diff --git a/absurdism b/absurdism
index c7baf2e..ffde4de 100755
--- a/absurdism
+++ b/absurdism
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 : \
  && [ -s build-all ] \
  && { [ -d out ] || mkdir out || exit ;} \
- && podman run -v="$(readlink -f .)":/stargazing -e=TERM=$TERM -it --rm \
+ && podman run -v="$(readlink -f .)":/stargazing -e="TERM=$TERM" -it --rm \
     --privileged --user root quay.io/podman/stable /stargazing/build-all \
- || { e=$?; echo something died; exit $e ;} \
+ || { e=$?; echo absurdism died; exit $e ;} \
 ;
diff --git a/build-all b/build-all
index d0cb65c..56585b6 100755
--- a/build-all
+++ b/build-all
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ build_simple() { : \
 prep() { : \
  && [ "$(whoami)" != podman ] \
  || { : \
+     && [ ! -s ~/.config/containers/storage.conf ] \
      && { [ -d ~/.config ] || mkdir ~/.config ;} \
      && { [ -d ~/.config/containers ] || mkdir ~/.config/containers ;} \
      && { [ -d ~/junk ] || mkdir ~/junk ;} \