diff --git a/install/install.sh b/install/install.sh
index 063f129..f4943a2 100644
--- a/install/install.sh
+++ b/install/install.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ uci_bash_shell_install () {
     [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]] && usesudo=sudo
     $usersudo $SHELL $install_dir/scripts/copy-etc.sh
     $usersudo $SHELL $install_dir/scripts/copy-root.sh
-   [[ $(id -u $1 2> /dev/null) ]] && $usersudo $SHELL $install_dir/scripts/copy-user.sh "$@"
+    [[ $1 ]] && [[ $(id -u $1 2> /dev/null) ]] && $usersudo $SHELL $install_dir/scripts/copy-user.sh "$@"
     }
 
 # # if script was executed then call the function
diff --git a/install/scripts/copy-user.sh b/install/scripts/copy-user.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e150976..6ce62c8
--- a/install/scripts/copy-user.sh
+++ b/install/scripts/copy-user.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ local user; local user_home; local subdir; local dir
 install_dir=${install_dir:-"$(dirname $(dirname $(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE:-$0}")))"}
 [[ $1 == "-d" ]] && { shift; subdir=test; shift; } || subdir=shell
 user=${1:-$USER}
+
 echo $subdir $user $USER
 
 [[ $(id -u $user 2> /dev/null) -eq 0 ]]
@@ -36,11 +37,11 @@ fi
 echo -e "***********  create UCI BASH Shell directories for user in $dir *******"
 sdir=$user_home/$subdir
 subdirs="alias env ssh/config ssh/mounts /startup"
-for dir in $BASH_SHELL_BASE/.bash-shell-include; do
- echo mkdir -p $sdir/$dir
+for dir in $(cat $BASH_SHELL_BASE/.bash-shell-include); do
+ mkdir -p $sdir/$dir
 done
+chown -R $user:$user $sdir
 }
-echo chown -R $user:$user $sdir
 
 # # if script was executed then call the function
 (return 0 2>/dev/null) || uci_bash_shell_user_create "$@"
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