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diff --git a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
index db00c382..9e818341 100644
--- a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@
 
 ##############
 
+# some preconditions we want to establish before loading anything...
+
+# make sure that aliases can be used in non-interactive shells.
+shopt -s expand_aliases
+
+# patch the user variable if we were launched by one of our cron jobs.
+if [ -z "$USER" -a ! -z "$CRONUSER" ]; then
+  export USER="$CRONUSER"
+fi
+
+##############
+
 export ERROR_OCCURRED=
   # there have been no errors to start with, at least.  we will set this
   # to non-empty if something bad happens.
@@ -61,8 +73,7 @@ source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/variables.sh"
   
 # include helpful functions.  we do this every time rather than making it part
 # of variable initialization, because functions cannot be exported to
-# sub-shells in bash (much like aliases cannot, to our infinite chagrin after
-# having migrated from korn shell...).
+# sub-shells in bash.
 source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/functions.sh"
   
 # load some helper methods for the terminal which we'll use below.