diff --git a/pkg/ifupdownbase.py b/pkg/ifupdownbase.py
index 81d1c8f..9d46525 100644
--- a/pkg/ifupdownbase.py
+++ b/pkg/ifupdownbase.py
@@ -22,24 +22,22 @@ class ifupdownBase(object):
     def exec_command(self, cmd, cmdenv=None, nowait=False):
         cmd_returncode = 0
         cmdout = ''
-
         try:
             self.logger.info('Executing ' + cmd)
+            if self.DRYRUN:
+                return cmdout
             ch = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(),
                     stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                     shell=False, env=cmdenv,
                     stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
             cmdout = ch.communicate()[0]
             cmd_returncode = ch.wait()
-
         except OSError, e:
             raise Exception('could not execute ' + cmd +
                     '(' + str(e) + ')')
-
         if cmd_returncode != 0:
             raise Exception('error executing cmd \'%s\'' %cmd +
                 '\n(' + cmdout.strip('\n ') + ')')
-
         return cmdout
 
     def ignore_error(self, errmsg):
diff --git a/pkg/ifupdownmain.py b/pkg/ifupdownmain.py
index 77c4193..c72c232 100644
--- a/pkg/ifupdownmain.py
+++ b/pkg/ifupdownmain.py
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ class ifupdownMain(ifupdownBase):
         self.STATEMANAGER_ENABLE = statemanager_enable
         self.CACHE = cache
 
+        self.logger.debug("Roopa: DRYRUN = %s" %self.DRYRUN)
+
         # Can be used to provide hints for caching
         self.CACHE_FLAGS = 0x0
         self._DELETE_DEPENDENT_IFACES_WITH_NOCONFIG = False
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@ class ifupdownMain(ifupdownBase):
                                         self.ifaceobjdict.keys())
             if dlist:
                 self.logger.debug('%s: ' %ifaceobj.name +
-                                  'got lowerifaces/dependents: %s' %str(dlist))
+                                  'lowerifaces/dependents: %s' %str(dlist))
                 break
         return dlist
 
@@ -614,12 +616,11 @@ class ifupdownMain(ifupdownBase):
         else:
             self.populate_dependency_info(ops)
 
-        self._sched_ifaces(filtered_ifacenames, ops)
-
-        if self.DRYRUN and self.ADDONS_ENABLE:
-            return
-
-        self._save_state()
+        try:
+            self._sched_ifaces(filtered_ifacenames, ops)
+        finally:
+            if not self.DRYRUN and self.ADDONS_ENABLE:
+                self._save_state()
 
     def down(self, ops, auto=False, allow_classes=None, ifacenames=None,
              excludepats=None, printdependency=None, usecurrentconfig=False):
@@ -664,10 +665,12 @@ class ifupdownMain(ifupdownBase):
             return
         else:
             self.populate_dependency_info(ops)
-        self._sched_ifaces(filtered_ifacenames, ops)
-        if self.DRYRUN and self.ADDONS_ENABLE:
-            return
-        self._save_state()
+
+        try:
+            self._sched_ifaces(filtered_ifacenames, ops)
+        finally:
+            if not self.DRYRUN and self.ADDONS_ENABLE:
+                self._save_state()
 
     def query(self, ops, auto=False, allow_classes=None, ifacenames=None,
               excludepats=None, printdependency=None,
@@ -835,9 +838,9 @@ class ifupdownMain(ifupdownBase):
         self._save_state()
 
     def _pretty_print_ordered_dict(self, prefix, argdict):
-        outbuf = prefix + ' {'
+        outbuf = prefix + ' {\n'
         for k, vlist in argdict.items():
-            outbuf += '%s : %s\n' %(k, str(vlist))
+            outbuf += '\t%s : %s\n' %(k, str(vlist))
         self.logger.debug(outbuf + '}')
 
     def print_dependency(self, ifacenames, format):
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler.py b/pkg/scheduler.py
index a087093..6a15235 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler.py
+++ b/pkg/scheduler.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class ifaceScheduler():
         # minor optimization. If operation is 'down', proceed only
         # if interface exists in the system
         if 'down' in ops[0] and not ifupdownobj.link_exists(ifacename):
-            ifupdownobj.logger.info('%s: does not exist' %ifacename)
+            ifupdownobj.logger.debug('%s: does not exist' %ifacename)
             return 
         cenv=None
         if ifupdownobj.COMPAT_EXEC_SCRIPTS:
diff --git a/pkg/statemanager.py b/pkg/statemanager.py
index 5263dd0..4b7782f 100644
--- a/pkg/statemanager.py
+++ b/pkg/statemanager.py
@@ -108,8 +108,9 @@ class stateManager():
         try:
             with open(self.state_file, 'w') as f:
                 if not len(self.ifaceobjdict):
-                    os.remove(self.state_file)
+                    f.truncate(0)
                     return
+                self.logger.debug('saving state ..')
                 for ifaceobjs in self.ifaceobjdict.values():
                     [pickling.save_obj(f, i) for i in ifaceobjs]
         except:
diff --git a/sbin/ifupdown b/sbin/ifupdown
index 96982c1..d7335c3 100755
--- a/sbin/ifupdown
+++ b/sbin/ifupdown
@@ -52,15 +52,11 @@ def run_down(args):
     try:
         iflist = args.iflist
         logger.debug('creating ifupdown object ..')
-        cachearg=(False if (iflist or args.nocache or
-                            args.perfmode or args.noact)
-                            else True)
         ifupdown_handle = ifupdownMain(force=args.force,
                                        withdepends=args.withdepends,
                                        perfmode=args.perfmode,
                                        njobs=args.jobs,
                                        dryrun=args.noact,
-                                       cache=cachearg,
                                        addons_enable=not args.noaddons,
                                        statemanager_enable=not args.noaddons)
 
@@ -116,12 +112,9 @@ def run_reload(args):
 
     try:
         logger.debug('creating ifupdown object ..')
-        cachearg=(False if (args.nocache or
-                            args.perfmode or args.noact) else True)
         ifupdown_handle = ifupdownMain(withdepends=args.withdepends,
                                             perfmode=args.perfmode,
-                                            njobs=args.jobs,
-                                            cache=cachearg)
+                                            njobs=args.jobs)
         ifupdown_handle.reload(['pre-up', 'up', 'post-up'],
                                ['pre-down', 'down', 'post-down'],
                                args.all, None, None,