diff --git a/.github/actions/linux-install.sh b/.github/actions/linux-install.sh
index 822cb3bc..43f1af5e 100755
--- a/.github/actions/linux-install.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/linux-install.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ export distpath="dist/"
 export gampath="${distpath}/gam"
 rm -rf $gampath
 #mkdir -p $gampath
-export gampath=$(readlink -e $gampath)
+#export gampath=$(readlink -e $gampath)
 $python -OO -m PyInstaller --clean --noupx --strip -F --distpath $distpath gam.spec
 export gam="${gampath}/gam"
 export GAMVERSION=`$gam version simple`
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ this_glibc_ver=$(ldd --version | awk '/ldd/{print $NF}')
 GAM_ARCHIVE="gam-${GAMVERSION}-${GAMOS}-${PLATFORM}-glibc${this_glibc_ver}.tar.xz"
 rm $gampath/lastupdatecheck.txt
 # tar will cd to dist and tar up gam/
-tar -C dist/ --create --file $GAM_ARCHIVE --xz gam
+tar -C ${distpath} --create --file $GAM_ARCHIVE --xz gam
 echo "PyInstaller GAM info:"
 du -h $gam
 time $gam version extended
diff --git a/.github/actions/windows-install.sh b/.github/actions/windows-install.sh
index 68169946..33d5095a 100755
--- a/.github/actions/windows-install.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/windows-install.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export distpath="dist/"
 export gampath="${distpath}/gam"
 rm -rf $gampath
 #mkdir -p $gampath
-export gampath=$(readlink -e $gampath)
+#export gampath=$(readlink -e $gampath)
 pyinstaller --clean --noupx -F --distpath $distpath gam.spec
 export gam="${gampath}/gam"
 echo "running compiled GAM..."