diff --git a/misc/cronhelp b/misc/cronhelp
index d381449..c70299f 100755
--- a/misc/cronhelp
+++ b/misc/cronhelp
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 
 source ${$(realpath "$0"):h:h}/lib/common.zsh
 import-env awesome
+ALLARGS=("$@")
 
 zparseopts -D -maxidle:=maxidle -in-chronic=chronic l:=logfile -logfile:=logfile
 
 if [[ $logfile ]]; then
 	function debug() {
-		echo "$(date --iso-8601=seconds) $*" >> $logfile
+		echo "$(date --iso-8601=seconds) $*" >> ${logfile[2]}
 	}
 else
 	function debug() {}
@@ -16,13 +17,14 @@ fi
 
 if [[ ! $chronic ]]; then
 	debug "Restarting with chronic"
-	exec chronic $0 --in-chronic $ALLARGS
+	exec chronic $0 --in-chronic "${ALLARGS[@]}"
 fi
 
 if [[ $maxidle ]]; then
+	idle=$(xprintidle)
 	maxidle=${maxidle[2]}
-	debug "Checking idle time: $(xprintidle) / 1000 < $maxidle"
-	if (($(xprintidle) / 1000 < $maxidle)); then
+	debug "Checking idle time: $idle / 1000 < $maxidle"
+	if (($idle / 1000 < $maxidle)); then
 		debug "Checking pgrep $1: $(pgrep $1)"
 		if ! pgrep $1; then
 			debug "Running $*"
diff --git a/void/xcheckupdates b/void/xcheckupdates
index 6016567..43ec67a 100755
--- a/void/xcheckupdates
+++ b/void/xcheckupdates
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ zparseopts -D -E l=list -list=list
 if [[ -e $IDCACHE ]]; then
 	prev_id=$(<$IDCACHE)
 fi
-xbps-install -S &>/dev/null
+sudo xbps-install -S &>/dev/null
 updates=$(xbps-install -un 2>&1)
 num_updates=$(echo -n $updates | wc -l)