diff --git a/scripts/99_deploy.sh b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
index 1b00c33..0722b11 100755
--- a/scripts/99_deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ create_dir() {
     if ! [ -d "$_directory" ]
     then
         echo ""
-        echo "error: unable to created the directory '${_directory}'"
-        echo "failed command: '${mkdir_command}'"
+        echo "error: unable to create the directory '${_directory}' as user '${system_user}'"
+        echo "  failed command: '${mkdir_command}'"
     fi
 
 }
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ if [ ${operation} == "dots" ] ; then
     # onedrive-gui
     #file_name=profiles
     file_path=/home/${system_user}/.config/onedrive-gui
-    file_path=/home/${system_user}/.config/test
     create_dir ${file_path}
     #deploy_file "${dots_trg}/onedrive-gui/${file_name}" "${file_path}/${file_name}"
 
diff --git a/scripts/curae.sh b/scripts/curae.sh
index 920d2ed..d9632b6 100755
--- a/scripts/curae.sh
+++ b/scripts/curae.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ this_file=curae.sh
 
 
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18215973/how-to-check-if-running-as-root-in-a-bash-script
-#if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
 if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]
   then echo "error: run as 'root'"
   exit