diff --git a/functions.sh b/functions.sh
index 8c09941..38f1e19 100644
--- a/functions.sh
+++ b/functions.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ sit_info() {
 
 sit_countdown() {
     local tt=$1
-    for i in $(seq $tt); do 
+    for i in $(seq $tt -1 1); do 
         echo -n "$i "
         sleep 1
     done
diff --git a/sit b/sit
index 34abf2a..954269a 100755
--- a/sit
+++ b/sit
@@ -96,25 +96,32 @@ PREFIX_SUFFIX=$PREFIX_SUFFIX${PACKAGE_DESCRIPTOR}
 
 
 PREFIX=$PREFIX${PREFIX_SUFFIX:+"$PREFIX_SUFFIX"}
-echo "Installation PREFIX: $PREFIX"
 
 # final working directory path
 WORKDIR=${WORKDIR_BASE}/${CATEGORY}/${PACKAGE}/${VERSION}$PREFIX_SUFFIX
-echo "Working dir:         $WORKDIR"
 
 # path to the source code directory
 SRCDIR=${WORKDIR}/${P}
-echo "Source dir:          $SRCDIR"
 
 # build directory (should be different from source directory):
 BUILDDIR=${SRCDIR}/build
-echo "Build dir:           $BUILDDIR"
 
 # logfile directory
 LOGDIR=${WORKDIR}
+
+
+# source the package class file a second time, so we can modify variables 
+# using their default values. (Defaults depend on other vairables in 
+# the class file like CATEGORY or PACKAGE)
+source $SCLASS_DIR/$SCLASSFILE
+
+echo "Installation PREFIX: $PREFIX"
+echo "Working dir:         $WORKDIR"
+echo "Source dir:          $SRCDIR"
+echo "Build dir:           $BUILDDIR"
 echo "Logfile dir:         $LOGDIR"
 
-sleep 2
+sit_countdown 2
 
 if [ -d ${WORKDIR} ] ; then
     sit_info "Removing existing working directory ${WORKDIR}"
@@ -124,6 +131,7 @@ fi
 mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}
 mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}
 mkdir -p ${LOGDIR}
+
 sit_unpack;   2>&1 | tee "$LOGDIR/unpack.log";       ( exit ${PIPESTATUS} )
 sit_configure 2>&1 | tee "$LOGDIR/configure.log";    ( exit ${PIPESTATUS} )
 sit_build     2>&1 | tee "$LOGDIR/make.log";         ( exit ${PIPESTATUS} )