diff --git a/alpm/mingwbundle.cpp b/alpm/mingwbundle.cpp
index cdc5ee7..1033ea6 100644
--- a/alpm/mingwbundle.cpp
+++ b/alpm/mingwbundle.cpp
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ void MingwBundle::addDependencies(const Package *pkg)
                         decltype(m_packages)::value_type entry(syncDbEntry.second.get(), pkg);
                         if(find(m_packages.cbegin(), m_packages.cend(), entry) == m_packages.cend()) {
                             m_packages.emplace_back(entry);
+                            addDependencies(pkg);
                         }
                     }
-                    addDependencies(pkg);
                     found = true;
                     break;
                 }
@@ -336,13 +336,17 @@ void makeArchive(const list<PkgFileInfo> &pkgFiles, const QByteArray &pkgList, c
         throw runtime_error("Specified archive format \"" + targetFormat + "\" is unknown.");
     }
     if(targetArchive->open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
+        // add note
+        targetArchive->writeFile(root + QStringLiteral("/note.txt"), QByteArray("This archive has been created with Martchus' repository indexing tool.\n"
+                                                                                "List of included packages: var/lib/repoindex/packages.list\n"
+                                                                                "More info: http://martchus.netai.net/page.php?name=programming"));
         // add package list
         if(!pkgList.isEmpty()) {
-            targetArchive->writeFile(root % QStringLiteral("/var/lib/repoindex/packages.list"), pkgList, 0100644);
+            targetArchive->writeFile(root + QStringLiteral("/var/lib/repoindex/packages.list"), pkgList);
         }
         // set default icon theme
         if(!indexFile.isEmpty()) {
-            targetArchive->writeFile(root % QStringLiteral("/share/icons/default/index.theme"), indexFile, 0100644);
+            targetArchive->writeFile(root + QStringLiteral("/share/icons/default/index.theme"), indexFile);
         }
         // add relevant files from packages
         for(const auto &pkgFile : pkgFiles) {
@@ -445,7 +449,7 @@ void MingwBundle::createBundle(const string &targetDir, const string &targetName
     }
     QJsonDocument pkgList;
     pkgList.setArray(pkgArray);
-    QByteArray pkgListBytes = pkgList.toJson();
+    const QByteArray pkgListBytes = pkgList.toJson();
     QByteArray indexFileBytes;
     if(!defaultIconTheme.empty()) {
         indexFileBytes.reserve(23 + defaultIconTheme.size());