diff --git a/overviewer.py b/overviewer.py
index 1fbbd82..64a1a84 100755
--- a/overviewer.py
+++ b/overviewer.py
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ def main():
     parser.add_option("--web-assets-hook", dest="web_assets_hook", helptext="If provided, run this function after the web assets have been copied, but before actual tile rendering begins. It should accept a QuadtreeGen object as its only argument.", action="store", metavar="SCRIPT", type="function", advanced=True)
     parser.add_option("--web-assets-path", dest="web_assets_path", helptext="Specifies a non-standard web_assets directory to use. Files here will overwrite the default web assets.", metavar="PATH", type="string", advanced=True)
     parser.add_option("--textures-path", dest="textures_path", helptext="Specifies a non-standard textures path, from which terrain.png and other textures are loaded.", metavar="PATH", type="string", advanced=True)
+    parser.add_option("--check-terrain", dest="check_terrain", helptext="Prints the location and hash of terrain.png, useful for debugging terrain.png problems", action="store_true", advanced=False, commandLineOnly=True)
     parser.add_option("-q", "--quiet", dest="quiet", action="count", default=0, helptext="Print less output. You can specify this option multiple times.")
     parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose", dest="verbose", action="count", default=0, helptext="Print more output. You can specify this option multiple times.")
     parser.add_option("--skip-js", dest="skipjs", action="store_true", helptext="Don't output marker.js or regions.js")
@@ -143,6 +144,25 @@ def main():
             print "{name:{0}} {description}".format(name_width, **info)
         sys.exit(0)
 
+    if options.check_terrain:
+        import hashlib
+        from overviewer_core.textures import _find_file
+        from overviewer_core import textures
+        if options.textures_path:
+            textures._find_file_local_path = options.textures_path
+
+        try:
+            f = _find_file("terrain.png", verbose=True)
+        except IOError:
+            logging.error("Could not find the file terrain.png")
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        h = hashlib.sha1()
+        h.update(f.read())
+        logging.info("Hash of terrain.png file is: %s", h.hexdigest())
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+
     if options.advanced_help:
         parser.advanced_help()
         sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/overviewer_core/textures.py b/overviewer_core/textures.py
index 856f7e2..15bc30f 100644
--- a/overviewer_core/textures.py
+++ b/overviewer_core/textures.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import math
 from random import randint
 import numpy
 from PIL import Image, ImageEnhance, ImageOps, ImageDraw
+import logging
 
 import util
 import composite
@@ -47,13 +48,13 @@ def _find_file(filename, mode="rb", verbose=False):
     if _find_file_local_path:
         path = os.path.join(_find_file_local_path, filename)
         if os.path.exists(path):
-            if verbose: print "Found %s in '%s'" % (filename, path)
+            if verbose: logging.info("Found %s in '%s'", filename, path)
             return open(path, mode)
     
     programdir = util.get_program_path()
     path = os.path.join(programdir, filename)
     if os.path.exists(path):
-        if verbose: print "Found %s in '%s'" % (filename, path)
+        if verbose: logging.info("Found %s in '%s'", filename, path)
         return open(path, mode)
     
     path = os.path.join(programdir, "overviewer_core", "data", "textures", filename)
@@ -63,13 +64,13 @@ def _find_file(filename, mode="rb", verbose=False):
         # windows special case, when the package dir doesn't exist
         path = os.path.join(programdir, "textures", filename)
         if os.path.exists(path):
-            if verbose: print "Found %s in '%s'" % (filename, path)
+            if verbose: logging.info("Found %s in '%s'", filename, path)
             return open(path, mode)
 
     if sys.platform == "darwin":
         path = os.path.join("/Applications/Minecraft", filename)
         if os.path.exists(path):
-            if verbose: print "Found %s in '%s'" % (filename, path)
+            if verbose: logging.info("Found %s in '%s'", filename, path)
             return open(path, mode)
 
     # Find minecraft.jar.
@@ -84,12 +85,14 @@ def _find_file(filename, mode="rb", verbose=False):
                 "minecraft.jar"))
     jarpaths.append(os.path.join(programdir,"minecraft.jar"))
     jarpaths.append(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "minecraft.jar"))
+    if _find_file_local_path:
+        jarpaths.append(os.path.join(_find_file_local_path, "minecraft.jar"))
 
     for jarpath in jarpaths:
         if os.path.exists(jarpath):
             try:
                 jar = zipfile.ZipFile(jarpath)
-                if verbose: print "Found %s in '%s'" % (filename, jarpath)
+                if verbose: logging.info("Found %s in '%s'", filename, jarpath)
                 return jar.open(filename)
             except (KeyError, IOError):
                 pass
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 823b5d3..dfe552f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -251,32 +251,11 @@ class CustomBuildExt(build_ext):
         self.inplace = True
         build_ext.build_extensions(self)
         
-class CheckTerrain(Command):
-    user_options=[]
-    def initialize_options(self):
-        pass
-    def finalize_options(self):
-        pass
-    def run(self):
-        from overviewer_core.textures import _find_file
-        import hashlib
-        import zipfile
-        print "checking..."
-        try:
-            f = _find_file("terrain.png", verbose=True)
-        except IOError:
-            log.error("Could not find the file terrain.png")
-            return
-
-        h = hashlib.sha1()
-        h.update(f.read())
-        log.info("Hash of terrain.png file is: %s", h.hexdigest())
 
 setup_kwargs['cmdclass']['clean'] = CustomClean
 setup_kwargs['cmdclass']['sdist'] = CustomSDist
 setup_kwargs['cmdclass']['build'] = CustomBuild
 setup_kwargs['cmdclass']['build_ext'] = CustomBuildExt
-setup_kwargs['cmdclass']['check_terrain'] = CheckTerrain
 ###
 
 setup(**setup_kwargs)