diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
index ce32376c..80499b9b 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
-    ./snap_seed_parse.py $CHROOT_ROOT >> "binary/$INITFS/filesystem.packages"
+    /build/config/snap_seed_parse ${CHROOT_ROOT} >> "binary/${INITFS}/filesystem.packages"
 	ln "binary/$INITFS/filesystem.packages" "$PREFIX.manifest"
 	chmod 644 "$PREFIX.manifest"
 fi
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 5ab67fac..ee1dd181 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ fi
 
 mkdir -p config
 cp -af /usr/share/livecd-rootfs/live-build/functions config/functions
+cp -af /usr/share/livecd-rootfs/live-build/snap_seed_parse.py config/snap_seed_parse
 
 mkdir -p config/package-lists
 
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index 393b79e2..e05e59ce 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ create_empty_disk_image() {
 }
 
 create_manifest() {
-    local dpkg_opts=$1
-    local target_file=$2
-    local chroot_root=$3
-    dpkg-query $dpkg_opts > $target_file
-    ./snap_seed_parse.py $chroot_root >> $target_file
+    local dpkg_opts=${1}
+    local target_file=${2}
+    local chroot_root=${3}
+    dpkg-query ${dpkg_opts} > ${target_file}
+    (>&2 echo "create_manifest chroot_root: ${chroot_root}")
+    /build/config/snap_seed_parse "${chroot_root}" >> ${target_file}
 }
 
 make_ext4_partition() {
diff --git a/live-build/snap_seed_parse.py b/live-build/snap_seed_parse.py
index 0921248c..2227aac1 100755
--- a/live-build/snap_seed_parse.py
+++ b/live-build/snap_seed_parse.py
@@ -8,14 +8,29 @@ given manifest file.
 import re
 import sys
 import yaml
+import os.path
 
-CHROOT_ROOT = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else ''
+sys.stderr.write("Parsing seed.yaml\n")
+
+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'''
-YAML_PATH = str(CHROOT_ROOT) + 'var/lib/snapd/seed/seed.yaml'
+sys.stderr.write("CHROOT_ROOT: {}\n".format(CHROOT_ROOT))
+
+if len(CHROOT_ROOT) > 0 and CHROOT_ROOT[-1] == '/':
+    CHROOT_ROOT = CHROOT_ROOT[:-1]
+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'''
 
+sys.stderr.write("yaml path: {}\n".format(YAML_PATH))
+if not os.path.isfile(YAML_PATH):
+    sys.stderr.write("yaml path not found.\n")
+    exit(0)
+else:
+    sys.stderr.write("yaml path found.\n")
+
 # Open the seed.yaml and ingest its contents
 with open(YAML_PATH, 'r') as fh:
     yaml_lines = yaml.load(fh)['snaps']
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-0-create-root-dir.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-0-create-root-dir.binary
index 9b7266d1..3d29ef5e 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-0-create-root-dir.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-0-create-root-dir.binary
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ mkdir -p $rootfs_dir/lib/modules
 teardown_mountpoint $rootfs_dir
 
 # dpkg-query --admindir=$rootfs_dir/var/lib/dpkg -W > $rootfs_dir.manifest
-create_manifest "--admindir=$rootfs_dir/var/lib/dpkg -W" "$rootfs_dir.manifest" $roofs_dir
+create_manifest "--admindir=${rootfs_dir}/var/lib/dpkg -W" "${rootfs_dir}.manifest" "${rootfs_dir}"