diff --git a/src/Context.cpp b/src/Context.cpp
index a23c210ac..fbe1014e1 100644
--- a/src/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/Context.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int Context::run ()
   }
 
   // Dump all debug messages.
-  if (config.get ("debug", true))
+  if (config.get (std::string ("debug"), false))
     foreach (d, debugMessages)
       std::cout << colorizeDebug (*d) << std::endl;
 
diff --git a/src/command.cpp b/src/command.cpp
index b2181d10f..3f4e6c61e 100644
--- a/src/command.cpp
+++ b/src/command.cpp
@@ -968,8 +968,8 @@ void handleShell ()
 {
   // Display some kind of welcome message.
   std::cout << ((context.config.get ("color", true) || context.config.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
-                 ? Text::colorize (Text::bold, Text::nocolor, PACKAGE)
-                 : PACKAGE)
+                 ? Text::colorize (Text::bold, Text::nocolor, PACKAGE_STRING)
+                 : PACKAGE_STRING)
             << " shell"
             << std::endl
             << std::endl
@@ -977,6 +977,8 @@ void handleShell ()
             << std::endl
             << "There is no need to include the 'task' command itself."
             << std::endl
+            << "Enter 'quit' to end the session."
+            << std::endl
             << std::endl;
 
   // Preserve any special override arguments, and reapply them for each
diff --git a/src/interactive.cpp b/src/interactive.cpp
index eef5d7b70..701cfaf73 100644
--- a/src/interactive.cpp
+++ b/src/interactive.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 //#include "text.h"
 //#include "util.h"
 //#include "main.h"
-//#include "i18n.h"
+#include "i18n.h"
 #include "../auto.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBNCURSES
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ int Context::interactive ()
 
 #else
 
-  throw stringtable (INTERACTIVE_NO_NCURSES,
-                     "Interactive task is only available when built with ncurses "
-                     "support.");
+  throw stringtable.get (INTERACTIVE_NO_NCURSES,
+                         "Interactive task is only available when built with ncurses "
+                         "support.");
 
 #endif
 }