diff --git a/Slax/debian/cleanup b/Slax/debian/cleanup
index ff0f493..582c169 100644
--- a/Slax/debian/cleanup
+++ b/Slax/debian/cleanup
@@ -39,11 +39,23 @@ rm -Rf /usr/share/man/*_*
 rm -f /root/.fehbg
 rm -f /root/.fluxbox/lastwallpaper
 
+# Unzip gzipped files (man pages), so LZMA can compress 2times better.
+# First we fix symlinks, then uncompress files
+# $1 = search directory
+uncompress_files()
+{
+   local LINK LINE
 
-# Unzip gzipped man pages, so LZMA can compress 2times better.
-# First we gunzip symlinks, which will be overwritten by the content of targets
-# this doesn't matter as mksquashfs will handle duplicate files correctly
-find /usr/share/man -type l -name "*.gz" | xargs gunzip -f
-find /usr/share/man -name "*.gz" | xargs gunzip
+   find "$1" -type l -name "*.gz" | while read LINE; do
+      LINK="$(readlink "$LINE" | sed -r 's/.gz$//')"
+      FILE="$(echo "$LINE" | sed -r 's/.gz$//')"
+      ln -sfn "$LINK" "$FILE"
+      rm -f "$LINE"
+   done
+   find "$1" -type f -name "*.gz" | xargs gunzip
+}
+
+uncompress_files /etc/alternatives
+uncompress_files /usr/share/man
 
 rm -Rf /usr/share/icons/elementaryXubuntu-dark
diff --git a/tools/savechanges b/tools/savechanges
index 8c2b3c5..1c3e423 100755
--- a/tools/savechanges
+++ b/tools/savechanges
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 TMP=/tmp/changes$$
-EXCLUDE="^\$|/\$|[.]wh[.][.]wh[.]orph/|^[.]wh[.][.]wh[.]plnk/|^[.]wh[.][.]wh[.]aufs|^var/cache/|^var/backups/|^var/tmp/|^var/log/|^var/lib/apt/|^var/lib/dhcp/|^var/lib/systemd/|^sbin/fsck[.]aufs|^etc/resolv[.]conf|^root/.Xauthority|^root/.xsession-errors|^etc/mtab|^etc/fstab|^boot/|^dev/|^mnt/|^proc/|^run/|^sys/|^tmp/"
+EXCLUDE="^\$|/\$|[.]wh[.][.]wh[.]orph/|^[.]wh[.][.]wh[.]plnk/|^[.]wh[.][.]wh[.]aufs|^var/cache/|^var/backups/|^var/tmp/|^var/log/|^var/lib/apt/|^var/lib/dhcp/|^var/lib/systemd/|^sbin/fsck[.]aufs|^etc/resolv[.]conf|^root/[.]Xauthority|^root/[.]xsession-errors|^root/[.]fehbg|^root/[.]fluxbox/lastwallpaper|^etc/mtab|^etc/fstab|^boot/|^dev/|^mnt/|^proc/|^run/|^sys/|^tmp/"
 CHANGES=/mnt/live/memory/changes
 
 if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
-   echo "Usage: $0 [ target_file.sb ] [ optional_changes_directory ]"
+   echo ""
+   echo "savechanges - save all changed files in a compressed filesystem bundle"
+   echo "            - excluding some predefined files such as /etc/mtab,"
+   echo "              temp & log files, empty directories, apt cache, and such"
+   echo ""
+   echo "Usage:"
+   echo "        $0 [ target_file.sb ] [ changes_directory ]"
+   echo ""
+   echo "If changes_directory is not specified, /mnt/live/memory/changes is used."
+   echo ""
    exit 1
 fi