diff --git a/script/confirm.bash b/script/confirm.bash
index 068be42a..48510156 100644
--- a/script/confirm.bash
+++ b/script/confirm.bash
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 echo "XXX confirm.bash: $1"
+echo "XXX stdin=$(readlink -f /dev/stdin; ls -l $(readlink -f /dev/stdin))"
 set -x
 # if AUTOCONFIRM environment variable set, auto-confirm
-if [[ "$AUTOCONFIRM" ]] ; then exit 0 ; fi
+#if [[ "$AUTOCONFIRM" ]] ; then exit 0 ; fi
 if [[ -z "$DEFAULT" ]] ; then DEFAULT=0 ; fi
 
 if [[ "$DEFAULT" = "0" ]] ; then
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ if [[ "$DEFAULT" = "0" ]] ; then
 else
   read -p "$1 [y/N]? " -n 1 -r
 fi
-echo "XXX read returned $?; REPLY=${REPLY@Q}; stdin=$(readlink -f /dev/stdin; ls -l $(readlink -f /dev/stdin))"
+echo "XXX read returned $?; REPLY=${REPLY@Q}"
 
 if [[ -n "$REPLY" ]] ; then echo ; fi
 if [[ -n "$REPLY" ]] ; then # not empty
diff --git a/script/install.bash b/script/install.bash
index e2b395f6..5fb58fde 100755
--- a/script/install.bash
+++ b/script/install.bash
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ bash script/install/ruby.bash || exit 1 # check ruby version
 
 bash script/install/postgresql.bash || exit 1 # create user & db if it doesn't exist
 
+echo "EXIT EARLY"; exit 1
+
 bash script/install/imagemagick.bash || exit 1 # install imagemagick
 
 sudo apt-get install wkhtmltopdf xvfb || exit 1
 
-echo "EXIT EARLY"; exit 1
-
 bash script/install/nztrain.bash || exit 1 # fix files & directory structure
 
 bash script/install/bundler.bash || exit 1