diff --git a/crashlinux-4.4.67-0.bee b/crashlinux-4.4.67-0.bee
index 6fa1e969c..334780907 100755
--- a/crashlinux-4.4.67-0.bee
+++ b/crashlinux-4.4.67-0.bee
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@ if [ -z "${PKGVERSION[3]}" ] ; then
     KERNELVERSION=${KERNELVERSION}.0
 fi
 
-echo $KERNELVERSION
+# append extra version to get for example 4.8.0-rc4
+KERNELVERSION=${KERNELVERSION}${PKGEXTRAVERSION_DASH}
 
-SRCURL[0]="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v${PKGVERSION[1]}.x/linux-${PKGVERSION}.tar.xz"
+echo $KERNELVERSION
 
-#PATCHURL+=(/src/mariux/patches/linux-0001-NFS-Fix-attribute-cache-revalidation.patch)
-#PATCHURL+=(/src/mariux/patches/linux-0002-NFS-Ensure-we-revalidate-attributes-before-using-exe.patch)
-#PATCHURL+=(/src/mariux/patches/linux-0003-NFSv4-Don-t-perform-cached-access-checks-before-we-v.patch)
-#PATCHURL+=(/src/mariux/patches/linux-0001-bnx2x-Fix-VLANs-null-pointer-for-57710-57711.patch)
+SRCURL[0]="https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v${PKGVERSION[1]}.x/linux-${PKGVERSION}${PKGEXTRAVERSION_DASH}.tar.xz"
 
 # EXCLUDE=""
 
@@ -37,14 +35,23 @@ mee_configure() {
         echo "please specifiy old config in environment"
         exit 1
     fi
-    
+
+    if [ ! -e ${CONFIG} ] ; then
+        echo "can't find config '${CONFIG}'"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
     cp -v ${CONFIG} .config
-    make -C $S olddefconfig
+
     LOCALVERSION="\"${KERNELLOCAL}\""
     sed -i -e "s@CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=.*@CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=${LOCALVERSION}@" .config
 
+    echo "doing make -C ${S} olddefconfig in ${PWD} .."
+
+    make olddefconfig
+
     echo "doing make -C ${S} menuconfig in ${PWD} .."
-    
+
     make menuconfig
 }