diff --git a/autotranslate b/autotranslate
index 0dec02f..2b101a6 100755
--- a/autotranslate
+++ b/autotranslate
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # 
 # ths-autotranslate.sh - automatically translates project files (may initialize files that have not been started to translate) using a specified compendium.
 
-source ths-variables
+source `dirname $0`/ths-variables
 
 if [ ! $MSGINIT ]; then
 	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msginit utility."$ENDCOLOR
diff --git a/pocompare b/pocompare
index dd2691c..8ea078c 100755
--- a/pocompare
+++ b/pocompare
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # ths-pocompare.sh - compare two translation files using diff, unwrapps first 
 # for best comparison.
 
-source ths-variables
+source `dirname $0`/ths-variables
 
 if [ ! $MSGMERGE ]; then
 	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgmerge utility."$ENDCOLOR
diff --git a/pocompare-kdiff3 b/pocompare-kdiff3
index 8539862..a1f1820 100755
--- a/pocompare-kdiff3
+++ b/pocompare-kdiff3
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # ths-pocompare-kdiff3.sh - compare two translation files using kdiff3, 
 # unwrapps first for best comparison.
 
-source ths-variables
+source `dirname $0`/ths-variables
 
 if [ ! $MSGMERGE ]; then
 	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgmerge utility."$ENDCOLOR
diff --git a/potopot b/potopot
index aca68e2..ea1ec21 100755
--- a/potopot
+++ b/potopot
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # ths-potopot.sh - converts po files to pot (template) files (basically 
 # strips all the translation).
 
-source ths-variables
+source `dirname $0`/ths-variables
 
 if [ ! $MSGMERGE ]; then
 	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgmerge utility."$ENDCOLOR
diff --git a/poupdate b/poupdate
index 5f68ac6..b244694 100755
--- a/poupdate
+++ b/poupdate
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 ## First - the necessary checks before going into the loop
 
-source ths-variables
+source `dirname $0`/ths-variables
 
 if [ ! $MSGMERGE ]; then
 	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgmerge utility."$ENDCOLOR
@@ -72,12 +72,14 @@ upd_dir=$1
 tra_tree=$2
 tpl_tree=$3
 
+total_files=`find $upd_dir -name "*.po" | wc -l`
+skipped_files=0
+merged_files=0
+changed_files=0
+
 if [ "$option_verbose" = "Y" ]; then
 	echo "Checking if updated files are in the specified directory ..."
 else
-	total_files=`find $upd_dir -name "*.po" | wc -l`
-	skipped_files=0
-	merged_files=0
 	echo -ne "\r$merged_files/$total_files merged"
 fi
 newtrans=`cd $upd_dir; find . -name "*.po"`
@@ -119,9 +121,8 @@ if [ `cd $tpl_tree; find ${updfile}t  2> /dev/null | wc -l` -lt 1 ]; then
 		echo "File `basename $updfile` does not belong to this translation project,"
 		echo "SKIPPING..."
 		find ${updfile}t -print
-	else
-		skipped_files=$(($skipped_files+1))
 	fi
+	skipped_files=$(($skipped_files+1))
 	continue
 
 fi
@@ -164,8 +165,8 @@ cat $tra_tree/${trafile}.new | sed '/X-Rosetta-Export-Date/d' > $tra_tree/$trafi
 rm $tra_tree/${trafile}.new
 rm $tra_tree/${trafile}.old
 
+merged_files=$(($merged_files+1))
 if [ ! "$option_verbose" = "Y" ]; then
-	merged_files=$(($merged_files+1))
 	echo -ne "\r$merged_files/$total_files merged"
 	if [ ! $skipped_files -eq 0 ]; then
 		echo -ne ", $skipped_files skipped"
@@ -174,6 +175,8 @@ fi
 
 done
 
-if [ ! "$option_verbose" = "Y" ]; then
-	echo
+echo -ne $BLUE"\r$merged_files/$total_files merged"$ENDCOLOR
+if [ ! $skipped_files -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo -ne $BLUE", $skipped_files skipped"$ENDCOLOR
 fi
+echo
diff --git a/stripfuzzy b/stripfuzzy
index 629a975..aba1c2a 100755
--- a/stripfuzzy
+++ b/stripfuzzy
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # 
 # ths-stripfuzzy.sh - makes all fuzzy strings non-fuzzy in a translation project.
 
-source ths-variables
+source `dirname $0`/ths-variables
 
 if [ ! $MSGMERGE ]; then
 	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgmerge utility."$ENDCOLOR
diff --git a/ths-variables b/ths-variables
index 21beacf..69f36ab 100644
--- a/ths-variables
+++ b/ths-variables
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ MSGATTRIB=`which msgattrib 2> /dev/null`
 MSGFILTER=`which msgfilter 2> /dev/null`
 MSGFMT=`which msgfmt 2> /dev/null`
 MSGINIT=`which msginit 2> /dev/null`
-MSGMERGE=`which msgmerg1e 2> /dev/null`
+MSGMERGE=`which msgmerge 2> /dev/null`
 KDIFF3=`which kdiff3 2> /dev/null`
 
 #Colors