diff --git a/astronaut/astronautpkg b/astronaut/astronautpkg
index 234f599..726d0ee 100755
--- a/astronaut/astronautpkg
+++ b/astronaut/astronautpkg
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 
 # This may also serve as an example on how you can wrap astronaut to package in any format.
 
-_fakeroot="$(command -v fakeroot)"
+_fakeroot="$(command -v fakeroot && echo 'fakeroot' || true)"
 
 if [ ! "$_fakeroot" -a "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
-    echo "This script has to be run as root, or you need fakeroot installed." 1>&2
+    echo 'This script has to be run as root, or you need fakeroot installed.' 1>&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
 _topdir=$PWD
 _astronaut="$(dirname "$0")/astronaut"
-[ ! -f "$_astronaut" ] && _astronaut="astronaut"
+[ ! -f "$_astronaut" ] && _astronaut='astronaut'
 
 _nuke_dir_install=true
 
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ fi
 # _dir_pkgtools should be set from a configuration file (e.g. ~/.astronaut.conf), and points to wherever you want your packages to be placed.
 [ "$dir_wrapper_pkgtools" ] && mkdir -p "$dir_wrapper_pkgtools" || dir_wrapper_pkgtools="$_topdir"
 cd "$dir_install"
-PATH=$PATH:/sbin "$_fakeroot" makepkg -l y -c n "$dir_wrapper_pkgtools/$_satname-$version-$(uname -m)-astro.tgz"
+
+PATH=$PATH:/sbin $_fakeroot makepkg -l y -c n "$dir_wrapper_pkgtools/$_satname-$version-$(uname -m)-astro.tgz"