diff --git a/poky/scripts/oe-pkgdata-browser b/poky/scripts/oe-pkgdata-browser
index 8d22318..a3a3819 100755
--- a/poky/scripts/oe-pkgdata-browser
+++ b/poky/scripts/oe-pkgdata-browser
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@
     from configparser import ConfigParser
     from itertools import chain
 
-    parser = ConfigParser()
+    parser = ConfigParser(delimiters=('='))
     if suffix:
-        parser.optionxform = lambda option: option.replace("_" + suffix, "")
+        parser.optionxform = lambda option: option.replace(":" + suffix, "")
     with open(filename) as lines:
-        lines = chain(("[fake]",), lines)
+        lines = chain(("[fake]",), (line.replace(": ", " = ", 1) for line in lines))
         parser.read_file(lines)
 
     # TODO extract the data and put it into a real dict so we can transform some
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@
         update_deps("RPROVIDES", "Provides: ", self.provides_label, clickable=False)
 
     def load_recipes(self):
+        if not os.path.exists(pkgdata):
+            sys.exit("Error: Please ensure %s exists by generating packages before using this tool." % pkgdata)
         for recipe in sorted(os.listdir(pkgdata)):
             if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(pkgdata, recipe)):
                 self.recipe_iters[recipe] = self.recipe_store.append([recipe])