I added some debug output, (logs output to /tmp/lime-config.log on firstboot run) and most importantly basic error handling to lime-config, so that the whole script does not die if a single module has a bug. Example result: root@LiMeNode-ee01b4:/# cat /tmp/lime-config.log Configuring LiMe for first boot... Clearing wireless config... Clearing network config... Disabling odhcpd Cleaning dnsmasq Disabling 6relayd... Adding macvlan interface to uci network... Clearing bmx6 config... /usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:17: 2 stack traceback: /usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:142: in function </usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:142> [C]: in function 'assert' /usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:17: in function 'get_mac' /usr/lib/lua/lime/proto/batadv.lua:29: in function 'setup_interface' /usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:141: in function </usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:141> [C]: in function 'xpcall' /usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:141: in function </usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:110> [C]: in function 'xpcall' /usr/bin/lime-config:17: in function 'main' /usr/bin/lime-config:21: in main chunk [C]: ? /usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:17: 2 stack traceback: /usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:142: in function </usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:142> [C]: in function 'assert' /usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:17: in function 'get_mac' /usr/lib/lua/lime/proto/batadv.lua:29: in function 'setup_interface' /usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:141: in function </usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:141> [C]: in function 'xpcall' /usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:141: in function </usr/lib/lua/lime/network.lua:110> [C]: in function 'xpcall' /usr/bin/lime-config:17: in function 'main' /usr/bin/lime-config:21: in main chunk [C]: ? Configuring system... Let uhttpd listen on IPv4/IPv6 ###### uci changes generated by lime-config run: ###### batman-adv.bat0=mesh batman-adv.bat0.bridge_loop_avoidance=1 batman-adv.bat0.multicast_mode=0 batman-adv.bat0.distributed_arp_table=0 bmx6.general=bmx6 [...] in this particular case, the errors are due to trying to get network.get_mac from a wlan0_ap interface which doesn't exist yet on firstboot. So, this new debug possibility is already proving veeery useful :) will push this branch in a bit, after rebasing and tidying things up