diff --git a/run/run.sh b/run/run.sh
index d350593..69dc254 100755
--- a/run/run.sh
+++ b/run/run.sh
@@ -43,28 +43,31 @@ fi
 # Configure shutdown
 . /run/power.sh
 
-KVM_OPTS=""
+KVM_ERR=""
 
 if [ -e /dev/kvm ] && sh -c 'echo -n > /dev/kvm' &> /dev/null; then
-  if grep -q -e vmx -e svm /proc/cpuinfo; then
-    KVM_OPTS=",accel=kvm -enable-kvm -cpu host"
+  if ! grep -q -e vmx -e svm /proc/cpuinfo; then
+    KVM_ERR="(cpuinfo $(grep -c -e vmx -e svm /proc/cpuinfo))"
   fi
+else
+  [ -e /dev/kvm ] && KVM_ERR="(no write access)" || KVM_ERR="(device file missing)"
 fi
 
-if [ -z "${KVM_OPTS}" ]; then
-  echo "Error: KVM acceleration is disabled.."
+if [ -n "${KVM_ERR}" ]; then
+  echo "Error: KVM acceleration not detected ${KVM_ERR}, please enable it."
   [ "$DEBUG" != "Y" ] && exit 88
 fi
 
+KVM_OPTS=",accel=kvm -enable-kvm -cpu host"
 DEF_OPTS="-nographic -nodefaults -boot strict=on -display none"
 RAM_OPTS=$(echo "-m ${RAM_SIZE}" | sed 's/MB/M/g;s/GB/G/g;s/TB/T/g')
 CPU_OPTS="-smp ${CPU_CORES},sockets=1,dies=1,cores=${CPU_CORES},threads=1"
-KVM_OPTS="-machine type=q35,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,hpet=off${KVM_OPTS}"
+MAC_OPTS="-machine type=q35,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,hpet=off${KVM_OPTS}"
 EXTRA_OPTS="-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x4"
 EXTRA_OPTS="$EXTRA_OPTS -object rng-random,id=objrng0,filename=/dev/urandom"
 EXTRA_OPTS="$EXTRA_OPTS -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=objrng0,id=rng0,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1c"
 
-ARGS="${DEF_OPTS} ${CPU_OPTS} ${RAM_OPTS} ${KVM_OPTS} ${MON_OPTS} ${SERIAL_OPTS} ${NET_OPTS} ${DISK_OPTS} ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
+ARGS="${DEF_OPTS} ${CPU_OPTS} ${RAM_OPTS} ${MAC_OPTS} ${MON_OPTS} ${SERIAL_OPTS} ${NET_OPTS} ${DISK_OPTS} ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
 ARGS=$(echo "$ARGS" | sed 's/\t/ /g' | tr -s ' ')
 
 if [ "$DEBUG" = "Y" ]; then