diff --git a/package_creators/arch.sh b/package_creators/arch.sh
index d19eaa21..4b927f5e 100755
--- a/package_creators/arch.sh
+++ b/package_creators/arch.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 ./tarball.sh
+retval=$?
+if [ $retval -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Sorry, the package could not be created as the tarball building process failed with return code $retval"
+    rm -f ./*.tar.gz
+    exit $retval
+fi
 makepkg -g >> PKGBUILD
 makepkg -sc
+retval=$?
+if [ $retval -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Sorry, the package could not be created as the makepkg failed with return code $retval"
+    rm -rf ./*.tar.gz src
+    sed -i '$ d' PKGBUILD
+    exit $retval
+fi
 rm -f ./*.tar.gz
 sed -i '$ d' PKGBUILD
-read -p "Do you wish to install ccextractor? [Y/n] " yn
+read -p "Do you wish to install ccextractor? [y/N] " yn
 case $yn in
-    [Nn]* ) exit;;
-    * ) sudo pacman -U ./*.pkg.tar.xz; rm -f ./*.pkg.tar.xz;;
+    [Yy]* ) su -c "pacman -U ./*.pkg.tar.xz"; rm -f ./*.pkg.tar.xz;;
+    * ) exit;;
 esac
diff --git a/package_creators/tarball.sh b/package_creators/tarball.sh
index e949911b..113ce340 100755
--- a/package_creators/tarball.sh
+++ b/package_creators/tarball.sh
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ rm -rf config.log
 rm -rf aclocal.m4
 rm -rf build-conf
 rm -rf autom4te.cache
-cd package_creators
\ No newline at end of file
+cd package_creators