diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 74bae9fb..56e073d9 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
 # --- Unpack Arguments --------------------------------------------------------
 for arg in "$@"; do declare $arg='1'; done
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ if [ "$no_meta" = "" ]
 then
   cd build
   $compile_debug ../src/metagen/metagen_main.c $compile_link $out metagen || exit 1
-  metagen || exit 1
+  ./metagen || exit 1
   cd ..
 fi
 
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ if [ "$ryan_scratch" = "1" ];  then didbuild=1 && $compile ../src/scratch/ryan_s
 cd ..
 
 # --- Warn On No Builds -------------------------------------------------------
-#if [ "$didbuild" = "" ]
-#then
-#  echo "[WARNING] no valid build target specified; must use build target names as arguments to this script, like `./build.sh raddbg` or `./build.sh rdi_from_pdb`."
-#  exit 1
-#fi
+if [ "$didbuild" = "" ]
+then
+  echo "[WARNING] no valid build target specified; must use build target names as arguments to this script, like \`./build.sh raddbg\` or \`./build.sh rdi_from_pdb\`."
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/src/metagen/metagen_os/core/linux/metagen_os_core_linux.c b/src/metagen/metagen_os/core/linux/metagen_os_core_linux.c
index 5169ba0f..2220b63e 100644
--- a/src/metagen/metagen_os/core/linux/metagen_os_core_linux.c
+++ b/src/metagen/metagen_os/core/linux/metagen_os_core_linux.c
@@ -549,7 +549,9 @@ os_file_iter_next(Arena *arena, OS_FileIter *iter, OS_FileInfo *info_out)
     if(good)
     {
       filtered = ((st.st_mode == S_IFDIR && iter->flags & OS_FileIterFlag_SkipFolders) ||
-                  (st.st_mode == S_IFREG && iter->flags & OS_FileIterFlag_SkipFiles));
+                  (st.st_mode == S_IFREG && iter->flags & OS_FileIterFlag_SkipFiles) ||
+                  (lnx_iter->dp->d_name[0] == '.' && lnx_iter->dp->d_name[1] == 0) ||
+                  (lnx_iter->dp->d_name[0] == '.' && lnx_iter->dp->d_name[1] == '.' && lnx_iter->dp->d_name[2] == 0));
     }
     
     // rjf: output & exit, if good & unfiltered
diff --git a/src/os/core/linux/os_core_linux.c b/src/os/core/linux/os_core_linux.c
index 5169ba0f..2220b63e 100644
--- a/src/os/core/linux/os_core_linux.c
+++ b/src/os/core/linux/os_core_linux.c
@@ -549,7 +549,9 @@ os_file_iter_next(Arena *arena, OS_FileIter *iter, OS_FileInfo *info_out)
     if(good)
     {
       filtered = ((st.st_mode == S_IFDIR && iter->flags & OS_FileIterFlag_SkipFolders) ||
-                  (st.st_mode == S_IFREG && iter->flags & OS_FileIterFlag_SkipFiles));
+                  (st.st_mode == S_IFREG && iter->flags & OS_FileIterFlag_SkipFiles) ||
+                  (lnx_iter->dp->d_name[0] == '.' && lnx_iter->dp->d_name[1] == 0) ||
+                  (lnx_iter->dp->d_name[0] == '.' && lnx_iter->dp->d_name[1] == '.' && lnx_iter->dp->d_name[2] == 0));
     }
     
     // rjf: output & exit, if good & unfiltered