diff --git a/script/booth-keygen b/script/booth-keygen
index 54f079d..5215826 100644
--- a/script/booth-keygen
+++ b/script/booth-keygen
@@ -1,63 +1,64 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 #	Generate authentication key for booth
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful, but
 # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 #
 # Further, this software is distributed without any warranty that it is
 # free of the rightful claim of any third person regarding infringement
 # or the like.  Any license provided herein, whether implied or
 # otherwise, applies only to this software file.  Patent licenses, if
 # any, provided herein do not apply to combinations of this program with
 # other software, or any other product whatsoever.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, write the Free Software Foundation,
 # Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston MA 02111-1307, USA.
 #
 
 DFLT_AUTHFILE=/etc/booth/authkey
 KEYSIZE=64
 # /dev/urandom should be good enough
 RND_SRC=/dev/urandom
 
 usage() {
 	cat<<EOF
 usage: $0 [-h] [auth-file]
 EOF
 	exit
 }
 error() {
 	echo "ERROR: $*" >&2
 }
 fatal() {
 	error $*
 	exit 1
 }
 
 case "$1" in
 "-h"|"--help"|"-?") usage;;
 /*|"") : ;;
 *) fatal "please use absolute path for the key file" ;;
 esac
 
 keyf=${1:-$DFLT_AUTHFILE}
 
 if test -f $keyf; then
 	fatal "file $keyf already exists"
 fi
 
 umask 077
-dd if=$RND_SRC of=$keyf bs=$KEYSIZE count=1 status=none
+errout=`dd if=$RND_SRC of=$keyf bs=$KEYSIZE count=1 2>&1`
 rc=$?
 if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "$errout" >&2
 	exit $rc
 fi
 
 chown root:root $keyf