diff --git a/Cantera/src/ChemEquil.cpp b/Cantera/src/ChemEquil.cpp
index 5b65aee14..3b59ffe16 100755
--- a/Cantera/src/ChemEquil.cpp
+++ b/Cantera/src/ChemEquil.cpp
@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@ namespace Cantera {
         x[m_mm] = log(m_phase->temperature());
         if (m_thermo->temperature() > m_thermo->maxTemp() ||
             m_thermo->temperature() < m_thermo->minTemp() ) {
-            throw CanteraError("ChemEquil","initial temperature outside "
+            throw CanteraError("ChemEquil","initial temperature ("
+                +fp2str(m_thermo->temperature())+" K) outside "
                 "valid range of "+fp2str(m_thermo->minTemp())+" K to "
                 +fp2str(m_thermo->maxTemp())+" K\n");
         }
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index b11406746..1ff3fbe0d 100755
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ finish-install:
 	@INSTALL@ License.* @prefix@/cantera
 	@INSTALL@ tools/src/finish_install.py tools/bin
 	(PYTHONPATH=''; @PYTHON_CMD@ tools/bin/finish_install.py @prefix@ @PYTHON_CMD@)
+	chmod +x @ct_bindir@/ctnew
+
 #@INSTALL@ bin/ctmkmf @ct_bindir@/ctnew
 #@INSTALL@ bin/cxx_examples @ct_demodir@/c++