diff --git a/bin/buildiso.in b/bin/buildiso.in
index 2492c16..80e6e6c 100755
--- a/bin/buildiso.in
+++ b/bin/buildiso.in
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import ${LIBDIR}/util.sh
 show_profile(){
 	prepare_profile "$1"
 	msg2 "pacman_conf: %s" "${pacman_conf}"
-# 	msg2 "mirrors_conf: %s" "${mirrors_conf}"
 	if ${verbose};then
 		msg2 "work_dir: %s" "${work_dir}"
 		msg2 "iso_dir: %s" "${iso_dir}"
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@ display_settings(){
 	msg2 "build_list_iso: %s" "${build_list_iso}"
 	msg2 "is_build_list: %s" "${is_build_list}"
 	msg2 "build_mirror: %s" "${build_mirror}/${target_branch}"
+	${verbose} && msg2 "run_dir: %s" "${run_dir}"
 
 	msg "OPTIONS:"
 	msg2 "arch: %s" "${target_arch}"
@@ -82,12 +82,6 @@ display_settings(){
 	msg2 "iso_only: %s" "${iso_only}"
 	msg2 "sign: %s" "${sign}"
 
-	if ${verbose}; then
-		msg "PATHS:"
-		msg2 "run_dir: %s" "${run_dir}"
-		msg2 "log_dir: %s" "${log_dir}"
-	fi
-
 	msg "DIST SETTINGS:"
 	msg2 "dist_name: %s" "${dist_name}"
 	msg2 "dist_release: %s" "${dist_release}"
@@ -179,6 +173,8 @@ timer_start=$(get_timer)
 
 check_root "$0" "${orig_argv[@]}"
 
+prepare_dir "${tmp_dir}"
+
 eval_build_list "${list_dir_iso}" "${build_list_iso}"
 
 import ${LIBDIR}/util-iso.sh
diff --git a/bin/buildpkg.in b/bin/buildpkg.in
index a6a7c6e..bb0d6aa 100644
--- a/bin/buildpkg.in
+++ b/bin/buildpkg.in
@@ -57,14 +57,10 @@ display_settings(){
 	msg2 "namcap: %s" "${namcap}"
 	msg2 "sign: %s" "${sign}"
 	msg2 "udev_root: %s" "${udev_root}"
-# 	msg2 "mkchroot_args: %s" "${mkchroot_args[*]}"
 
 	msg "PATHS:"
 	msg2 "work_dir: %s" "${work_dir}"
 	msg2 "pkg_dir: %s" "${pkg_dir}"
-# 	msg2 "mirrors_conf: %s" "${mirrors_conf}"
-# 	msg2 "pacman_conf: %s" "${pacman_conf}"
-# 	msg2 "makepkg_conf: %s" "${makepkg_conf}"
 
 	if ${clean_first};then
 		msg "PKG:"
@@ -136,8 +132,12 @@ while getopts "${opts}" arg; do
 	esac
 done
 
+shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
+
 check_root "$0" "${orig_argv[@]}"
 
+prepare_dir "${tmp_dir}"
+
 prepare_conf "${target_arch}"
 
 mirrors_conf=$(get_pac_mirrors_conf "${target_branch}")
diff --git a/lib/util-iso-aufs.sh b/lib/util-iso-aufs.sh
index 5ee4ff4..c815ef3 100644
--- a/lib/util-iso-aufs.sh
+++ b/lib/util-iso-aufs.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ mount_image_custom(){
 
 # $1: image path
 umount_image(){
-        umount "${IMAGE_ACTIVE_MOUNTS[@]}"
-        unset IMAGE_ACTIVE_MOUNTS
-	find $1 -name '.wh.*' -delete &> /dev/null
+	if [[ -n ${IMAGE_ACTIVE_MOUNTS[@]} ]];then
+		umount "${IMAGE_ACTIVE_MOUNTS[@]}"
+		unset IMAGE_ACTIVE_MOUNTS
+		find $1 -name '.wh.*' -delete &> /dev/null
+	fi
 }
diff --git a/lib/util-iso-image.sh b/lib/util-iso-image.sh
index dfc52ef..da3865e 100644
--- a/lib/util-iso-image.sh
+++ b/lib/util-iso-image.sh
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ copy_overlay(){
 	fi
 }
 
-copy_cache_mhwd(){
-	msg2 "Copying mhwd package cache ..."
-	rsync -v --files-from="$1/cache-packages.txt" /var/cache/pacman/pkg "$1/opt/live/pkgs"
-}
-
 gen_pw(){
 	echo $(perl -e 'print crypt($ARGV[0], "password")' ${password})
 }
@@ -423,7 +418,8 @@ make_repo(){
 
 # $1: work dir
 # $2: pkglist
-download_to_cache(){
+copy_from_cache(){
+	local list="${tmp_dir}"/mhwd-cache.list
 	chroot-run \
 		  -r "${mountargs_ro}" \
 		  -w "${mountargs_rw}" \
@@ -435,9 +431,12 @@ download_to_cache(){
 		  -w "${mountargs_rw}" \
 		  -B "${build_mirror}/${target_branch}" \
 		  "$1" \
-		  pacman -v -Sp $2 --noconfirm > "$1"/cache-packages.txt
-	sed -ni '/.pkg.tar.xz/p' "$1"/cache-packages.txt
-	sed -i "s/.*\///" "$1"/cache-packages.txt
+		  pacman -v -Sp $2 --noconfirm > "$list"
+	sed -ni '/.pkg.tar.xz/p' "$list"
+	sed -i "s/.*\///" "$list"
+
+	msg2 "Copying mhwd package cache ..."
+	rsync -v --files-from="$list" /var/cache/pacman/pkg "$1/opt/live/pkgs"
 }
 
 # $1: image path
@@ -461,7 +460,6 @@ clean_up_image(){
 		if [[ -d $path ]];then
 			find "$path" -mindepth 0 -delete &> /dev/null
 		fi
-		rm -f "$1/cache-packages.txt"
         else
 
 		[[ -f "$1/etc/locale.gen.bak" ]] && \
diff --git a/lib/util-iso-overlayfs.sh b/lib/util-iso-overlayfs.sh
index ee880e1..490ea36 100644
--- a/lib/util-iso-overlayfs.sh
+++ b/lib/util-iso-overlayfs.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ mount_image_custom(){
 }
 
 umount_image(){
-        info "%s umount: [%s]" "${iso_fs}" "${IMAGE_ACTIVE_MOUNTS[@]}"
-        umount "${IMAGE_ACTIVE_MOUNTS[@]}"
-        unset IMAGE_ACTIVE_MOUNTS
-        rm -rf "${work_dir}/work"
+	if [[ -n ${IMAGE_ACTIVE_MOUNTS[@]} ]];then
+		info "%s umount: [%s]" "${iso_fs}" "${IMAGE_ACTIVE_MOUNTS[@]}"
+		umount "${IMAGE_ACTIVE_MOUNTS[@]}"
+		unset IMAGE_ACTIVE_MOUNTS
+		rm -rf "${work_dir}/work"
+        fi
 }
diff --git a/lib/util-iso.sh b/lib/util-iso.sh
index 7abecdd..1270fa6 100644
--- a/lib/util-iso.sh
+++ b/lib/util-iso.sh
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ error_function() {
 # $1: function
 run_log(){
 	local func="$1"
-	local tmpfile=/tmp/$func.ansi.log logfile=${log_dir}/$(gen_iso_fn).$func.log
-	logpipe=$(mktemp -u "/tmp/$func.pipe.XXXXXXXX")
+	local tmpfile=${tmp_dir}/$func.ansi.log logfile=${log_dir}/$(gen_iso_fn).$func.log
+	logpipe=$(mktemp -u "${tmp_dir}/$func.pipe.XXXXXXXX")
 	mkfifo "$logpipe"
 	tee "$tmpfile" < "$logpipe" &
 	local teepid=$!
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ make_sqfs() {
 	msg "Generating SquashFS image for %s" "${1}"
 	if [[ -f "${sq_img}" ]]; then
 		local has_changed_dir=$(find ${1} -newer ${sq_img})
-		msg2 "Possible changes for %s ..." "${1}"  >> /tmp/buildiso.debug
-		msg2 "%s" "${has_changed_dir}" >> /tmp/buildiso.debug
+		msg2 "Possible changes for %s ..." "${1}"  >> ${tmp_dir}/buildiso.debug
+		msg2 "%s" "${has_changed_dir}" >> ${tmp_dir}/buildiso.debug
 		if [[ -n "${has_changed_dir}" ]]; then
 			msg2 "SquashFS image %s is not up to date, rebuilding..." "${sq_img}"
 			rm "${sq_img}"
@@ -281,9 +281,7 @@ make_image_mhwd() {
 
 		reset_pac_conf "${path}"
 
-		download_to_cache "${path}" "${packages}"
-
-		copy_cache_mhwd "${work_dir}/mhwd-image"
+		copy_from_cache "${path}" "${packages}"
 
 		if [[ -n "${packages_cleanup}" ]]; then
 			for mhwd_clean in ${packages_cleanup}; do
@@ -479,13 +477,11 @@ load_pkgs(){
 		_purge="s|>cleanup.*||g" \
 		_purge_rm="s|>cleanup||g"
 
-	local list
+	local list="$1"
 
-	if [[ $1 == "${packages_custom}" ]];then
-		sort -u $(get_shared_list) ${packages_custom} > ${work_dir}/pkgs_merged
-		list=${work_dir}/pkgs_merged
-	else
-		list=$1
+	if [[ "$list" == "${packages_custom}" ]];then
+		sort -u $(get_shared_list) ${packages_custom} > ${tmp_dir}/packages-desktop.list
+		list=${tmp_dir}/packages-desktop.list
 	fi
 
 	packages=$(sed "$_com_rm" "$list" \
@@ -623,6 +619,15 @@ prepare_images(){
 	show_elapsed_time "${FUNCNAME}" "${timer}"
 }
 
+ archive_logs(){
+	local name=$(gen_iso_fn) ext=log.tar.xz src=${tmp_dir}/archives.list
+	find ${log_dir} -maxdepth 1 -name "$name*.log" -printf "%f\n" > $src
+	msg2 "Archiving log files [%s] ..." "$name.$ext"
+	tar -cJf ${log_dir}/$name.$ext -C ${log_dir} -T $src
+	msg2 "Cleaning log files ..."
+	find ${log_dir} -maxdepth 1 -name "$name*.log" -delete
+ }
+
 make_profile(){
 	msg "Start building [%s]" "${profile}"
 	import ${LIBDIR}/util-iso-${iso_fs}.sh
@@ -630,15 +635,18 @@ make_profile(){
 	if ${iso_only}; then
 		[[ ! -d ${work_dir} ]] && die "Create images: buildiso -p %s -x" "${profile}"
 		compress_images
+		${verbose} && archive_logs
 		exit 1
 	fi
 	if ${images_only}; then
 		prepare_images
+		${verbose} && archive_logs
 		warning "Continue compress: buildiso -p %s -zc ..." "${profile}"
 		exit 1
 	else
 		prepare_images
 		compress_images
+		${verbose} && archive_logs
 	fi
 	reset_profile
 	msg "Finished building [%s]" "${profile}"
@@ -651,9 +659,8 @@ get_pacman_conf(){
 	if [[ -f ${user_conf} ]];then
 		info "detected: %s" "user-repos.conf"
 		check_user_repos_conf "${user_conf}"
-		conf=/tmp/custom-pacman.conf
-		cat ${DATADIR}/pacman-$pac_arch.conf > "$conf"
-		cat ${user_conf} >> "$conf"
+		conf=${tmp_dir}/custom-pacman.conf
+		cat ${DATADIR}/pacman-$pac_arch.conf ${user_conf} > "$conf"
 	else
 		conf="${DATADIR}/pacman-$pac_arch.conf"
 	fi
diff --git a/lib/util-pkg.sh b/lib/util-pkg.sh
index 1c07b83..4cc8a66 100644
--- a/lib/util-pkg.sh
+++ b/lib/util-pkg.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ load_compiler_settings(){
 }
 
 get_makepkg_conf(){
-	local conf_dir=/tmp conf
-	conf="$conf_dir/makepkg-$1.conf"
+	local conf="${tmp_dir}/makepkg-$1.conf"
 
 	cp "${DATADIR}/makepkg.conf" "$conf"
 
@@ -245,22 +244,29 @@ sign_pkg(){
 }
 
 move_to_cache(){
-	msg2 "Moving [%s] -> [%s]" "${1##*/}" "${pkg_dir}"
-	mv $1 ${pkg_dir}/
-	${sign} && sign_pkg "${1##*/}"
+	local src="$1"
+	[[ -n $PKGDEST ]] && src="$PKGDEST/$1"
+	msg2 "Moving [%s] -> [%s]" "${src##*/}" "${pkg_dir}"
+	mv $src ${pkg_dir}/
+	${sign} && sign_pkg "${src##*/}"
 	chown -R "${OWNER}:users" "${pkg_dir}"
+
 }
 
 archive_logs(){
-	local archive name="$1" ext=log.tar.xz ver src=/tmp/archives.list
+	local archive name="$1" ext=log.tar.xz ver src=${tmp_dir}/archives.list
 	ver=$(get_full_version "$name")
 	archive="${name}-${ver}-${target_arch}"
 	find . -maxdepth 1 -name "$archive*.log" > $src
 	msg2 "Archiving log files [%s] ..." "$archive.$ext"
-	tar -cJf $PWD/$archive.$ext -T $src
+	tar -cJf ${log_dir}/$archive.$ext -T $src
 	msg2 "Cleaning log files ..."
-	find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.log' -delete
-	chown "${OWNER}:users" "$archive.$ext"
+	if [[ -z $LOGDEST ]];then
+		find . -maxdepth 1 -name "$archive*.log" -delete
+		chown "${OWNER}:users" "$archive.$ext"
+	else
+		find $LOGDEST -maxdepth 1 -name "$archive*.log" -delete
+	fi
 }
 
 post_build(){
@@ -273,16 +279,11 @@ post_build(){
 		esac
 		local ver=$(get_full_version "$pkg") src
 		src=$pkg-$ver-$tarch.$ext
-		if [[ -n $PKGDEST ]];then
-			move_to_cache "$PKGDEST/$src"
-		else
-			move_to_cache "$src"
-		fi
+		move_to_cache "$src"
 	done
-	if [[ -z $LOGDEST ]];then
-		local name=${pkgbase:-$pkgname}
-		archive_logs "$name"
-	fi
+
+	local name=${pkgbase:-$pkgname}
+	archive_logs "$name"
 }
 
 chroot_init(){
diff --git a/lib/util.sh b/lib/util.sh
index eda34b3..dac20e6 100644
--- a/lib/util.sh
+++ b/lib/util.sh
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ check_user_repos_conf(){
 }
 
 get_pac_mirrors_conf(){
-	local conf_dir=/tmp conf
-	conf="$conf_dir/pacman-mirrors-$1.conf"
+	local conf="$tmp_dir/pacman-mirrors-$1.conf"
 	cp "${DATADIR}/pacman-mirrors.conf" "$conf"
 	sed -i "$conf" \
 		-e "s|Branch = stable|Branch = $1|"
@@ -232,6 +231,8 @@ init_common(){
 	[[ -z ${log_dir} ]] && log_dir='/var/log/manjaro-tools'
 
 	[[ -z ${build_mirror} ]] && build_mirror='http://mirror.netzspielplatz.de/manjaro/packages'
+
+	[[ -z ${tmp_dir} ]] && tmp_dir='/tmp/manjaro-tools'
 }
 
 init_buildtree(){
@@ -517,6 +518,7 @@ show_config(){
 	else
 		msg2 "manjaro_tools_conf: %s" "${manjaro_tools_conf}"
 	fi
+	msg2 "log_dir: %s" "${log_dir}"
 }
 
 # $1: chroot