diff --git a/lib/container-upgrade.bash b/lib/container-upgrade.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index 79fccdc..0000000
--- a/lib/container-upgrade.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-function upgrade {
-  local container_version host_version
-  container_version=$(</var/lib/miaou-bash/semver_current)
-  host_version=$(<"$MIAOU_BASH_DIR"/.semver_git_tag)
-  if [[ "$container_version" != "$host_version" ]]; then
-    echo -n "MIAOU-BASH: initiate new version: $host_version"
-    [[ "$UID" -ne 0 ]] && echo " (CTRL+c to bypass)" || echo
-    sudo -E miaou-bash "$MIAOU_BASH_DIR"/lib/initiate.bash
-  fi
-}
-
-if [[ -f /var/lib/miaou-bash/semver_current ]]; then
-  upgrade
-fi
diff --git a/lib/initiate.bash b/lib/initiate.bash
index 9ef1941..9517145 100644
--- a/lib/initiate.bash
+++ b/lib/initiate.bash
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ function fix_locales {
     if [[ ${found_locales[$locale]} == 'false' ]]; then
       local language="${locale:0:5}"
       echo "Locale: $locale missing"
-      . /opt/miaou-bash/tools/smart_write /etc/locale.gen "(^# )?${language}\.UTF-8 UTF-8" "${language}.UTF-8 UTF-8"
+      . /opt/miaou-bash/tools/smart_write /etc/locale.gen "(^# ?)?${language}\.UTF-8 UTF-8" "${language}.UTF-8 UTF-8"
       should_regenerate=true
     fi
   done
diff --git a/lib/self-upgrade.bash b/lib/self-upgrade.bash
index 6e6af07..d8a8c4a 100644
--- a/lib/self-upgrade.bash
+++ b/lib/self-upgrade.bash
@@ -5,8 +5,24 @@ INSTALL_URL='https://git.artcode.re/miaou/miaou-bash/raw/branch/main/install.sh'
 # FUNCTIONS
 
 function container_upgrade {
-  echo "MIAOU_BASH_MODE=$MIAOU_BASH_MODE"
-  . "$MIAOU_BASH_DIR"/lib/container-upgrade.bash
+  local container_version host_version
+  host_version=$(<"$MIAOU_BASH_DIR"/.semver_git_tag)
+  if [[ -f /var/lib/miaou-bash/semver_current ]]; then
+    container_version=$(</var/lib/miaou-bash/semver_current)
+  else
+    container_version='M.m.p'
+  fi
+  if [[ "$container_version" == "$host_version" ]]; then
+    echo -n "initiating new version: $host_version"
+  else
+    echo -n "upgrading from $container_version to $host_version"
+  fi
+  echo ' (Ctrl-c to bypass)'
+  if sudo_root; then
+    sudo -E miaou-bash "$MIAOU_BASH_DIR"/lib/initiate.bash
+  else
+    builtin exit 1
+  fi
 }
 
 function development_upgrade {
@@ -80,6 +96,7 @@ function perform_upgrade {
 
 source "$MIAOU_BASH_DIR"/lib/functions.bash
 fetch_mode
+echo "upgrading mode: $MIAOU_BASH_MODE"
 case "$MIAOU_BASH_MODE" in
 hosted) container_upgrade ;;
 development) development_upgrade ;;