diff --git a/build/commands.py b/build/commands.py
index 6c6d92a8..02a26442 100644
--- a/build/commands.py
+++ b/build/commands.py
@@ -376,11 +376,11 @@ class InternalCommands:
 		print self.find_revision()
 
 	def find_revision(self):
-		p = subprocess.Popen(['svn', 'info'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
+		p = subprocess.Popen(['svn', 'info'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
 		stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
 		
 		if p.returncode != 0:
-			raise Exception('Could not get revision info with error code code: ' + str(p.returncode))
+			raise Exception('Could not get revision - svn info failed with code: ' + str(p.returncode))
 		
 		m = re.search('.*Revision: (\d+).*', stdout)
 		if not m:
diff --git a/hm.py b/hm.py
index 21e9619f..80a3e2e1 100644
--- a/hm.py
+++ b/hm.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def run_cmd(cmd, argv = []):
 	except:
 		if not verbose:
 			# print friendly error for users
-			sys.stderr.write('Error: ' + sys.exc_info()[1].__str__())
+			sys.stderr.write('Error: ' + sys.exc_info()[1].__str__() + '\n')
 			exit(1)
 		else:
 			# if user wants to be verbose let python do it's thing