diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d9da131d4..6fd435f28 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ if (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND AND (SYSTEM_FMT OR SYSTEM_LIBSNDFILE OR SYSTEM_ZLIB OR SYST
 endif()
 
 # why 3.16..... why not 3.0?
-if (CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 3 AND CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 16)
+if (NOT "${CMAKE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.16")
   if (BUILD_GUI)
   target_precompile_headers(furnace PUBLIC
     $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/pch.h>
diff --git a/scripts/release-linux.sh b/scripts/release-linux.sh
index bb6d944f5..a87602536 100755
--- a/scripts/release-linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/release-linux.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ rmdir share || exit 1
 cd ..
 
 cp ../../../LICENSE . || exit 1
-cp ../../res/releaseReadme/stable-linux.txt README.md || exit 1
+cp ../../../res/releaseReadme/stable-linux.txt README.md || exit 1
 cp -r ../../../papers papers || exit 1
 curl "https://tildearrow.org/furproto/manual.pdf" > manual.pdf
 rmdir usr || exit 1