --git a/bt_pa_config.sh b/bt_pa_config.sh
index d60e7c9..0a8c314 100755
--- a/bt_pa_config.sh
+++ b/bt_pa_config.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ exc sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/bluetooth
 exc sudo update-rc.d bluetooth defaults
 
 save_original /etc/init.d/bluetooth-agent
-if [ "$VOL_USER" = "\"arm\"" ]
+if [ "$VOL_USER" = '"arm"' ] # using '"arm"' instead of "\"arm\"" helps with syntax highlighting
 then
 	exc sudo cp init.d/bluetooth-agent-vol /etc/init.d/bluetooth-agent
 else
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ exc sudo patch /etc/bluetooth/main.conf << EOT
 *** 7,8 ****
 --- 7,9 ----
   #Name = %h-%d
-+ Name = ${BT_NAME}
++ Name = ${BluetoothName} # the var is called 'BluetoothName' instead of 'BT_NAME'
 
 ***************
 *** 11,12 ****
diff --git a/functions.sh b/functions.sh
index 0cedc44..a4d50a9 100755
--- a/functions.sh
+++ b/functions.sh
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ run(){
 }
 exc(){
     log Executing $*
-    $* &> /dev/null
-    verify "'$*' failed"
+    output=`$* 2>&1`
+    # add additional helpful information in case we run into errors
+    verify "'$*' failed"'\n'"More Information:"'\n'"Current user and dir: `whoami`, `pwd`"'\n'"Output:"'\n'"$output"
 }
 apt_update() {
     log Updating via $*...
@@ -106,6 +107,26 @@ restore_originals(){
     fi
     
 }
+restore_original() {
+  if [ -e "$1" ]; then
+    if [ -d "$1" ]; then
+      log "$1 is a directory"
+    else
+      FILE=`echo $1 | sed "s/.*\///"`
+      echo $FILE
+      LOC="$SSPARI_BACKUP_PATH/$FILE"
+      if [ -e "$LOC" ]; then
+        log "File "$FILE" has been previously backed up, restoring..."
+        LINE=`grep -e "^$FILE=" $SSPARI_BACKUP_PATH/files`
+        DIR=`echo $LINE | sed "s/^$FILE=//"`
+        cp $SSPARI_BACKUP_PATH/$FILE $DIR/$FILE
+        sed -i "/^$FILE=/d" $SSPARI_BACKUP_PATH/files
+      else
+        log "File $FILE is not included in backup!"
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+}
 save_original(){
     if [ -e "$1" ]; then
         if [ -d "$1" ]; then
diff --git a/init.d/bluetooth-agent-vol b/init.d/bluetooth-agent-vol
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index baadc10..ed3e088 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ then
 	export BluetoothName
 	run ./bt_pa_install.sh
 	VOL_USER=`cat /etc/os-release | grep VOLUMIO_ARCH | sed "s/VOLUMIO_ARCH=//"`
-	if [ "$VOL_USER" = "\"arm\"" ]
+	if [ "$VOL_USER" = '"arm"' ] # using '"arm"' instead of "\"arm\"" helps with syntax highlighting
 	then
 		export VOL_USER
 		apt-get purge bluez -y
@@ -288,9 +288,12 @@ then
 		sed -i "s/$user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL/$user ALL=(ALL) ALL/" /etc/sudoers
 		for _dep in ${vol_groups[@]}; do     sudo usermod -aG "$_dep" volumio; done
 	else
-	        run su ${user} -c ./bt_pa_config.sh
+    save_original /etc/sudoers
+    # allow $user everything without password
+    echo "$user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+	  run su ${user} -c ./bt_pa_config.sh
+    restore_original /etc/sudoers
 		#for _dep in ${vol_groups[@]}; do     usermod -aG "$_dep" $user; done
-		
 
 	fi