diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 788178d..e3b70ab 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function virtualenv (){
 cd $BUILD_DIR
 curl -s -L -o git.tar.gz http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.9.tar.gz
 tar -zxvf git.tar.gz
-cd git-1.7.9; NO_MSGFMT=yes ./configure  --without-tcltk ; make
+cd git-1.7.9; ./configure  --without-tcltk ; NO_MSGFMT=yes make
 export PATH=:$BUILD_DIR/git-1.7.9/:$PATH
 
 # Reject a non-packaged Django app.