diff --git a/bin/basestrap.in b/bin/basestrap.in
index 9e2077f..8fe5dfb 100644
--- a/bin/basestrap.in
+++ b/bin/basestrap.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ branch=stable
 usage() {
     echo "usage: ${0##*/} [options] root [packages...]"
     echo " -C <config>      Use an alternate config file for pacman"
-    echo " -P <config>      Use an alternate config file for pacman-mirrors"
+    echo " -S <config>      Use an alternate config file for pacman-mirrors"
     echo " -B <branch>      Use an alternate branch"
     echo ' -U <url>         Use a specific mirror'
     echo " -c               Use the package cache on the host, rather than the target"
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ usage() {
 
 orig_argv=("$0" "$@")
 
-opts=':C:P:cdGiM:B:U'
+opts=':C:S:B:U:cdGiM'
 
 while getopts ${opts} arg; do
     case "${arg}" in
         C) pacman_config=$OPTARG ;;
-        P) mirrors_conf="$OPTARG" ;;
+        S) mirrors_conf="$OPTARG" ;;
         d) directory=true ;;
         c) hostcache=true ;;
         i) interactive=true ;;
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ ${hostcache} && pacman_args+=(--cachedir="$newroot/var/cache/pacman/pkg")
 ${interactive} && pacman_args+=(--noconfirm)
 
 [[ -n $pacman_config ]] && pacman_args+=(--config="$pacman_config")
-[[ -n $mirrors_conf ]] && cp ${mirrors_conf} "$newroot/etc/pacman-mirrors.conf"
 
 [[ -d $newroot ]] || die "%s is not a directory" "$newroot"
 
@@ -93,20 +92,24 @@ if ! mountpoint -q "$newroot" && ! ${directory}; then
     die '%s is not a mountpoint!' "$newroot"
 fi
 
-
 mv "$working_dir/etc/locale.gen" "$working_dir/etc/locale.gen.bak"
 mv "$working_dir/etc/locale.conf" "$working_dir/etc/locale.conf.bak"
 printf '%s.UTF-8 UTF-8\n' en_US > "$working_dir/etc/locale.gen"
 printf 'LANG=%s.UTF-8\n' en_US > "$working_dir/etc/locale.conf"
 printf 'LC_MESSAGES=C\n' >> "$working_dir/etc/locale.conf"
 
-pm_args=(-a -p "$newroot" -S "${branch}" -R)
+pm_args=(-a -R -p "$newroot" -S "${branch}")
 
-[[ -n ${mirror} ]] && pm_args+=(-U "${mirror}" -n)
+[[ -n ${mirror} ]] && pm_args+=(-n -U "${mirror}")
 
+info "pm_args: %s" "${pm_args[*]}"
 # create obligatory directories
 create_min_fs "$newroot"
 
+if [[ -n $mirrors_conf ]]; then
+    cp ${mirrors_conf} "$newroot/etc/pacman-mirrors.conf"
+fi
+
 info "Configuring pacman-mirrors: %s" "${branch}"
 pacman-mirrors "${pm_args[@]}"
 
@@ -125,4 +128,3 @@ fi
 if ${copymirrorlist};then
     copy_mirrorlist "$newroot"
 fi
-
diff --git a/bin/buildiso.in b/bin/buildiso.in
index dfde0db..9c46077 100755
--- a/bin/buildiso.in
+++ b/bin/buildiso.in
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ prepare_build(){
 
     iso_file=$(gen_iso_fn).iso
 
-    mkchroot_args+=(-C ${pacman_conf} -S ${mirrors_conf} -U "${build_mirror}" -B "${target_branch}")
+    mkchroot_args+=(-C ${pacman_conf} -S ${mirrors_conf} -U "${build_mirror}/" -B "${target_branch}")
     work_dir=${chroots_iso}/${profile}/${target_arch}
 
     iso_dir="${cache_dir_iso}/${edition}/${profile}/${dist_release}"
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ iso_only=false
 verbose=false
 persist=false
 
-mkchroot_args=(-L)
+mkchroot_args=()
 
 usage() {
     echo "Usage: ${0##*/} [options]"
diff --git a/bin/buildpkg.in b/bin/buildpkg.in
index deb5050..2f400d4 100644
--- a/bin/buildpkg.in
+++ b/bin/buildpkg.in
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ sign=false
 udev_root=false
 is_multilib=false
 
-mkchroot_args=(-L)
+mkchroot_args=()
 mkchrootpkg_args=()
 
 install_pkgs=()
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ prepare_build(){
 
     local mirrors_conf=${DATADIR}/pacman-mirrors.conf
 
-    mkchroot_args+=(-C ${pacman_conf} -M ${makepkg_conf} -S ${mirrors_conf} -U ${build_mirror} -B "${target_branch}")
+    mkchroot_args+=(-C ${pacman_conf} -M ${makepkg_conf} -S ${mirrors_conf} -U "${build_mirror}/" -B "${target_branch}")
 
     mkchrootpkg_args+=(-r ${work_dir})
 
diff --git a/bin/mkchroot.in b/bin/mkchroot.in
index 772527f..cfebcac 100644
--- a/bin/mkchroot.in
+++ b/bin/mkchroot.in
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ usage() {
 
 orig_argv=("$0" "$@")
 
-opts='hC:M:S:c:f:s:U:B'
+opts='hC:M:S:U:B:c:f:s'
 
 while getopts ${opts} arg; do
     case "${arg}" in
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ for file in "${files[@]}"; do
     cp "$file" "$working_dir$file"
 done
 
-basestrap_args=(-GMcd ${pac_conf:+-C "$pac_conf"} ${cache_dirs[@]/#/--cachedir=} -B ${branch:+-"$branch"} ${mirrors_conf:+-P "$mirrors_conf"})
+basestrap_args=(-GMcd ${pac_conf:+-C "$pac_conf"} -B "${branch}" -S "$mirrors_conf")
 
 [[ -n ${mirror} ]] && basestrap_args+=(-U "${mirror}")
 
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ while read -r varname; do
     _env+=("$varname=${!varname}")
 done < <(declare -x | sed -r 's/^declare -x ([^=]*)=.*/\1/' | grep -i '_proxy$')
 env -i "${_env[@]}" \
-
-basestrap "${basestrap_args[@]}" "$working_dir" "$@" || die 'Failed to install all packages'
+basestrap "${basestrap_args[@]}" "$working_dir" ${cache_dirs[@]/#/--cachedir=} "$@" || die 'Failed to install all packages'
 
 echo "$version" > "$working_dir/.manjaro-tools"
 
@@ -120,4 +119,3 @@ ${nosetarch} && chroot_args+=(${nosetarch:+-s})
 exec chroot-run \
     ${chroot_args[*]} \
     "$working_dir" locale-gen
-
diff --git a/lib/util-chroot.sh b/lib/util-chroot.sh
index 9947de0..f2d6452 100644
--- a/lib/util-chroot.sh
+++ b/lib/util-chroot.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ copy_keyring(){
 
 create_min_fs(){
     msg "Creating install root at %s" "$1"
-    mkdir -m 0755 -p $1/var/{cache/pacman/pkg,lib/pacman,log} $1/{dev,run,etc}
+    mkdir -m 0755 -p $1/var/{cache/pacman/pkg,lib/{pacman,log,pacman-mirrors}} $1/{dev,run,etc/pacman.d}
     mkdir -m 1777 -p $1/tmp
     mkdir -m 0555 -p $1/{sys,proc}
 }