diff --git a/bin/museSetup.sh b/bin/museSetup.sh
index ea81c44..ef357df 100755
--- a/bin/museSetup.sh
+++ b/bin/museSetup.sh
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ if [ -z "$MUSE_ENVSET" ]; then
 
     # take the latest from the env sets in the user area
 
-    WORD=$( find $MUSE_WORK_DIR -maxdepth 1  -type f  -regex ".*u[0-9]..$" -printf "%f\n" | sort | tail -1 )
+    WORD=$( find $MUSE_WORK_DIR/muse -maxdepth 1  -type f  -regex ".*u[0-9]..$" -printf "%f\n" | sort | tail -1 )
     if [ -n "$WORD" ]; then
 	export MUSE_ENVSET=$WORD
 	if [ $MUSE_VERBOSE -gt 0 ]; then 
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ if [ $MUSE_VERBOSE -gt 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 
-if [ -r $MUSE_WORK_DIR/$MUSE_ENVSET ]; then
-    source $MUSE_WORK_DIR/$MUSE_ENVSET
+if [ -r $MUSE_WORK_DIR/muse/$MUSE_ENVSET ]; then
+    source $MUSE_WORK_DIR/muse/$MUSE_ENVSET
     RC=$?
 elif [ -r $MUSE_ENVSET_DIR/$MUSE_ENVSET ]; then
     source $MUSE_ENVSET_DIR/$MUSE_ENVSET
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ export MU2E_SEARCH_PATH=$MU2E_DATA_PATH
 
 # define link order
 # use the local one if it exists
-if [ -f $MUSE_WORK_DIR/linkOrder ]; then
-    TEMP=$MUSE_WORK_DIR/linkOrder
+if [ -f $MUSE_WORK_DIR/muse/linkOrder ]; then
+    TEMP=$MUSE_WORK_DIR/muse/linkOrder
 else
     TEMP=$MUSE_ENVSET_DIR/linkOrder
 fi
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ linkReg="^link/*"
 
 #
 # the next 35 lines of code orders the repos according
-# 1) ABC before link/ABC (Offline takes link precendence over link/Offline)
+# 1) ABC before link/ABC (Offline takes link precedence over link/Offline)
 # 2) the linkOrder
 # 3) if the repo is not in the linkOrder, put it first
 #
diff --git a/bin/museStatus.sh b/bin/museStatus.sh
index 5e2991b..79acc41 100755
--- a/bin/museStatus.sh
+++ b/bin/museStatus.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ fi
 
 [ -n "$MUSE_WORK_DIR"  ] && cd $MUSE_WORK_DIR
 
+FOUND=false
 if [ -d build ]; then
     echo ""
     echo "  existing builds:"
@@ -39,26 +40,33 @@ if [ -d build ]; then
     for DIR in $DIRS; do
 	if [ "$DIR" == "$MUSE_STUB" ]; then
 	    echo  "     $DIR         ** this is your current setup **"
+	    FOUND=true
 	else
 	    echo  "     $DIR"
 	fi
 
 	echo -n "          Build times: "
 	if [ -e build/$DIR/.musebuild  ]; then
-	    echo "$(cat build/$DIR/.musebuild)"
+	    cat build/$DIR/.musebuild
 	else
 	    echo "   N/A"
 	fi
     done
-    echo ""
 else
     echo ""
     echo "  no existing builds"
-    echo ""
 fi
 
+if [[ -n "$MUSE_STUB" && "$FOUND" == "false"  ]]; then
+    echo "  pesumptive build:"
+    echo "     $MUSE_STUB         ** this is your current setup **"
+fi
+echo ""
+
+
 [ -z "$MUSE_WORK_DIR" ] && exit 0
 
+
 [ $MUSE_VERBOSE -gt 0 ] && echo "directory containing repos to be built:"
 echo "  MUSE_WORK_DIR = $MUSE_WORK_DIR "
 [ $MUSE_VERBOSE -gt 0 ] && echo "space-separated list of local repos to build:"
@@ -71,10 +79,10 @@ echo "  MUSE_VERBOSE = " $MUSE_VERBOSE
 echo "  MUSE_OPTS = " $MUSE_OPTS
 [ $MUSE_VERBOSE -gt 0 ] && echo "envset determines the UPS products to use:"
 echo "  MUSE_ENVSET = " $MUSE_ENVSET
-[ $MUSE_VERBOSE -gt 0 ] && echo "path to find sets of environmental setups:"
-echo "  MUSE_ENVSET_DIR  = " $MUSE_ENVSET_DIR
 [ $MUSE_VERBOSE -gt 0 ] && echo "build directory stub based on the build options:"
 echo "  MUSE_STUB = " $MUSE_STUB
+[ $MUSE_VERBOSE -gt 0 ] && echo "path to find sets of environmental setups:"
+echo "  MUSE_ENVSET_DIR  = " $MUSE_ENVSET_DIR
 #[ $MUSE_VERBOSE -gt 0 ] && echo "the relative path to the build directory:"
 #echo "  MUSE_BUILD_BASE = " $MUSE_BUILD_BASE
 #[ $MUSE_VERBOSE -gt 0 ] && echo "full path to build dir:"