diff --git a/bashbot.sh b/bashbot.sh
index 22dac24..1a95930 100755
--- a/bashbot.sh
+++ b/bashbot.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ BOTCOMMANDS="-h  help  init  start  stop  status  suspendback  resumeback  killb
 #     8 - curl/wget missing
 #     10 - not bash!
 #
-#### $$VERSION$$ v1.40-dev-31-g9ce139a
+#### $$VERSION$$ v1.40-dev-32-gd876f75
 ##################################################################
 
 # are we running in a terminal?
@@ -688,7 +688,10 @@ event_send() {
 # fallback version, full version is in  bin/bashbot_init.in.sh
 # initialize bot environment, user and permissions
 bot_init() {
-	cd "${BASHBOT_HOME}" || printf "Can't change to BASHBOT_HOME" && exit_source 1
+	if [ -n "${BASHBOT_HOME}" ] && ! cd "${BASHBOT_HOME}"; then
+		 printf "Can't change to BASHBOT_HOME"
+		 exit 1
+	fi
 	# initialize addons
 	printf "Initialize addons ...\n"
 	for addons in "${ADDONDIR:-.}"/*.sh ; do
diff --git a/bin/bashbot_init.inc.sh b/bin/bashbot_init.inc.sh
index c0a3f39..3a16f39 100644
--- a/bin/bashbot_init.inc.sh
+++ b/bin/bashbot_init.inc.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #        AUTHOR: KayM (gnadelwartz), kay@rrr.de
 #       CREATED: 27.01.2021 13:42
 #
-#### $$VERSION$$ v1.35-dev-29-g0c0dc01
+#### $$VERSION$$ v1.40-dev-32-gd876f75
 #===============================================================================
 # shellcheck disable=SC2059
 
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ my_init() {
 # 
 # delete from here to disable extended initialisation
 bot_init() {
-	[ -n "${BASHBOT_HOME}" ] && cd "${BASHBOT_HOME}" || exit 1
+	if [ -n "${BASHBOT_HOME}" ] && ! cd "${BASHBOT_HOME}"; then
+		 printf "Can't change to BASHBOT_HOME"
+		 exit 1
+	fi
 	local runuser chown touser botname DEBUG="$1"
 	# upgrade from old version
 	# currently no action
diff --git a/bin/process_update.sh b/bin/process_update.sh
index 34385fb..27bb3a4 100755
--- a/bin/process_update.sh
+++ b/bin/process_update.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ USAGE='process_update.sh [-h|--help] [debug] [<file]'
 #        AUTHOR: KayM (gnadelwartz), kay@rrr.de
 #       CREATED: 30.01.2021 19:14
 #
-#### $$VERSION$$ v1.40-dev-13-g2a3663a
+#### $$VERSION$$ v1.40-dev-32-gd876f75
 #===============================================================================
 
 ####
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ print_help "${1:-nix}"
 # ready, do stuff here -----
 
 # read json from stdin and convert update format
-json='{"result": {"0":'"$(cat)"'}}'
+json='{"result": ['"$(cat)"']}'
 UPDATE="$(${JSONSHFILE} -b -n <<<"${json}" 2>/dev/null)"
 
 # assign to bashbot ARRAY