diff --git a/bin/scripts/gotta-patch-em-all-font-patcher!.sh b/bin/scripts/gotta-patch-em-all-font-patcher!.sh
index d2e24be6c..255454a65 100755
--- a/bin/scripts/gotta-patch-em-all-font-patcher!.sh
+++ b/bin/scripts/gotta-patch-em-all-font-patcher!.sh
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ function generate_info {
   # into the destination. This will overwrite all same-names files
   # so make sure all licenses of one fontface are identical
   echo "$LINE_PREFIX * Copying license files"
-  copy_license "$(find_font_root $config_dir)" "$patched_font_dir"
+  copy_license "$(find_font_root $current_dir)" "$patched_font_dir"
 }
 
 
diff --git a/bin/scripts/standardize-and-complete-readmes.sh b/bin/scripts/standardize-and-complete-readmes.sh
index 7ce0d753f..e56eccd24 100755
--- a/bin/scripts/standardize-and-complete-readmes.sh
+++ b/bin/scripts/standardize-and-complete-readmes.sh
@@ -60,12 +60,11 @@ do
     continue
   fi
 
-  dirname=$(dirname "$filename")
-  searchdir=$filename
   base_directory=$(echo "$filename" | cut -d "/" -f2)
+  searchdir=$base_directory
 
   # limit looking for the readme files in the parent dir not the child dirs:
-  if [[ $dirname != "." ]];
+  if [ "$dirname" != "." -a -n "$dirname" ];
   then
     searchdir=$dirname
   else