diff --git a/cbox-build.sh b/cbox-build.sh
index f63cf44..383dd79 100755
--- a/cbox-build.sh
+++ b/cbox-build.sh
@@ -169,9 +169,13 @@ function upload2devel()
 	find "$TMP_DIR" -type d -name '\.svn' | while read a
 		do	rm -rf "$a"
 	  done
-	scp -F "$SSH_CONFIG_FILE" -rpq "$TMP_DIR/." cryptobox:/tmp/mirror
+	echo "Copying local files to the cryptobox ... "
+	if scp -F "$SSH_CONFIG_FILE" -rpq "$TMP_DIR/." cryptobox:/tmp/mirror 
+		then	echo "Set the base for future diffs to current state ..."
+			ssh -F "$SSH_CONFIG_FILE" $SSH_HOST $REMOTE_COMMAND set_diff_base
+		else	echo 'ERROR: copying failed!'
+	  fi
 	rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"
-	ssh -F "$SSH_CONFIG_FILE" $SSH_HOST $REMOTE_COMMAND set_diff_base
 }
  
 
@@ -185,7 +189,8 @@ function merge_from_devel()
 	  then	echo
 	  	echo "Applying diff ..."
 		ssh -F "$SSH_CONFIG_FILE" $SSH_HOST $REMOTE_COMMAND diff | patch -p1 -d "$TEMPLATE_DIR"
-		# set the base for the next diff to present state
+		echo
+		echo "Set the base for future diffs to current state ..."
 		ssh -F "$SSH_CONFIG_FILE" $SSH_HOST $REMOTE_COMMAND set_diff_base
 	  else	echo "Merging will fail - do it manually!"
 	 fi
diff --git a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/cbox-manage.sh b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/cbox-manage.sh
index 865a477..5787088 100755
--- a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/cbox-manage.sh
+++ b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/lib/cryptobox/cbox-manage.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function config_set_value()
 # parameters: SettingName SettingValue
 {
 	mount -o rw,remount "$CONFIG_DIR"
-	echo "$2" > "$CONFIG_DIR/$1"
+	echo -n "$2" > "$CONFIG_DIR/$1"
 	mount -o ro,remount "$CONFIG_DIR"
 }
 
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ function config_get_value()
 	  fi
 	[ -z "$1" ] && error_msg 1 "empty setting name"
 	[ ! -e "$conf_dir/$1" ] && error_msg 2 "unknown configuration value ($1)"
-	cat "$conf_dir/$1"
+	# remove trailing line break
+	echo -n $(cat "$conf_dir/$1")
 }
 
 
@@ -126,7 +127,8 @@ function create_config()
 function get_current_ip()
 # not necessarily the same as configured (necessary for validation)
 {
-	ifconfig $NET_IFACE | grep "inet" | cut -d ":" -f2 | cut -d " " -f1
+	# filter the output of ifconfig and remove trailing line break
+	echo -n $(ifconfig $NET_IFACE | grep "inet" | cut -d ":" -f2 | cut -d " " -f1)
 }
 
 
diff --git a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/config_form.cs b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/config_form.cs
index d4e0ab5..fa3812d 100644
--- a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/config_form.cs
+++ b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/config_form.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<p><label for="language"><?cs var:Lang.Text.SelectLanguage ?></label><br/>
 		<select name="language">
 		    <?cs each:item = Data.Languages ?>
-			<option value="<?cs name:item ?>" <?cs if:(item == Data.Config.Language) ?>selected="selected"<?cs /if ?>><?cs var:item ?></option>
+			<option value="<?cs name:item ?>" <?cs if:(name(item) == Data.Config.Language) ?>selected="selected"<?cs /if ?>><?cs var:item ?></option>
 		    <?cs /each ?>
 		</select></p>
 
diff --git a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/init_form.cs b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/init_form.cs
index c028dc1..4db362b 100644
--- a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/init_form.cs
+++ b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/init_form.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	    <p><label for="confirm"><?cs var:Lang.Text.ConfirmInitHint ?><br/>
 		<span class="note" id="confirmtext"><?cs var:Lang.Text.ConfirmInit ?></span></label><br/>
 		<input type="text" id="confirm" name="confirm" size="30" tabindex="3" maxlength="50" /></p>
-	    <button type="submit" name="action" value="init_do"><?cs var:Lang.Button.DoInit ?></button>
+	    <button type="submit" name="action" value="init_do" tabindex="4"><?cs var:Lang.Button.DoInit ?></button>
 	</form>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/nav.cs b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/nav.cs
index a1589ae..a237130 100644
--- a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/nav.cs
+++ b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/nav.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 <a href="<?cs var:ScriptName ?>?action=shutdown_ask" title="Herunterfahren">Herunterfahren</a>
 
 <?cs if:Data.Status.DevelopmentMode ?>
+<!-- no longer used
     <a href="/cgi-bin/validate.sh" title="Validation">Test-Sequenzen</a>
     <a href="/report/" title="Validierungsergebnisse">Test-Report</a>
+-->
 <?cs /if ?>