diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 880bf249..ba6ed189 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,9 +91,11 @@ Files can be transferred to/from the server using `sftp`.
 Users can access the server directly through a terminal (text-based) ssh client (`ssh` in OSX/Linux, or [`PuTTY`](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html) in Windows) or via a GUI SFTP program such as [Filezilla](https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client) or [WinSCP](https://winscp.net/eng/index.php). Linux users can access and mount the SFTP share directly within most file managers or by using [`sshfs`](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-sshfs-to-mount-remote-file-systems-over-ssh).
 
 - Using `caja` to access sftp shares:
+
   ![Caja SFTP Example](manual-images/sftp-native-linux.png)
 
 - Using [Filezilla](https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client) to access sftp shares:
+  
   ![Filezilla SFTP Example](manual-images/filezilla.png)
 
 #### Samba file shares
diff --git a/script-install-motd b/script-install-motd
index 3863e77e..3ddbf2c8 100755
--- a/script-install-motd
+++ b/script-install-motd
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ generate-services() {
 
 		[Service]
 		Type=simple
-        ExecStart=$script > /etc/motd
+		ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c '$script > /etc/motd'
 
 		[Install]
 		WantedBy=default.target
diff --git a/script-system-update-r b/script-system-update-r
index ce43023d..ac4fd4ae 100755
--- a/script-system-update-r
+++ b/script-system-update-r
@@ -29,15 +29,16 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
-ask_ok "Update R to version $1 and RStudio to version $2?" || exit $?
+ask_ok "Update R to version $1 and RStudio to version $2?" || exit
 
-sudo dnf install -y "https://cdn.rstudio.com/r/centos-7/pkgs/R-${1}-1-1.x86_64.rpm" \
-                    "https://download2.rstudio.org/server/centos7/x86_64/rstudio-server-rhel-${2}-x86_64.rpm" \
-                    "https://download1.rstudio.org/desktop/centos7/x86_64/rstudio-${2}-x86_64.rpm"
-
-desktop_file="/usr/share/applications/rstudio-R4.desktop"
-
-[[ -f "$desktop_file" ]] && \
-    sed -i "s|/opt/R/.*/bin/R|/opt/R/$1/bin/R|" "$desktop_file"
-
-exit $?
\ No newline at end of file
+if sudo dnf install -y  "https://cdn.rstudio.com/r/centos-7/pkgs/R-${1}-1-1.x86_64.rpm" \
+                        "https://download2.rstudio.org/server/centos7/x86_64/rstudio-server-rhel-${2}-x86_64.rpm" \
+                        "https://download1.rstudio.org/desktop/centos7/x86_64/rstudio-${2}-x86_64.rpm" &&
+desktop_file="/usr/share/applications/rstudio-R4.desktop" &&
+[[ -f "$desktop_file" ]] && sed -i "s|/opt/R/.*/bin/R|/opt/R/$1/bin/R|" "$desktop_file"; then
+    echo "Successfully updated R and RStudio"
+    exit 0
+else
+    echo "R and RStudio update failed!"
+    exit 1
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/script-user-reset-password b/script-user-reset-password
index 3fdfc56c..1d464da6 100755
--- a/script-user-reset-password
+++ b/script-user-reset-password
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if ! id -u "$user" &>/dev/null; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-password="${password:-$user}" # For samba
+password="${password:-$user}"
 
 if ask_ok "Change user $user's password to $password?"; then
     echo "$user":"$password" | chpasswd