diff --git a/autodist b/autodist
index eb26e61..9453ff2 100755
--- a/autodist
+++ b/autodist
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 # Released under the terms of the GNU GPL release 3 license
 #
-VERSION=0.9.6
+VERSION=0.9.7
 me=(${0##*/} $VERSION "Sat Aug 20 2010")
 exec 3>`readlink /proc/self/fd/0`
 
diff --git a/autoport b/autoport
index f39b0ce..da34a39 100755
--- a/autoport
+++ b/autoport
@@ -322,7 +322,12 @@ for TARGET_ARCH in ${TARGET_ARCHS}; do
    BUILD_CPU=`echo $BUILD_PLATFORM | cut -d- -f1`
    TARGET_PLATFORM=`rpm --target $TARGET_ARCH --eval %{_target_platform}`
    TARGET_CPU=`echo $TARGET_PLATFORM | cut -d- -f1`
-   SPECDIR=`rpm --eval %{_specdir}`
+   eval `autospec --eval spec_dir | tail -n1`
+   if [ "$spec_dir" ]; then
+      SPECDIR=$spec_dir
+   else
+      SPECDIR=`rpm --eval %{_specdir}`
+   fi
 
    echo "Build platform is $BUILD_PLATFORM"
    echo "Target platform is $TARGET_PLATFORM"
@@ -476,7 +481,6 @@ for TARGET_ARCH in ${TARGET_ARCHS}; do
                [ "$VERBOSE_MODE" ] && echo "
 %% COMMAND: LANG=C LC_ALL=C autodist -u --rebuild -r ${JOB_CURRENT} --severity 2 -- $STAGEOPTS --changelog \"$REBUILD_CHANGELOG\""
                LANG=C LC_ALL=C autodist -u --rebuild -r ${JOB_CURRENT} --severity 2 -- $STAGEOPTS --changelog \"$REBUILD_CHANGELOG\" &>$tmpfile
-               cat $tmpfile >> $logfile
                [ $? -gt 0 ] && {
                   echo "(FAILED) "
                   autoport_log ${JOB_CURRENT} update failed $tmpfile