diff --git a/cbox-tree.d/etc/rcS.d/S22cb-mount-config b/cbox-tree.d/etc/rcS.d/S37cb-mount-config
similarity index 100%
rename from cbox-tree.d/etc/rcS.d/S22cb-mount-config
rename to cbox-tree.d/etc/rcS.d/S37cb-mount-config
diff --git a/cbox-tree.d/etc/rcS.d/S37cb-network b/cbox-tree.d/etc/rcS.d/S38cb-network
similarity index 100%
rename from cbox-tree.d/etc/rcS.d/S37cb-network
rename to cbox-tree.d/etc/rcS.d/S38cb-network
diff --git a/cbox-tree.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/cbox-manage.sh b/cbox-tree.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/cbox-manage.sh
index c78ff0b..d89f7e0 100755
--- a/cbox-tree.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/cbox-manage.sh
+++ b/cbox-tree.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/cbox-manage.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ function create_config()
 {
 	local device="${1}1"
 	log_msg "Creating config filesystem ..."
-	$MKFS_CONFIG "$device"
+	# filter output through 'tr' to replace tabs
+	$MKFS_CONFIG "$device" | tr '\010' ' '
 	# mount the config partition rw
 	log_msg "Mounting config partition ..."
 	mount "$device" "$CONFIG_DIR"
@@ -148,7 +149,8 @@ function mkfs_crypto()
 	# TODO: this takes _much_ too long - maybe add a "secure wipe" switch to the interface?
 	#dd if=/dev/urandom of="${device}2" bs=512
 
-	$MKFS_DATA "$CRYPTMAPPER_DEV"
+	# filter output through 'tr' to replace tabs
+	$MKFS_DATA "$CRYPTMAPPER_DEV" | tr '\0101' ' '
 }
 
 
@@ -225,6 +227,7 @@ function mount_config()
 		then	log_msg "configuraton found on $device"
 			config_set_value "device" "$device"
 			# copy certificate to /tmp in case of re-initialization
+			# /tmp should be writable, so tmpfs has to be mounted before (/etc/rcS.d)
 			cp "$CERT_FILE" "$CERT_TEMP"
 			return 0
 		else	log_msg "failed to locate harddisk"
@@ -278,7 +281,7 @@ function umount_crypto()
 function init_cryptobox_part1()
 # this is only the first part of initialisation that takes no time - good for a smooth web interface
 {
-	local device=`find_harddisk`
+	local device=$(find_harddisk)
 	[ -z "$device" ] && log_msg 'no valid harddisk found!' && return 1
 	(
 		log_msg "Initializing crypto partition on $device ..."
diff --git a/cbox-tree.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/devel-features.sh b/cbox-tree.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/devel-features.sh
index f20a694..6d57843 100755
--- a/cbox-tree.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/devel-features.sh
+++ b/cbox-tree.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/devel-features.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ case "$ACTION" in
 		/etc/init.d/thttpd restart
 
 		# start ssh daemon
-		/etc/init.d/ssh start
+		[ -x /etc/init.d/ssh ] && /etc/init.d/ssh start
 		;;
 	set_diff_base )
 		# the present content of the tmpfs mirror get copied to
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ case "$ACTION" in
 		diff -ruN --exclude=report --exclude=cryptobox.pl --exclude=index.html "`basename \"$MIRROR_ORIG_DIR\"`" "`basename \"$MIRROR_DIR\"`" | grep -v "^Binary files" | sed 's#/var/www/cryptobox\t#/var/www/cgi-bin/cryptobox.pl\t#'
 		;;
 	stop )
-		/etc/init.d/ssh stop
+		[ -x /etc/init.d/ssh ] && /etc/init.d/ssh stop
 		for a in $WRITE_DIRS
 			do	umount "$MIRROR_DIR/$a"
 		  done
diff --git a/cbox-tree.d/var/www/cryptobox.css b/cbox-tree.d/var/www/cryptobox.css
index 5c4e6de..22f87e7 100644
--- a/cbox-tree.d/var/www/cryptobox.css
+++ b/cbox-tree.d/var/www/cryptobox.css
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ body {
 	font-weight: normal;
 	letter-spacing: 0.05em;
 	color: #acacac;
-	background-color: white;
 	font-variant: small-caps;
 	padding: 0 1em;
 	text-align: left;
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ body {
 #content a {
 	line-height: 1.2em;
 	color: black;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	text-decoration: none;
 	font-weight: bold;
 	font-size: 0.9em;
@@ -74,7 +72,6 @@ body {
 
 #content a:visited {
 	color: #acacac;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	}
 
 #content p {
@@ -87,7 +84,6 @@ body {
 	text-align: center;
 	border-top: 1px solid #5e5e5e;
 	border-bottom: 1px solid #5e5e5e;
-	color: inherit;
 	background-color: #ACE149;
 	}
 
@@ -103,7 +99,6 @@ body {
 
 #menu a:hover {
 	color: #8e8e8e;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	}
 
 #words {
@@ -147,7 +142,6 @@ body {
 
 #footer a:link, #footer a:visited {
 	color: #5e5e5e;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	margin: 5px;
 	text-decoration: none;
 	border: none;
@@ -160,7 +154,6 @@ body {
 
 #confirmtext span {
 	color: red;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	font-weight: bold;
 	}
 
@@ -173,14 +166,12 @@ body {
 	padding-top: 10px;
 	padding-bottom: 15px;
 	color: #707070;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	}
 
 #words .warning,.error,.success {
 	border: 1px dashed #808080;
 	text-align: center;
 	color: #5e5e5e;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	text-decoration: none;
 	font-weight: bold;
 	font-size: 0.9em;
@@ -189,28 +180,24 @@ body {
 	}
 
 #words .warning {
-	color: inherit;
 	background-color: #f5f5f5; 
 	}
 	
 #words .error {
-	color: inherit;
 	background-color: #f5f5f5; 
 	}
 	
 #words .success {
-/*	color: inherit;
-	background-color: #90EE90; */
+/*	nice green color - but no one likes it right?
+	background-color: #90EE90;	*/
 	}
 	
 #words div.warning,div.error,div.success h1,h2 {
 	color: #808080;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	}
 
 #words .warning,.error,.success a {
 	color: #5e5e5e;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	text-decoration: none;
 	font-weight: bold;
 	font-size: 0.9em;
@@ -219,7 +206,6 @@ body {
 #words .note {
 	text-align: center;
 	color: #F48659;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	font-style: italic;
 	}
 	
@@ -245,7 +231,6 @@ textarea {
 	font-size: 1.1em;
 	border: 1px solid #BFBFBF;
 	color: #949494;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	padding: 2px 5px 1px 5px;
 	width: 450px;
 	}
@@ -294,14 +279,12 @@ button:hover {
 
 #lang a {
 	color: #acacac;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	font-family: verdana, lucida, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
 	font-size: smaller;
 	}
 
 #lang a:hover {
 	color: #707070;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	}
 
 
@@ -378,6 +361,5 @@ button:hover {
 
 #words a.popup span h3 {
 	color: #909090;
-	background-color: inherit;
 	margin-top: 0px;
 	}