diff --git a/data/core/init.lua b/data/core/init.lua
index 819f26bd..0732a3e8 100644
--- a/data/core/init.lua
+++ b/data/core/init.lua
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ function core.on_error(err)
   -- write error to file
   local fp = io.open(USERDIR .. "/error.txt", "wb")
   fp:write("Error: " .. tostring(err) .. "\n")
-  fp:write(debug.traceback(nil, 4))
+  fp:write(debug.traceback(nil, 4) .. "\n")
   fp:close()
   -- save copy of all unsaved documents
   for _, doc in ipairs(core.docs) do
diff --git a/dev-utils/run-local b/dev-utils/run-local
index ff6a9754..9b4c27bf 100755
--- a/dev-utils/run-local
+++ b/dev-utils/run-local
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
     ;;
     -plugin=*)
     # should be like -plugin=franko/lite-plugins/master/plugins/autowrap.lua
-    plugins+=("$(github_raw_content "${1#-plugin=}")")
+    plugins+=("${1#-plugin=}")
     ;;
     -global)
     option_global=on
@@ -91,9 +91,20 @@ run_lite () {
   fi
 }
 
+github_raw_content () {
+  echo "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/$1"
+}
+
 fetch_plugins () {
   for name in "$@"; do
-    curl --insecure -L "$name" -o "$datadir/plugins/${name##*/}"
+    local url="$(github_raw_content "$name")"
+    local modname="${url##*/}"
+    if [ "$modname" == init.lua ]; then
+      local m1="${name#*/}"
+      modname="${m1%%/*}.lua"
+    fi
+    echo "installed $name as $modname from $url"
+    curl --insecure -L "$url" -o "$datadir/plugins/${modname}"
   done
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 95f04840..47998e5d 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ init_lua:
     "  core.run()\n"
     "end, function(err)\n"
     "  local error_dir\n"
-    "    print('ERROR', err)\n"
+    "  io.stdout:write('Error: '..tostring(err)..'\\n')\n"
+    "  io.stdout:write(debug.traceback(nil, 4)..'\\n')\n"
     "  if core and core.on_error then\n"
     "    error_dir=USERDIR\n"
     "    pcall(core.on_error, err)\n"
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ init_lua:
     "    error_dir=system.absolute_path('.')\n"
     "    local fp = io.open('error.txt', 'wb')\n"
     "    fp:write('Error: ' .. tostring(err) .. '\\n')\n"
-    "    fp:write(debug.traceback(nil, 4))\n"
+    "    fp:write(debug.traceback(nil, 4)..'\\n')\n"
     "    fp:close()\n"
     "  end\n"
     "  system.show_fatal_error('Lite XL internal error',\n"