diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/container.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/container.sh
index d3fa3ac07..74a48d76b 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/container.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/container.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ _clean_mkinitcpio() {
 _prepare_pacman() {
     # prepare pacman dirs
     echo "Creating directories in ${1}..."
-    mkdir -p "${1}"${_PACMAN_LIB}""
+    mkdir -p "${1}${_PACMAN_LIB}"
     mkdir -p "${1}/${_CACHEDIR}"
     [[ -e "${1}/proc" ]] || mkdir -m 555 "${1}/proc"
     [[ -e "${1}/sys" ]] || mkdir -m 555 "${1}/sys"
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/release.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/release.sh
index fd68b085d..70e5162d0 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/release.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/release.sh
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ _create_iso() {
     echo "Systemd:$(${_NSPAWN} "${_W_DIR}" pacman -Qi systemd | grep Version | cut -d ":" -f2 | sed -e "s/\r//g" -e "s/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g")";\
     echo "";\
     echo "---Complete Package List---";\
-    $(${_NSPAWN} "${_W_DIR}" pacman -Q | sed -e "s/\r//g" -e "s/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g" -e "s/\x1b\[.*[0-9][h;l]//g")) >>Release.txt
+    ${_NSPAWN} "${_W_DIR}" pacman -Q | sed -e "s/\r//g" -e "s/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g" -e "s/\x1b\[.*[0-9][h;l]//g") >>Release.txt
     # removing container
     echo "Removing container ${_W_DIR}..."
     rm -r "${_W_DIR}"