diff --git a/package/debian/earthly_make_veilid_cli_deb.sh b/package/debian/earthly_make_veilid_cli_deb.sh
index 86c04b06..c0feb9a1 100755
--- a/package/debian/earthly_make_veilid_cli_deb.sh
+++ b/package/debian/earthly_make_veilid_cli_deb.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ rm -rf /dpkg
 mkdir -p /dpkg/out
     
 # veilid-cli dpkg control
-cp -rf /veilid/package/debian/veilid-cli /dpkg# Appropriatly name the package for STABLE or NIGHTLY release
+cp -rf /veilid/package/debian/veilid-cli /dpkg
+# Appropriatly set vars for STABLE or NIGHTLY release
 if [ "$3" = "true" ]
 then
     /veilid/package/replace_variable.sh /dpkg/veilid-cli/DEBIAN/control CARGO_VERSION $BUILD_DATE
@@ -35,4 +36,5 @@ then
     mv /dpkg/veilid-cli.deb /dpkg/out/veilid-cli-$CARGO_VERSION\_$ARCH.deb
 else
     echo $3 "is not a valid state to determine if the build is STABLE or NIGHTLY"
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
+echo "make veilid-cli deb process complete"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/debian/earthly_make_veilid_server_deb.sh b/package/debian/earthly_make_veilid_server_deb.sh
index bdf7916b..55d4e2a4 100755
--- a/package/debian/earthly_make_veilid_server_deb.sh
+++ b/package/debian/earthly_make_veilid_server_deb.sh
@@ -11,17 +11,16 @@ mkdir -p /dpkg/out
     
 # veilid-server dpkg control
 cp -rf /veilid/package/debian/veilid-server /dpkg
-# Appropriatly name the package for STABLE or NIGHTLY release
-# if [ "$3" = "true" ]
-# then
-#     /veilid/package/replace_variable.sh /dpkg/veilid-server/DEBIAN/control CARGO_VERSION $BUILD_DATE
-# elif [ "$3" = "false" ]
-# then
-#     /veilid/package/replace_variable.sh /dpkg/veilid-server/DEBIAN/control CARGO_VERSION $CARGO_VERSION 
-# else
-#     echo $3 "is not a valid state to determine if the build is STABLE or NIGHTLY"
-# fi
-/veilid/package/replace_variable.sh /dpkg/veilid-server/DEBIAN/control CARGO_VERSION $CARGO_VERSION 
+# Appropriatly set vars for for STABLE or NIGHTLY release
+if [ "$3" = "true" ]
+then
+    /veilid/package/replace_variable.sh /dpkg/veilid-server/DEBIAN/control CARGO_VERSION $BUILD_DATE
+elif [ "$3" = "false" ]
+then
+    /veilid/package/replace_variable.sh /dpkg/veilid-server/DEBIAN/control CARGO_VERSION $CARGO_VERSION 
+else
+    echo $3 "is not a valid state to determine if the build is STABLE or NIGHTLY"
+fi
 /veilid/package/replace_variable.sh /dpkg/veilid-server/DEBIAN/control ARCH $ARCH
 # veilid-server configuration
 mkdir -p /dpkg/veilid-server/etc/veilid-server
@@ -43,4 +42,5 @@ then
     mv /dpkg/veilid-server.deb /dpkg/out/veilid-server-$CARGO_VERSION\_$ARCH.deb
 else
     echo $3 "is not a valid state to determine if the build is STABLE or NIGHTLY"
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
+echo "make veilid-server deb process complete"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/debian/veilid-cli/DEBIAN/control b/package/debian/veilid-cli/DEBIAN/control
index 3efe932f..150d20a1 100644
--- a/package/debian/veilid-cli/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/package/debian/veilid-cli/DEBIAN/control
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ Architecture: $ARCH
 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.23)
 Maintainer: jsmith@veilid.org
 Description: Veilid Server Command Line Interface
-  The Veilid peer-to-peer network server command line interface
+  This package installs a a CLI interface for locally installed Veilid peer-to-peer network headless nodes.
diff --git a/package/debian/veilid-server/DEBIAN/control b/package/debian/veilid-server/DEBIAN/control
index 53d2d3de..8ad25070 100644
--- a/package/debian/veilid-server/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/package/debian/veilid-server/DEBIAN/control
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ Architecture: $ARCH
 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.23)
 Maintainer: jsmith@veilid.org
 Description: Veilid Server
-  The Veilid peer-to-peer network server
+  This package installs a Veilid peer-to-peer network headless node which can be deployed for
+  supporting the overall Veilid network or for local development/experimental purposes. See
+  https://veilid.com for more information.