diff --git a/Allwmake.mingw b/Allwmake.mingw
index 99d83297c..97e1b5b79 100644
--- a/Allwmake.mingw
+++ b/Allwmake.mingw
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ cp -p $MINGW_HOME/bin/libgcc_s_seh-1.dll $FOAM_APPBIN
 cp -p $MINGW_HOME/bin/libstdc++-6.dll $FOAM_APPBIN
 cp -p $MINGW_HOME/bin/libwinpthread-1.dll $FOAM_APPBIN
 echo "Creating release package ... (see `pwd`/createWindowsBinaryPackage.log)"
-./bin/createWindowsBinaryPackage > createWindowsBinaryPackage.log 1>&1
+./bin/createWindowsBinaryPackage > createWindowsBinaryPackage.log 2>&1
 
 echo
 echo "All done!"
diff --git a/bin/createWindowsBinaryPackage b/bin/createWindowsBinaryPackage
index 477045629..99142851f 100755
--- a/bin/createWindowsBinaryPackage
+++ b/bin/createWindowsBinaryPackage
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ cd ${0%/*} || exit 1    # run from this directory
 echo
 echo "=========== FOAM-EXTEND WINDOWS STAND-ALONE PACKAGE CREATION SCRIPT ==========="
 
-if [ "$PWD" != "$WM_PROJECT_DIR" ]
+if [ "$PWD" != "$WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin" ]
 then
-    echo "Error: Current directory is not \$WM_PROJECT_DIR"
+    echo "Error: Current directory is not \$WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin"
     echo "    The environment variable are not consistent with the installation."
     echo "    Check the OpenFOAM entries in your dot-files and source them."
     exit 1