diff --git bin/prey bin/prey
index 5b5203c..915abd7 100755
--- bin/prey
+++ bin/prey
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin"
 dir="$(dirname $0)"
 [ -x "$dir/node" ] && node="$dir/node" || node="$(command -v node || command -v nodejs)"
 
-# if current file is a symlink (e.g. installed via npm) we'll append
+# if current file is a symlink (e.g. installed via pacman) we'll append
 # the relative path to where the package is actually installed.
 if [ -n "$(readlink $0 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
   rel="$(dirname $(readlink $0))"
-  dir="$dir/$rel"
+  dir="$rel"
 fi
 
 script="lib/agent/cli.js"
diff --git lib/agent/actions/alert/linux/flash.py lib/agent/actions/alert/linux/flash.py
index 38a26b2..e7ac631 100755
--- lib/agent/actions/alert/linux/flash.py
+++ lib/agent/actions/alert/linux/flash.py
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-''':'
-':'; python=$(command -v python)
-':'; [ -z "$python" ] || [ -n "${python##*usr*}" ] && python="/usr/bin/python"
-':'; exec "$python" "$0" "$@"
-'''
-
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 # coding: utf8
 
 #############################################
diff --git lib/conf/gui/linux/prey-config.py lib/conf/gui/linux/prey-config.py
index f9f9eb4..66549ef 100755
--- lib/conf/gui/linux/prey-config.py
+++ lib/conf/gui/linux/prey-config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 ################################################
 # Prey Configurator for Linux
 # By Tomas Pollak
diff --git prey.conf.default prey.conf.default
index 2b2b141..d39a885 100644
--- prey.conf.default
+++ prey.conf.default
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ plugin_list = control-panel
 auto_connect = false
 
 # Allows Prey to auto-update itself when new versions are released.
-auto_update = true
+auto_update = false
 
 # Fetch edge releases before they reach the stable branch. No effect without auto_update.
 download_edge = false
diff --git lib/system/linux/index.js lib/system/linux/index.js
index c68f3c2..0d8216d 100644
--- lib/system/linux/index.js
+++ lib/system/linux/index.js_new
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ exports.process_running = function(process_name, callback){
 
 // restarts NetworkManager so it reconnects
 exports.reconnect = function(callback){
-  var cmd = "service NetworkManager restart";
+  var cmd = "systemctl restart NetworkManager.service";
   exec(cmd, callback);
 };