diff --git a/bin/cdist-manifest-run-init b/bin/cdist-manifest-run-init
index 9f10c12c..da7af6ba 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-manifest-run-init
+++ b/bin/cdist-manifest-run-init
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ __cdist_target_host="$1"; shift
 
 eval export $__cdist_name_var_manifest=\"\$__cdist_manifest_dir\"
 
-echo "Running initial manifest for $__cdist_target_host ..."
+__cdist_echo info "Running initial manifest for $__cdist_target_host ..."
 cdist-manifest-run "$__cdist_target_host" "$__cdist_manifest_init"
diff --git a/bin/cdist-mass-deploy b/bin/cdist-mass-deploy
index 2753bcab..fae9e633 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-mass-deploy
+++ b/bin/cdist-mass-deploy
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ done
 
 # else wait after all are started
 if [ "$parallel" ]; then
-   echo "Waiting for cdist-deploy-to jobs to finish..."
+   __cdist_echo info "Waiting for cdist-deploy-to jobs to finish..."
    wait
 fi
diff --git a/bin/cdist-object-explorer-run b/bin/cdist-object-explorer-run
index 49480bfd..1e0fc36f 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-object-explorer-run
+++ b/bin/cdist-object-explorer-run
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ __cdist_object="$1"; shift
 
 __cdist_object_id="$(__cdist_object_id_from_object "$__cdist_object")"
 __cdist_type="$(__cdist_type_from_object "$__cdist_object")"
+__cdist_object_self="$__cdist_type/$__cdist_object_id"
 
 # Check if type of object has >= 1 explorer
 __cdist_has_explorer="$(__cdist_type_has_explorer "$__cdist_type")"