diff --git a/src/apps/config/config.c b/src/apps/config/config.c
index f627750..68915b7 100644
--- a/src/apps/config/config.c
+++ b/src/apps/config/config.c
@@ -99,7 +99,18 @@ InitialStoreConfiguration() {
 	char path[XPL_MAX_PATH];
 	int store_pid;
 	char *args[3];
+	BOOL cal_success;
 	
+	// attempt to initialise cal lib. This creates cached data, and can be time
+	// consuming: do it now, rather than in the store (for now, at least)
+	XplConsolePrintf("Initializing calendar data...\n");
+	cal_success = BongoCalInit(XPL_DEFAULT_DBF_DIR);
+	if (! cal_success) {
+		XplConsolePrintf("ERROR: Couldn't initialise calendar library\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	
+	XplConsolePrintf("Initializing store...\n");
 	store_pid = fork();
 	if (store_pid == 0) { 	/* child */
 		static char *install = "--install";
@@ -146,6 +157,7 @@ InitialStoreConfiguration() {
 			goto nmapcleanup;
 		}
 		
+		XplConsolePrintf("Setting default agent configuration...\n");
 		if (!PutOrReplaceConfig(client, "/config", "manager", bongo_manager_config)) {
 			XplConsolePrintf("ERROR: couldn't write /config/manager\n");
 		}
@@ -153,6 +165,8 @@ InitialStoreConfiguration() {
 			XplConsolePrintf("ERROR: couldn't write /config/avirus\n");
 		}
 
+		XplConsolePrintf("Complete.\n");
+
 nmapcleanup:
 		NMAPQuit(client->conn);
 		ConnFree(client->conn);
diff --git a/src/libs/cal/bongo-cal-timezone.c b/src/libs/cal/bongo-cal-timezone.c
index c27e87f..45e13f9 100644
--- a/src/libs/cal/bongo-cal-timezone.c
+++ b/src/libs/cal/bongo-cal-timezone.c
@@ -988,12 +988,10 @@ BongoCalTimezoneInit(const char *cachedir)
         return TRUE;
     }
 
-    printf("libbongocal: Generating system timezone cache\n");
     if (!CacheSystemTimezones(cachedir)) {
         printf("libbongocal: Couldn't generate system timezone cache\n");
         return FALSE;
     }
-    printf("libbongocal: Done generating system timezone cache\n");
     
     timezonesInitialized = TRUE;