diff --git a/package/tschmidt/scanlogd/Makefile b/package/tschmidt/scanlogd/Makefile
index 469df5c03..27ab8cc64 100644
--- a/package/tschmidt/scanlogd/Makefile
+++ b/package/tschmidt/scanlogd/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ OBJS = $(OBJS_COMMON) in_linux.o in_nids.o in_pcap.o
 default: libnids
 
 install: default
-	cp scanlogd $(ROOT)/$(PREFIX)/sbin/
+	cp -f scanlogd $(ROOT)/$(PREFIX)/sbin/
 
 linux: $(OBJS_COMMON) in_linux.o
 	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS_COMMON) in_linux.o -o scanlogd
diff --git a/package/tschmidt/scanlogd/scanlogd.conf b/package/tschmidt/scanlogd/scanlogd.conf
index 9b3be70b7..3e8082425 100644
--- a/package/tschmidt/scanlogd/scanlogd.conf
+++ b/package/tschmidt/scanlogd/scanlogd.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 premake="echo PREFIX=$prefix > $builddir/scanlogd-$ver/Makefile"
-premake="$premake; echo ROOT=$root >> $builddir/scanlogd-$ver/Makefile"
-premake="$premake; cat $confdir/Makefile >> $builddir/scanlogd-$ver/Makefile"
+var_append premake ";" "echo ROOT=$root >> $builddir/scanlogd-$ver/Makefile"
+var_append premake ";" "cat $confdir/Makefile >> $builddir/scanlogd-$ver/Makefile"
 postmake="install_init scanlog $confdir/scanlogd.init"