diff --git a/src/main/java/org/rascalmpl/maven/AbstractRascalMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/rascalmpl/maven/AbstractRascalMojo.java
index 7098885..be141d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/rascalmpl/maven/AbstractRascalMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/rascalmpl/maven/AbstractRascalMojo.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRascalMojo extends AbstractMojo
 	@Parameter(defaultValue="${project}", readonly=true, required=true)
 	protected MavenProject project;
 
-	@Parameter(property="memory", defaultValue="2G", readonly=true, required=false)
+	@Parameter(property="memory", defaultValue="2G", readonly=false, required=false)
 	protected String memory;
 
 	@Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.build.outputDirectory}", property = "bin", required = true )
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRascalMojo extends AbstractMojo
 	@Parameter(defaultValue = "${session}", required = true, readonly = true)
 	protected MavenSession session;
 
-	@Parameter(defaultValue = "0.41.2", required = false, readonly = false)
+	@Parameter(defaultValue = "0.41.3-RC1", required = false, readonly = false)
 	protected String bootstrapRascalVersion;
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // Can't get @Parameter to work for the pluginManager.
@@ -169,11 +169,9 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
 			}
 
 			for (File resource : resources) {
-				getLog().debug("\tcopying resources: " + resource);
+				getLog().debug("\tregistered resource: " + resource);
 			}
 
-			getLog().info("Checking if any files need compilation...");
-
 			libs.addAll(collectDependentArtifactLibraries(project));
 
 			for (File lib : libs) {
@@ -196,17 +194,20 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
 				true)
 				.waitFor();
 
-				if (exitVal != 0) {
-					throw new MojoExecutionException(mainClass + " exited with error code " + exitVal);
-				}
+                        if (exitVal != 0) {
+                            throw new MojoExecutionException(mainClass + " exited with error code " + exitVal);
+                        }
 
 			return;
 		}
 		catch (InterruptedException e) {
-			throw new MojoExecutionException("nested " + mainClass + " was killed", e);
+			throw new MojoExecutionException(mainClass + " process was killed.", e);
+		}
+		catch (MojoExecutionException e) {
+			throw e;
 		}
 		catch (Throwable e) {
-			throw new MojoExecutionException("error launching " + mainClass, e);
+			throw new MojoExecutionException(mainClass + " process execution threw an unexpected exception.", e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ protected List<File> collectDependentArtifactLibraries(MavenProject project) thr
 	}
 
 	protected final ArtifactVersion getReferenceRascalVersion() {
-		return new DefaultArtifactVersion("0.41.2");
+		return new DefaultArtifactVersion("0.41.3-RC1");
 	}
 
 	protected Path installBootstrapRascalVersion(MavenProject project, MavenSession session) throws MojoExecutionException {
@@ -391,7 +392,18 @@ protected Process runMain(boolean verbose, String moreClasspath, List<File> srcs
 			p.redirectErrorStream(true);
 		}
 
-		return p.start();
+		Process runningProcess = p.start();
+
+		// try to clean up the forked process as nicely as possible if we get killed prematurely ourselves
+		if (runningProcess != null) {
+			Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(() -> {
+				if (runningProcess.isAlive()) {
+					runningProcess.destroy();
+				}
+			}));
+		}
+
+		return runningProcess;
 	}
 
 	protected List<File> getTodoList(File binLoc, List<File> srcLocs, List<File> ignoredLocs, String dirtyExtension, String binaryExtension, String binaryPrefix) throws InclusionScanException, URISyntaxException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/rascalmpl/maven/PackageRascalMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/rascalmpl/maven/PackageRascalMojo.java
index 245dd05..c55cd6d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/rascalmpl/maven/PackageRascalMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/rascalmpl/maven/PackageRascalMojo.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 package org.rascalmpl.maven;
 
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
@@ -31,12 +32,24 @@ public class PackageRascalMojo extends AbstractRascalMojo
 	@Parameter(defaultValue = "|mvn://${project.groupId}--${project.name}--${project.version}/|", property = "sourceLookup", required = true )
     private String sourceLookup;
 
+	@Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.basedir}/target/relocatedClasses", property = "relocatedClasses", required = true )
+    private String relocatedClasses;
+
 	public PackageRascalMojo() {
 		super("org.rascalmpl.shell.RascalPackage", "package");
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
+		super.execute();
+
+		// after this the other plugins (like the shader) should use the new folder
+		project.getBuild().setOutputDirectory(relocatedClasses);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	protected void setExtraParameters() {
 		extraParameters.put("sourceLookup", sourceLookup);
+		extraParameters.put("relocatedClasses", relocatedClasses);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/rascalmpl/maven/TutorRascalMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/rascalmpl/maven/TutorRascalMojo.java
index cfca4f5..918b646 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/rascalmpl/maven/TutorRascalMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/rascalmpl/maven/TutorRascalMojo.java
@@ -102,23 +102,23 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
 				return;
 			}
 
-			getLog().info("configuring paths");
+			getLog().debug("configuring paths");
 			for (File src : srcs) {
-				getLog().info("\tregistered source location: " + src);
+				getLog().debug("\tregistered source location: " + src);
 			}
 
 			for (File ignore : ignores) {
-				getLog().warn("\tignoring sources in: " + ignore);
+				getLog().debug("\tignoring sources in: " + ignore);
 			}
 
 			var deps = collectDependentArtifactLibraries(project);
 			libs.addAll(deps);
 
 			for (File lib : libs) {
-				getLog().info("\tregistered library location: " + lib);
+				getLog().debug("\tregistered library location: " + lib);
 			}
 
-			getLog().info("Paths have been configured.");
+			getLog().debug("Paths have been configured.");
 
 			extraParameters.putAll(Map.of(
 				"license", license,
@@ -159,15 +159,15 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
 				.waitFor();
 
 			if (exitCode != 0) {
-				throw new MojoExecutionException("tutor returned non-zero exit status");
+				throw new MojoExecutionException(mainClass + " terminated with errors.");
 			}
 
 		}
 		catch (InterruptedException e) {
-			throw new MojoExecutionException("nested " + mainClass + " was killed", e);
+			throw new MojoExecutionException(mainClass + " was killed.", e);
 		}
 		catch (Throwable e) {
-			throw new MojoExecutionException("error launching " + mainClass, e);
+			throw new MojoExecutionException(mainClass + " terminated with an exception.", e);
 		}
 	}