diff --git a/setup/tools/clisetup/build.func.php b/setup/tools/clisetup/build.func.php
index dbafb511..3b715b41 100644
--- a/setup/tools/clisetup/build.func.php
+++ b/setup/tools/clisetup/build.func.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ function build($syncMe = null)
         else
             CLISetup::log('finished file generation with errors', CLISetup::LOG_ERROR);
     }
-    else
+    else if ($syncMe)
         CLISetup::log('no valid script names supplied', CLISetup::LOG_ERROR);
 
     return $done;
diff --git a/setup/tools/clisetup/firstrun.func.php b/setup/tools/clisetup/firstrun.func.php
index 14a563ac..6a18bc78 100644
--- a/setup/tools/clisetup/firstrun.func.php
+++ b/setup/tools/clisetup/firstrun.func.php
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ function firstrun()
         ['SqlGen::generate',  'itemset',                  null, null, null],
         ['SqlGen::generate',  'item_stats',               null, null, null],
         ['SqlGen::generate',  'source',                   null, null, null],
+        ['SqlGen::generate',  'sounds',                   null, null, null],
+        ['FileGen::generate', 'soundfiles',               null, null, null],
         ['FileGen::generate', 'searchplugin',             null, null, null],
         ['FileGen::generate', 'power',                    null, null, null],
         ['FileGen::generate', 'searchboxScript',          null, null, null],
diff --git a/setup/tools/clisetup/sql.func.php b/setup/tools/clisetup/sql.func.php
index 0a1efb6e..5ac98fc0 100644
--- a/setup/tools/clisetup/sql.func.php
+++ b/setup/tools/clisetup/sql.func.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function sql($syncMe = null)
         else
             CLISetup::log('finished sql generation with errors', CLISetup::LOG_ERROR);
     }
-    else
+    else if ($syncMe)
         CLISetup::log('no valid script names supplied', CLISetup::LOG_ERROR);
 
     return $done;
diff --git a/setup/tools/filegen/soundfiles.func.php b/setup/tools/filegen/soundfiles.func.php
index 621b985c..06ae33d2 100644
--- a/setup/tools/filegen/soundfiles.func.php
+++ b/setup/tools/filegen/soundfiles.func.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ if (!CLI)
             {
                 $i = 0;
                 CLISetup::log(' - '.$itr.'/'.$nFiles.' ('.(intVal(100 * $itr / $nFiles).'%) done'));
+                DB::Aowow()->selectCell('SELECT 1');        // keep mysql busy or it may go away
             }
 
             if (stristr($filePath, '.wav'))                 // expected file.wav.ogg
diff --git a/setup/tools/sqlgen/sounds.func.php b/setup/tools/sqlgen/sounds.func.php
index bba88142..24175e32 100644
--- a/setup/tools/sqlgen/sounds.func.php
+++ b/setup/tools/sqlgen/sounds.func.php
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ function sounds(/*array $ids = [] */)
 
     CLISetup::log(' - sounds main data');
 
-    // file extraction and conversion in build step. data here is purely structural
+    // file extraction and conversion manually
+    // moving files in build step. data here is purely structural
     // reality check ... thats probably gigabytes worth of sound.. only growing in size with every locale added on top (RedRocketSite didn't do it. Should i then?)
 
     // .wav => audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"
diff --git a/setup/updates/1488745158_02.sql b/setup/updates/1488745158_02.sql
index 9fbb753f..bd0f6c06 100644
--- a/setup/updates/1488745158_02.sql
+++ b/setup/updates/1488745158_02.sql
@@ -161,4 +161,4 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `aowow_spell_sounds` (
 /*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=IF(@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS IS NULL, 1, @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS) */;
 /*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
 
-UPDATE aowow_dbversion SET  `build` = CONCAT(IFNULL(`build`, ''), ' sounds'), `sql` = CONCAT(IFNULL(`sql`, ''), ' spell creature sounds spawns');
+UPDATE aowow_dbversion SET  `build` = CONCAT(IFNULL(`build`, ''), ' soundfiles'), `sql` = CONCAT(IFNULL(`sql`, ''), ' spell creature sounds spawns');