diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 78a4622..b75f371 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ and the release workflow reads it to set github's release notes.
 ### Added
 
 - the status command shows the chosen ICE candidate pairs for connected peers
+- WEBEXEC environment variable to hold the unix socket path
+
+### Fixed
+
+- installer messages improved
 
 ## [1.4.0] 2024-4-14
 
diff --git a/conf.go b/conf.go
index 0b32a6e..bc27086 100644
--- a/conf.go
+++ b/conf.go
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ func parseConf(s string) (*peers.Conf, httpserver.AddressType, error) {
 		Conf.insecure = v.(bool)
 	}
 	// get env vars
+	peersConf.Env = map[string]string{"WEBEXEC": GetSockFP()}
 	m := t.Get("env")
 	if m != nil {
-		peersConf.Env = make(map[string]string)
 		for k, v := range m.(*toml.Tree).ToMap() {
 			peersConf.Env[k] = v.(string)
 		}
diff --git a/conf_test.go b/conf_test.go
index 0005e21..7bc7fcf 100644
--- a/conf_test.go
+++ b/conf_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 func TestConfEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	initTest(t)
-	require.EqualValues(t, Conf.peerConf.Env["TERM"], "xterm")
+	require.EqualValues(t, Conf.peerConf.Env["TERM"], "xterm-256color")
 	require.EqualValues(t, Conf.peerConf.Env["COLORTERM"], "truecolor")
 }
diff --git a/sites/get/install.bash b/sites/get/install.bash
index fc6ea3b..4ff2bf2 100755
--- a/sites/get/install.bash
+++ b/sites/get/install.bash
@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ do_install() {
         cd $tmp
 	fi
     get_n_extract $tmp
-    if [[ $(ps -o comm= -p $PPID) == *webexec ]]
+    if [ -v WEBEXEC ]
     then
         if [ ! -d $HOME/.config/webexec ]
         then
             ./webexec init
         fi
-        echo "Moving to another shell to survive this connection ending"
-        $sh_c "nohup bash ./replace_n_launch.sh $user ${HOME:-/root}"
+        echo "Closing connections, replacing and launching"
+        nohup bash ./replace_n_launch.sh "$sh_c"
     else
         if command_exists webexec
         then
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ do_install() {
         then
             exit "Failed starting webexec"
         fi
-        echo "Install finished, please exit and reconnect to enjoy version $LATEST_VERSION."
     fi
 }
 do_install "$@"
diff --git a/webexec.go b/webexec.go
index 9533217..d478911 100644
--- a/webexec.go
+++ b/webexec.go
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func start(c *cli.Context) error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			fmt.Printf("agent started as process #%d\n", pid)
+			fmt.Printf("Agent started as process #%d\n", pid)
 			versionNote := getVersionNote()
 			if versionNote != "" {
 				fmt.Println(versionNote)