diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index bfa98cf..d2dcda5 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -60,13 +60,11 @@ virtualenv --no-site-packages . | indent
 if grep -Fxq "pylibmc" requirements.txt
 then
     echo "-----> Noticed pylibmc. Bootstrapping libmemcached."
-    pwd
-    curl -L -O http://cl.ly/0a191R3K160t1w1P0N25/vendor-libmemcached.tar.gz
-    tar -zxvf vendor-libmemcached.tar.gz
+    curl -s -L -O http://cl.ly/0a191R3K160t1w1P0N25/vendor-libmemcached.tar.gz
+    tar -zxvf vendor-libmemcached.tar.gz > /dev/null
     rm vendor-libmemcached.tar.gz
 
     export LIBMEMCACHED=$(pwd)/vendor
-    ls
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index d8d34ff..c0aa9ab 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ config_vars:
 EOF
 
 
-if grep -Fxq "pylibmc" $BIN_DIR/requirements.txt
+if grep -Fxq "pylibmc" $BUILD_DIR/requirements.txt
 then
 cat <<EOF
   LIBRARY_PATH: ./vendor/lib