diff --git a/installation/scripts/install_application_from_zip.sh b/installation/scripts/install_application_from_zip.sh
index 35569a94a45ef0b6f2d3b5d269100abe4ddc088b..b7820a8b6ea3fd9325c62a19a9beae1cb4b8309e 100644
--- a/installation/scripts/install_application_from_zip.sh
+++ b/installation/scripts/install_application_from_zip.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ usage() {
     echo "If specifying a .asc verification file (with -v flag), the program will attempt to create a temp folder in the working directory and verify the signature with gpg." 1>&2
 }
 
-APPLICATION_NAME = "autopsy";
+APPLICATION_NAME="autopsy";
 
 while getopts "n:z:i:j:v:" o; do
     case "${o}" in
     n)
-        APPLICATION_NAME = ${OPTARG}
+        APPLICATION_NAME=${OPTARG}
         ;;
     z)
         APPLICATION_ZIP_PATH=${OPTARG}
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fi
 
 ZIP_FILE_NAME=$(basename -- "$APPLICATION_ZIP_PATH")
 ZIP_NAME="${ZIP_FILE_NAME%.*}"
-APPLICATION_EXTRACTED_PATH=$INSTALL_DIR/$ZIP_NAME
+APPLICATION_EXTRACTED_PATH=$INSTALL_DIR/$ZIP_NAME/
 
 if [[ -d $APPLICATION_EXTRACTED_PATH || -f $APPLICATION_EXTRACTED_PATH ]]; then
     echo "A file or directory already exists at $APPLICATION_EXTRACTED_PATH" >>/dev/stderr
diff --git a/unix_setup.sh b/unix_setup.sh
index a1e570dcff344071bd5adcdcb83b9d94d8053e3d..cd29169b4ac2c3488ed65c02428de011aa41a181 100644
--- a/unix_setup.sh
+++ b/unix_setup.sh
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ usage() {
     echo "Usage: unix_setup.sh [-j java_home] [-n application_name]" 1>&2;
 }
 
-APPLICATION_NAME = "autopsy";
+APPLICATION_NAME="autopsy";
 
 while getopts "j:n:" o; do
     case "${o}" in
         n)
-            APPLICATION_NAME = ${OPTARG}
+            APPLICATION_NAME=${OPTARG}
             ;;
         j)
             JAVA_PATH=${OPTARG}
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ fi
 echo -n "Checking for Java..."
 if [ -n "$JAVA_PATH" ]; then 
     if [ -x "$JAVA_PATH/bin/java" ]; then
-        sed -Ei '/^#?\s*jdkhome=/d' etc/$(APPLICATION_NAME).conf
-        echo "jdkhome=$JAVA_PATH" >> etc/$(APPLICATION_NAME).conf
+        # only works on linux; not os x
+        sed -Ei '/^#?\s*jdkhome=.*$' "etc/$APPLICATION_NAME.conf"
+        echo "jdkhome=$JAVA_PATH" >> etc/$APPLICATION_NAME.conf
     else
         echo "ERROR: Java was not found in $JAVA_PATH."
         exit 1