diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted.md b/docs/gettingstarted.md
index 84b10966..3574b9e9 100644
--- a/docs/gettingstarted.md
+++ b/docs/gettingstarted.md
@@ -269,6 +269,19 @@ With either of these, test-kitchen will do the following
 
 If `kitchen test` was run, then the `kitchen list` command will show all the instances and what the result of their last command was.
 
+## Run test interactivaly ##
+
+If your `converge` or `verify` step is failing, by default `kitchen` will keep your VM running, so you can login using 
+ssh and debug things from there. To run the `state.apply` that converge is doing, run the following : 
+
+    kitchen login
+    sudo salt-call --config-dir=/tmp/kitchen/etc/salt/ --log-level=debug state.apply 
+
+If you are using the `minion_id` argument run : 
+
+    kitchen login
+    sudo salt-call --config-dir=/tmp/kitchen/etc/salt/ --log-level=debug --id=salt-minion-id state.apply
+
 ## Closing ##
 
 This instance is now tested.  For more information about `kitchen-salt` and `test-kitchen` in general please see the following links:
diff --git a/docs/provisioner_options.md b/docs/provisioner_options.md
index 62139755..7b2b256d 100644
--- a/docs/provisioner_options.md
+++ b/docs/provisioner_options.md
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ Location to place the minion config in the sandbox.
 
 default: `nil`
 
-Local custom minion config template to be used in kitchen-salt.  The default is {file:lib/kitchen/provisioner/minion.erb}
+Local custom minion config template to be used in kitchen-salt. If filename ends in '.erb' it will be loaded as an Ruby ERB template, else it will be copied without modification. The default is {file:lib/kitchen/provisioner/minion.erb}
 
 ### salt_minion_id ###
 
diff --git a/lib/kitchen/provisioner/salt_solo.rb b/lib/kitchen/provisioner/salt_solo.rb
index 731d6655..605ec37f 100644
--- a/lib/kitchen/provisioner/salt_solo.rb
+++ b/lib/kitchen/provisioner/salt_solo.rb
@@ -415,6 +415,13 @@ def prepare_grains
       end
 
       def prepare_dependencies
+        # Dependency scripts are bash scripts only
+        # Copying them clobbers the kitchen temp directory
+        # with a file named `kitchen`. If adding Windows
+        # support for dependencies, relocate into a
+        # sub-directory
+        return if windows_os?
+
         # Write ssh known_hosts
         write_raw_file(File.join(sandbox_path, config[:ssh_home], "known_hosts"), File.read(File.expand_path("../known_hosts", __FILE__)))
         # Write general deploy key. 
@@ -439,6 +446,7 @@ def prepare_dependencies
             write_raw_file(outfile, contents)
           end
         end
+
         # upload scripts
         sandbox_scripts_path = File.join(sandbox_path, config[:salt_config], 'scripts')
         info("Preparing scripts into #{config[:salt_config]}/scripts")