diff --git a/desktop/scripts/dev.sh b/desktop/scripts/dev.sh
index 6ce5e796..bf65e407 100755
--- a/desktop/scripts/dev.sh
+++ b/desktop/scripts/dev.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 # Run OnionShare desktop, allowing you to use command-line arguments
 
-SCRIPTS_DIR="$( cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
-cd $SCRIPTS_DIR
+SCRIPTS_DIR=$( cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )
+cd "$SCRIPTS_DIR"
 
 cd ../src
 python -c "import onionshare; onionshare.main()" $@
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/build.sh b/docs/build.sh
index 4b147426..e30d6b31 100755
--- a/docs/build.sh
+++ b/docs/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-VERSION=`cat ../cli/onionshare_cli/resources/version.txt`
+VERSION=$(cat ../cli/onionshare_cli/resources/version.txt)
 
 # Supported locales
 LOCALES="en fi pl pt_BR ru tr uk"