diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 62cf1d0..c390412 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -28,33 +28,42 @@ then
 fi
 
 echo "Starting vm..."
-virsh start ${vm}
+virsh start ${vm} || (echo -e "\e[1m\e[31mFail to start...(perhaps already done?)\e[0m")
+sleep 5
 
 echo "Waiting for ${vm} to boot..."
-sudo -u admin666 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=60 ${vm} "echo Connected!"
+sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 -o ConnectTimeout=60 ${vm} "echo Connected!" || (echo -e "\e[1m\e[31mFail to wait...\e[0m" ; exit 1)
 
 echo "Setting up hostname..."
-sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo hostnamectl set-hostname ${vm}"
+sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo hostnamectl set-hostname ${vm}" || (echo -e "\e[1m\e[31mFail to set up...\e[0m" ; exit 1)
 
 echo "Reloading postfix configuration..."
-sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo postmap /etc/postfix/virtual"
+sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo postmap /etc/postfix/virtual" || (echo -e "\e[1m\e[31mFail to reload...\e[0m" ; exit 1)
 
-echo "Reloading postfix..."
-sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo postfix reload"
+#echo "Reloading postfix..."
+#sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo postfix reload" || (echo -e "\e[1m\e[31mFail to reload ($?)...\e[0m" ; exit 1)
 
 echo "Rebooting..."
-sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo reboot"
+sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo reboot"  || echo "(rebooted quickly)"
+sleep 5
 
 echo "Waiting for ${vm} to boot..."
-sudo -u admin666 ssh -o ConnectTimeout=60 ${vm} "echo Connected!"
+sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 -o ConnectTimeout=60 ${vm} "echo Connected!" || (echo -e "\e[1m\e[31mFail to wait...\e[0m" ; exit 1)
 
 echo "Updating packages..."
-sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo apt-get update"
-sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} 'sudo apt-get full-upgrade -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef"'
-sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo apt-get autoremove -y"
+sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo apt-get update" || (echo -e "\e[1m\e[31mFail to update...\e[0m" ; exit 1)
+sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} 'sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get full-upgrade -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef"' || (echo -e "\e[1m\e[31mFail to upgrade...\e[0m" ; exit 1)
+sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo apt-get autoremove -y" || (echo -e "\e[1m\e[31mFail to remove...\e[0m" ; exit 1)
+
+echo "Rebooting..."
+sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo reboot"  || echo "(rebooted quickly)"
+sleep 5
+
+echo "Waiting for ${vm} to boot..."
+sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 -o ConnectTimeout=60 ${vm} "echo Connected!" || (echo -e "\e[1m\e[31mFail to wait...\e[0m" ; exit 1)
 
 echo "Installing base packages..."
-sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo apt-get install -y etckeeper molly-guard tig lm-sensors fancontrol screen emacs-nox vrms needrestart iotop htop curl ncdu iptraf tig unzip"
+sudo -u admin666 ssh -4 ${vm} "sudo apt-get install -y etckeeper molly-guard tig lm-sensors fancontrol screen emacs-nox needrestart iotop htop curl ncdu iptraf tig unzip" || (echo -e "\e[1m\e[31mFail to install...\e[0m" ; exit 1)
 
 echo -e "\e[36m${vm} successfully set up\e[0m"
 exit 0