diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Default: ```/usr/local/lib```
 
 ##### elasticsearch.noOfHwNodes
 
-How many hardware nodes we want to run this cluster on.  This prevents multiple nodes from the same cluster to run on a single physical node.
+How many hardware nodes we want to run this cluster on.  This prevents multiple mesos nodes from running on a single physical node.
 
 Default: ```1```
 
diff --git a/bin/build b/bin/build
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--- a/bin/build
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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
 # Our elasticsearch-mesos project version follows the Elasticsearch version number
-PROJVERSION=$(mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:2.1.1:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version | grep -v '\[')
-ESVERSION=$(mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:2.1.1:evaluate -Dexpression=elasticsearch.version | grep -v '\[')
+PROJVERSION=`mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:2.1.1:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version | grep -v '\['`
+ESVERSION=`mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:2.1.1:evaluate -Dexpression=elasticsearch.version | grep -v '\['`
 
 echo Building Elasticsearch $ESVERSION for Mesos