diff --git a/utils/auc/Makefile b/utils/auc/Makefile
index 731b34be8b..dcbf92c96d 100644
--- a/utils/auc/Makefile
+++ b/utils/auc/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=auc
-PKG_VERSION:=0.0.1
+PKG_VERSION:=0.0.2
 PKG_RELEASE=1
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/cmake.mk
 define Package/auc
   SECTION:=base
   CATEGORY:=Base system
-  TITLE:=attended sysupgrade (CLI version)
+  TITLE:=Attended sysUpgrade CLI (EXPERIMENTAL)
   DEPENDS:=+attendedsysupgrade-common +libblobmsg-json +libubox +libubus \
            +libuci +libuclient +rpcd-mod-rpcsys
 endef
diff --git a/utils/auc/src/auc.c b/utils/auc/src/auc.c
index e7a3c8a7d1..7c344e894a 100644
--- a/utils/auc/src/auc.c
+++ b/utils/auc/src/auc.c
@@ -683,17 +683,15 @@ int main(int args, char *argv[]) {
 	blobmsg_buf_init(&imgbuf);
 	blobmsg_buf_init(&upgbuf);
 
-	if (!ubus_lookup_id(ctx, "system", &id)) {
-		ubus_invoke(ctx, id, "board", NULL, board_cb, &checkbuf, 3000);
-	} else {
+	if (ubus_lookup_id(ctx, "system", &id) ||
+	    ubus_invoke(ctx, id, "board", NULL, board_cb, &checkbuf, 3000)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "cannot request board info from procd\n");
 		rc=-1;
 		goto freebufs;
 	}
 
-	if (!ubus_lookup_id(ctx, "rpc-sys", &id)) {
-		ubus_invoke(ctx, id, "packagelist", NULL, pkglist_cb, &checkbuf, 3000);
-	} else {
+	if (ubus_lookup_id(ctx, "rpc-sys", &id) ||
+	    ubus_invoke(ctx, id, "packagelist", NULL, pkglist_cb, &checkbuf, 3000)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "cannot request packagelist from rpcd\n");
 		rc=-1;
 		goto freeboard;
@@ -741,10 +739,7 @@ int main(int args, char *argv[]) {
 		}
 
 		if (retry || queuepos) {
-			if (imgbuf.buf)
-				free(imgbuf.buf);
-
-			memset(&imgbuf, '\0', sizeof(imgbuf));
+			blob_buf_free(&imgbuf);
 			blobmsg_buf_init(&imgbuf);
 			sleep(3);
 		}
@@ -828,19 +823,11 @@ freeboard:
 	free(version);
 	free(revision);
 
-
 freebufs:
-	if (checkbuf.buf)
-		free(checkbuf.buf);
-
-	if (reqbuf.buf)
-		free(reqbuf.buf);
-
-	if (imgbuf.buf)
-		free(imgbuf.buf);
-
-	if (upgbuf.buf)
-		free(upgbuf.buf);
+	blob_buf_free(&checkbuf);
+	blob_buf_free(&reqbuf);
+	blob_buf_free(&imgbuf);
+	blob_buf_free(&upgbuf);
 
 freessl:
 	if (ssl_ctx)