diff --git a/src/disk.sh b/src/disk.sh
index 6c8dd33..3a1ff6d 100644
--- a/src/disk.sh
+++ b/src/disk.sh
@@ -522,7 +522,9 @@ addDevice () {
   return 0
 }
 
-html "Initializing disks..."
+msg="Initializing disks..."
+html "$msg"
+[[ "$DEBUG" == [Yy1]* ]] && echo "$msg"
 
 [ -z "${DISK_OPTS:-}" ] && DISK_OPTS=""
 [ -z "${DISK_TYPE:-}" ] && DISK_TYPE="scsi"
diff --git a/src/display.sh b/src/display.sh
index 2affc00..9ee0af4 100644
--- a/src/display.sh
+++ b/src/display.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ if [[ "$GPU" != [Yy1]* || "$CPU_VENDOR" != "GenuineIntel" || "$ARCH" != "amd64"
 
 fi
 
+msg="Configuring display drivers..."
+html "$msg"
+[[ "$DEBUG" == [Yy1]* ]] && echo "$msg"
+
 DISPLAY_OPTS="-display egl-headless,rendernode=$RENDERNODE"
 DISPLAY_OPTS+=" -vga $VGA"
 
diff --git a/src/entry.sh b/src/entry.sh
index 7180f7e..df0460d 100755
--- a/src/entry.sh
+++ b/src/entry.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set -Eeuo pipefail
 
 cd /run
 
+. start.sh      # Placeholder
 . utils.sh      # Load functions
 . reset.sh      # Initialize system
 . install.sh    # Run installation
diff --git a/src/install.sh b/src/install.sh
index e89f3c9..6abe518 100644
--- a/src/install.sh
+++ b/src/install.sh
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ if [ -n "$URL" ] && [ ! -s "$FILE" ] && [ ! -d "$DIR" ]; then
   BASE=$(basename "$URL" .pat)
   if [ ! -s "$STORAGE/$BASE.system.img" ]; then
     BASE=$(basename "${URL%%\?*}" .pat)
-    : "${BASE//+/ }"; printf -v BASE '%b' "${_//%/\\x}"
-    BASE=$(echo "$BASE" | sed -e 's/[^A-Za-z0-9._-]/_/g')
+    BASE="${BASE//+/ }"
+    printf -v BASE '%b' "${BASE//%/\\x}"
+    BASE="${BASE//[!A-Za-z0-9._-]/_}"
   fi
   if [[ "${URL,,}" != "http"* && "${URL,,}" != "file:"* ]] ; then
     [ ! -s "$STORAGE/$BASE.pat" ] && error "Invalid URL:  $URL" && exit 65
@@ -65,8 +66,9 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -s "$FILE" ]; then
   BASE=$(basename "${URL%%\?*}" .pat)
-  : "${BASE//+/ }"; printf -v BASE '%b' "${_//%/\\x}"
-  BASE=$(echo "$BASE" | sed -e 's/[^A-Za-z0-9._-]/_/g')
+  BASE="${BASE//+/ }"
+  printf -v BASE '%b' "${BASE//%/\\x}"
+  BASE="${BASE//[!A-Za-z0-9._-]/_}"
 fi
 
 if [[ "$URL" != "file://$STORAGE/$BASE.pat" ]]; then
diff --git a/src/network.sh b/src/network.sh
index 1d96a9c..b3e8d98 100644
--- a/src/network.sh
+++ b/src/network.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ ADD_ERR="Please add the following setting to your container:"
 
 configureDHCP() {
 
+  [[ "$DEBUG" == [Yy1]* ]] && echo "Configuring MACVTAP networking..."
+
   # Create the necessary file structure for /dev/vhost-net
   if [ ! -c /dev/vhost-net ]; then
     if mknod /dev/vhost-net c 10 238; then
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ configureDNS() {
   DNSMASQ_OPTS+=" --address=/host.lan/${VM_NET_IP%.*}.1"
 
   DNSMASQ_OPTS=$(echo "$DNSMASQ_OPTS" | sed 's/\t/ /g' | tr -s ' ' | sed 's/^ *//')
+  [[ "$DEBUG" == [Yy1]* ]] && echo "Starting Dnsmasq daemon..."
 
   if [[ "${DEBUG_DNS:-}" == [Yy1]* ]]; then
    DNSMASQ_OPTS+=" -d"
@@ -188,6 +191,8 @@ getHostPorts() {
 
 configureUser() {
 
+  [[ "$DEBUG" == [Yy1]* ]] && echo "Configuring SLIRP networking..."
+
   if [ -z "$IP6" ]; then
     NET_OPTS="-netdev user,id=hostnet0,host=${VM_NET_IP%.*}.1,net=${VM_NET_IP%.*}.0/24,dhcpstart=$VM_NET_IP,hostname=$VM_NET_HOST"
   else
@@ -206,6 +211,8 @@ configureNAT() {
   local tuntap="TUN device is missing. $ADD_ERR --device /dev/net/tun"
   local tables="The 'ip_tables' kernel module is not loaded. Try this command: sudo modprobe ip_tables iptable_nat"
 
+  [[ "$DEBUG" == [Yy1]* ]] && echo "Configuring NAT networking..."
+
   # Create the necessary file structure for /dev/net/tun
   if [ ! -c /dev/net/tun ]; then
     [[ "$PODMAN" == [Yy1]* ]] && return 1
@@ -487,6 +494,8 @@ if [[ "$NETWORK" == [Nn]* ]]; then
   return 0
 fi
 
+[[ "$DEBUG" == [Yy1]* ]] && echo "Retrieving network information..."
+
 getInfo
 html "Initializing network..."
 
diff --git a/src/reset.sh b/src/reset.sh
index ec9dca9..8009050 100644
--- a/src/reset.sh
+++ b/src/reset.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 set -Eeuo pipefail
 
 trap 'error "Status $? while: $BASH_COMMAND (line $LINENO/$BASH_LINENO)"' ERR
+[[ "${TRACE:-}" == [Yy1]* ]] && set -o functrace && trap 'echo "# $BASH_COMMAND" >&2' DEBUG
 
 [ ! -f "/run/entry.sh" ] && error "Script must run inside Docker container!" && exit 11
 [ "$(id -u)" -ne "0" ] && error "Script must be executed with root privileges." && exit 12
diff --git a/src/start.sh b/src/start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55f6874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+# Override this placeholder file using a Docker bind to execute a script during startup!