diff --git a/fd.c b/fd.c
index 373e36bc..5396a832 100644
--- a/fd.c
+++ b/fd.c
@@ -559,19 +559,22 @@ JSC_CCALL(fd_slurpwrite,
     size_t len;
     const char *data = js_get_blob_data(js, &len, argv[1]);
 
-    if (data == (const char *)-1)
+    if (!data)
         return JS_EXCEPTION;
     
     const char *str = JS_ToCString(js, argv[0]);
 
     if (!str) return JS_EXCEPTION;
     int fd = open(str, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
-    JS_FreeCString(js, str);
-    if (fd < 0) 
+    if (fd < 0)  {
+      JS_FreeCString(js, str);
       return JS_ThrowInternalError(js, "open failed for %s: %s", str, strerror(errno));
+    }
     
     ssize_t written = write(fd, data, len);
     close(fd);
+
+    JS_FreeCString(js, str);
     
     if (written != (ssize_t)len) 
       return JS_ThrowInternalError(js, "write failed for %s: %s", str, strerror(errno));
diff --git a/link.ce b/link.ce
index 88edcde3..4820a732 100644
--- a/link.ce
+++ b/link.ce
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ if (cmd == 'list') {
     link.add(pkg_name, target, shop)
   } catch (e) {
     log.console("Error: " + e.message)
+    log.error(e)
     $stop()
     return
   }
diff --git a/link.cm b/link.cm
index da421352..8457b754 100644
--- a/link.cm
+++ b/link.cm
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ Link.save = function(links) {
   link_cache = links
   var cfg = { links: links }
   var path = get_links_path()
-  fd.slurpwrite(path, new blob(toml.encode(cfg)))
+  var b = new blob(toml.encode(cfg))
+  stone(b)
+  fd.slurpwrite(path, b)
 }
 
 Link.add = function(canonical, target, shop) {
@@ -130,12 +132,13 @@ Link.add = function(canonical, target, shop) {
             shop.get(dep_locator)
             shop.extract(dep_locator)
           } catch (e) {
-            log.console("  Warning: Could not install dependency " + dep_locator + ": " + e.message)
+            log.console(`  Warning: Could not install dependency ${dep_locator}: ${e.message}`)
+            log.error(e)
           }
         }
       }
     } catch (e) {
-      log.console("  Warning: Could not read dependencies from " + toml_path)
+      log.console(`  Warning: Could not read dependencies from ${toml_path}`)
     }
   }