diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
index 80499b9b..c974a122 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/build
+++ b/live-build/auto/build
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ fi
 
 # '--initramfs none' produces different manifest names.
 if [ -e "binary/$INITFS/filesystem.packages" ]; then
-    /build/config/snap_seed_parse ${CHROOT_ROOT} >> "binary/${INITFS}/filesystem.packages"
+	/build/config/snap_seed_parse "chroot/" >> "binary/${INITFS}/filesystem.packages"
 	ln "binary/$INITFS/filesystem.packages" "$PREFIX.manifest"
 	chmod 644 "$PREFIX.manifest"
 fi
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index 0295dc47..37fb8902 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -46,9 +46,12 @@ create_empty_disk_image() {
 create_manifest() {
     local chroot_root=${1}
     local target_file=${2}
+    (echo "create_manifest chroot_root: ${chroot_root}")
     dpkg-query --show --admindir="${chroot_root}/var/lib/dpkg" > ${target_file}
-    (>&2 echo "create_manifest chroot_root: ${chroot_root}")
+    (echo "create_manifest call to dpkg-query finished.")
     /build/config/snap_seed_parse "${chroot_root}" >> ${target_file}
+    (echo "create_manifest call to snap_seed_parse finished.")
+    (echo "create_manifest finished")
 }
 
 make_ext4_partition() {
diff --git a/live-build/snap_seed_parse.py b/live-build/snap_seed_parse.py
index b8de1df3..7111f854 100755
--- a/live-build/snap_seed_parse.py
+++ b/live-build/snap_seed_parse.py
@@ -20,30 +20,33 @@ log("Parsing seed.yaml")
 CHROOT_ROOT = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 and len(sys.argv[1]) > 0 \
                           else ''
 '''The chroot rooth path should be passed in by the caller'''
-log("CHROOT_ROOT: {}".format(CHROOT_ROOT))
 
+log("CHROOT_ROOT: {}".format(CHROOT_ROOT))
 if len(CHROOT_ROOT) > 0 and CHROOT_ROOT[-1] == '/':
     CHROOT_ROOT = CHROOT_ROOT[:-1]
+'''Trim any trailing slashes for correct appending'''
+
 YAML_PATH = CHROOT_ROOT + '/var/lib/snapd/seed/seed.yaml'
 '''This is where we expect to find the seed.yaml file'''
+
 LINE_PREFIX = 'snap:'
 '''Snaps are prepended with this string in the manifest'''
 
 log("yaml path: {}".format(YAML_PATH))
 if not os.path.isfile(YAML_PATH):
-    log("yaml path not found.")
-    exit(1)
+    '''Exit gracefully and issue a warning if seeded snaps not found'''
+    log("WARNING: yaml path not found; no seeded snaps found.")
+    exit(0)
 else:
     log("yaml path found.")
 
-# Open the seed.yaml and ingest its contents
 with open(YAML_PATH, 'r') as fh:
+    '''Open the seed.yaml and ingest its contents'''
     yaml_lines = yaml.load(fh)['snaps']
 
 to_write = ''
-# Loop over dict items, generating one manifest line from each
-# triplet
 for item in yaml_lines:
+    '''Loop over dict items, generating one manifest line from each triplet'''
     filestring = item['file']
     revision = filestring[filestring.rindex('_')+1:]
     revision = re.sub(r'[^0-9]', '', revision)
@@ -53,5 +56,5 @@ for item in yaml_lines:
                                         revision,
                                         )
 
-# write accumulated text to stdout for redirection
 print(to_write.strip('\n'))
+'''write accumulated text to stdout for redirection'''