diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index a7a63b6..26db1b6 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ fi
 aclocal && \
 autoheader && \
 libtoolize --copy --automake && \
-automake --foreign --add-missing --copy && \
+automake1.6 --foreign --add-missing --copy && \
 autoconf
diff --git a/tools/q2rel b/tools/q2rel
index 002c434..109d68c 100755
--- a/tools/q2rel
+++ b/tools/q2rel
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ if [ -z "$1" ]; then
 	echo this script is going to cvs export from that tag
 fi
 
+# this script is prone to err, tell me what's happening
+set -x
+
 cd ~/src/quake2
 
 chmod -R u+w export