diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b8413b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+root = true
+
+# Force GitHub to display tabs
+# mixed with [4] spaces properly.
+[kiss]
+indent_style = tab
+indent_size  = 4
diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 4056dbd..f9f6f58 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -1163,7 +1163,9 @@ pkg_updates() {
                 # ownership of files and directories in the rare
                 # case that the repository is owned by a 3rd user.
                 (
-                    user=$(stat -c %U "$PWD") || user=root
+                    read -r _ _ user _ <<-EOF || user=root
+						$(ls -ld "$PWD")
+					EOF
 
                     id -u "$user" >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
                         user=root
@@ -1339,7 +1341,11 @@ args() {
                     else
                         log "$pkg" "Need permissions to generate checksums"
 
-                        user=$(stat -c %U "$repo_dir") as_root tee "$repo_dir/checksums"
+                        read -r _ _ user _ <<-EOF || user=root
+							$(ls -ld "$PWD")
+						EOF
+
+                        user=$user as_root tee "$repo_dir/checksums"
                     fi
                 }