diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 7fe935b..ab6287b 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ sudo ldconfig
 cd "$FFMPEG_DIR/" || exit
 update_git
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH+="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/"
+export LD_PRELOAD="/usr/local/lib:$LD_PRELOAD"
 make clean
 ./configure --enable-libsvtav1  \
      --enable-libdav1d --enable-libopus \
diff --git a/scripts/recc_encode.sh b/scripts/recc_encode.sh
index 1220736..179e02d 100755
--- a/scripts/recc_encode.sh
+++ b/scripts/recc_encode.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # do not take this as a holy grail.
 
 # global path variables
-SCRIPT_PATH="$(readlink "$(which "$0")")"
+SCRIPT_PATH="$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_PATH")"
 BUILDER_DIR="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")"