diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 26d3d67fd..b6e034da8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ linux: config.gypi linux/llmr-app.gyp node
 
 # Executes the Linux binary
 run-linux: linux
-	build/$(BUILDTYPE)/mapbox-gl
+	(cd build/$(BUILDTYPE) && ./mapbox-gl)
 
 
 
diff --git a/linux/main.cpp b/linux/main.cpp
index f796a2351..bee52d901 100644
--- a/linux/main.cpp
+++ b/linux/main.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     sigaction(SIGINT, &sigIntHandler, NULL);
 
     // read default stylesheet from disk
-    std::ifstream stylefile("./build/Release/style.min.js");
+    std::ifstream stylefile("./style.min.js");
     std::stringstream stylejson;
     stylejson << stylefile.rdbuf();