diff --git a/distutils_build.bat b/distutils_build.bat
index a59c4d19fbd026d82587004adf54de47ff027cd4..64ed95abffded9714da5b0976b928e3404143d3c 100644
--- a/distutils_build.bat
+++ b/distutils_build.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
-python.exe setup.py build --force
+python.exe setup.py clean
+python.exe setup.py build
 python.exe setup.py install --prefix dist
-python.exe setup.py sdist --formats=zip
\ No newline at end of file
+python.exe setup.py sdist --formats=zip
+# later:
+#python.exe setup.py bdist_wininst
+python.exe setup.py check
diff --git a/src/vasingleton.cpp b/src/vasingleton.cpp
index 65793bbfd09c4e7f1b9fdba603679f39dc9ef3c7..6167e039e228f8d6a85ec3d55084579a4d11ce12 100644
--- a/src/vasingleton.cpp
+++ b/src/vasingleton.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include <Python.h>
 
 #include "vasingletondoc.hpp"
+
+// All Python 2 VA methods. Also pulls in g_pVAError (Python error trace instance)
 #include "vasingletonmethods.hpp"
 
 // VA methods that will appear in Python if they are added to the following table
@@ -175,5 +177,10 @@ static struct PyModuleDef vamoduledef =
 
 PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_va( void )
 {
-	return PyModule_Create( &vamoduledef );
+	PyObject* pModule = PyModule_Create( &vamoduledef );
+	g_pVAError = PyErr_NewException( "va.error", NULL, NULL );
+	Py_INCREF( g_pVAError );
+	
+	//PyAdd
+	return pModule;
 }