diff --git a/scripts/snap-pac-uki_create.fish b/scripts/snap-pac-uki_create.fish
index e00524b..03a49d2 100755
--- a/scripts/snap-pac-uki_create.fish
+++ b/scripts/snap-pac-uki_create.fish
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
 
 # get id and type of last snapshot
 set -l config "root"
-set -l snapshots (snapper -c $config --jsonout ls | jq -c ".$config")
-set -l last (echo $snapshots | jq -c "last")
-set -l id (echo $last | jq ".number")
-set -l type (echo $last | jq ".type")
+set -l snapshot (snapper -c $config --jsonout ls | jq -c ".$config | last")
+set -l id (echo $snapshot | jq ".number")
 
-if not contains $type '"pre"' '"post"'
-    echo "Last snapshot has type \"$type\", therefore no UKI is created."
+if not contains (echo $snapshot | jq -r ".type") "pre" "post"
+    echo "==> last snapshot type is neither 'pre' nor 'post'; no UKI creation"
     exit
 end
 
@@ -17,15 +15,16 @@ end
 set -l ukis (ls /boot/EFI/Linux/ | grep "snap-pac-uki-[1-9][0-9]*\.efi" | grep -o '[1-9][0-9]*')
 
 if contains $id $ukis
-    echo "UKI already exists"
+    echo "==> UKI already exists; no UKI creation"
     exit
 end
 
 
 # prepare uki creation
-mkdir -p "/tmp/snap-pac-uki/$id"
-rm -rf "/tmp/snap-pac-uki/$id/*"
-cd "/tmp/snap-pac-uki/$id"
+set -l buildpath "/tmp/snap-pac-uki/$id"
+mkdir -p $buildpath
+rm -rf "$buildpath/*"
+cd $buildpath
 
 sed "s/BUILD_ID=.*/BUILD_ID=\"Snapshot $id\"/" </usr/lib/os-release >./os-release
 
@@ -36,10 +35,12 @@ grep options /boot/loader/entries/00-arch.conf | \
 
 
 # create uki
+set -l ukipath "/boot/EFI/Linux/snap-pac-uki-$id.efi"
 objcopy \
     --add-section .osrel="./os-release" --change-section-vma .osrel=0x20000 \
     --add-section .cmdline="./kernel-parameters" --change-section-vma .cmdline=0x30000 \
     --add-section .splash="/usr/share/systemd/bootctl/splash-arch.bmp" --change-section-vma .splash=0x40000 \
     --add-section .linux="/boot/vmlinuz-linux" --change-section-vma .linux=0x2000000 \
     --add-section .initrd="/boot/initramfs-linux.img" --change-section-vma .initrd=0x3000000 \
-    "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/linuxx64.efi.stub" "/boot/EFI/Linux/snap-pac-uki-$id.efi"
+    "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/linuxx64.efi.stub" $ukipath
+echo "==> created UKI: $ukipath"