diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 3cc69da..100c3e1 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -26,10 +26,23 @@
 #     can reference them (e.g. {{ get_env(name="PACKAGE_NAME") }}).
 set -euo pipefail
 
-source "$(dirname "$0")/lib/utils.sh"
-source "$(dirname "$0")/lib/logging.sh"
+# Minimal utility functions for bootstrap
+log_info() {
+  echo "[INFO] $1"
+}
 
-source "$(dirname "$0")/config.env"
+log_error() {
+  echo "[ERROR] $1" >&2
+}
+
+validate_arg() {
+  local arg_name="$1"
+  local arg_value="$2"
+  if [[ -z "$arg_value" ]]; then
+    log_error "Missing required argument: $arg_name"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
 
 # ───────────────────────────────────────────────
 VERSION=""
@@ -37,7 +50,9 @@ TAG=""
 PACKAGE_NAME=""
 AUTHOR_NAME=""
 AUTHOR_EMAIL=""
-# CLIFF_CONFIG and OUTPUT_FILE are now sourced from .env
+OUTPUT_FILE="debian/changelog"
+CLIFF_CONFIG=""
+REPO_URL="https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/deb-changelog-action"
 # ───────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 show_help() { sed -n '2,25p' "$0"; }
@@ -53,7 +68,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     --output_file)   OUTPUT_FILE="$2";   shift 2 ;;
     --cliff_config)  CLIFF_CONFIG="$2";  shift 2 ;;
     -h|--help)       show_help; exit 0 ;;
-    *) echo "❌ Unknown option: $1"; show_help; exit 1 ;;
+    *) log_error "Unknown option: $1"; show_help; exit 1 ;;
   esac
 done
 
diff --git a/scripts/generate-changelog.sh b/scripts/generate-changelog.sh
index 4b5c6cf..96aaf50 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-changelog.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-changelog.sh
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ show_help() { sed -n '2,18p' "$0"; }
 # 1 Parse CLI options
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
   case "$1" in
-    -c|--config) [[ $# -lt 2 ]] && { echo "❌ $1 requires a value"; exit 1; }; CONFIG_FILE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
-    -t|--tag)    [[ $# -lt 2 ]] && { echo "❌ $1 requires a value"; exit 1; }; TAG="$2";         shift 2 ;;
-    -o|--out)    [[ $# -lt 2 ]] && { echo "❌ $1 requires a value"; exit 1; }; OUT_FILE="$2";    shift 2 ;;
+    -c|--config) [[ $# -lt 2 ]] && { log_error "$1 requires a value"; exit 1; }; CONFIG_FILE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    -t|--tag)    [[ $# -lt 2 ]] && { log_error "$1 requires a value"; exit 1; }; TAG="$2";         shift 2 ;;
+    -o|--out)    [[ $# -lt 2 ]] && { log_error "$1 requires a value"; exit 1; }; OUT_FILE="$2";    shift 2 ;;
     -d|--debug)  DEBUG=true; shift ;;
     -h|--help)   show_help; exit 0 ;;
-    *)           echo "❌ Unknown option: $1"; show_help; exit 1 ;;
+    *)           log_error "Unknown option: $1"; show_help; exit 1 ;;
   esac
 done
 
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ if [[ "$DEBUG" = false ]]; then
 fi
 
 # 3 Required tools
-need() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null || { echo "❌ $1 is required but not installed"; exit 1; }; }
-source "$(dirname "$0")/../lib/utils.sh"
-source "$(dirname "$0")/../lib/logging.sh"
+need() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null || { log_error "$1 is required but not installed"; exit 1; }; }
 need git; need git-cliff; need sed
 
 # 4 Generate changelog