diff --git a/em_multistrap b/em_multistrap
index 2443260..6794afc 100755
--- a/em_multistrap
+++ b/em_multistrap
@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ foreach my $file (@touch) {
 utime(time, time, "${dir}etc/shells") or 
 	(open(F, ">${dir}etc/shells") && close F );
 
+if (not -d "${dir}etc/network") {
+	mkdir "${dir}etc/network";
+}
+
+if (not -d "${dir}dev") {
+	mkdir "${dir}dev";
+}
+
 unlink ("${dir}etc/apt/sources.list.d/multistrap.sources.list")
 	if (-f "${dir}etc/apt/sources.list.d/multistrap.sources.list");
 unlink ("${dir}etc/apt/sources.list")
@@ -166,8 +174,9 @@ END
 	}
 }
 
-foreach $keyring (sort values %keyrings)
+foreach $keyring (values %keyrings)
 {
+	next if not defined ($keyring);
 	my $e=`printenv`;
 	my $str = ($e =~ /\nUSER=root\n/) ? "" : "sudo ";
 	$str = (-f "/usr/bin/sudo") ? "$str" : "";
@@ -191,7 +200,16 @@ $config_str .= " -o Dir::Cache=${dir}${cachedir}";
 system ("apt-get $config_str update");
 $str = join (' ', values %packages) . " ";
 chomp($str);
-$str .= join (' ', values %keyrings) . " ";
+my $k;
+foreach my $pkg (values %keyrings)
+{
+	next if (not defined $pkg);
+	my $status = `dpkg -s $pkg`;
+	next if $status =~ /Status: install ok installed/;
+	$k .= "$pkg ";
+}
+$k = "" if (not defined $k);
+$str .= "$k ";
 chomp($str);
 my $required = &get_required_debs;
 $str .= join (' ', @$required);
@@ -438,6 +456,8 @@ directory=/opt/multistrap/
 # same as --tidy-up option if set to true
 cleanup=true
 # same as --no-auth option if set to true
+# keyring packages listed in each debootstrap will
+# still be installed.
 noauth=false
 # extract all downloaded archives (default is true)
 unpack=true
@@ -509,6 +529,8 @@ Example configuration:
  # same as --tidy-up option if set to true
  cleanup=true
  # same as --no-auth option if set to true
+ # keyring packages listed in each debootstrap will
+ # still be installed.
  noauth=false
  # extract all downloaded archives (default is true)
  unpack=true