diff --git a/asm/.gitignore b/asm/.gitignore
index 378eac2..5eb58a5 100644
--- a/asm/.gitignore
+++ b/asm/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 build
+lips
diff --git a/asm/common.sh b/asm/common.sh
index 720c35b..05a4a5d 100644
--- a/asm/common.sh
+++ b/asm/common.sh
@@ -13,17 +13,20 @@ rom="$(readlink -f "$rom")"
 mkdir -p build
 quiet=0
 
-[ ! -s "$YAZ0" ] && cc -O3 "${YAZ0}.c" -o "$YAZ0"
+patchme="build/patchme"
+
+#[ ! -s "$YAZ0" ] && cc -O3 "${YAZ0}.c" -o "$YAZ0"
 
 dump() {
-    (cd "$(dirname "$DUMP")"; ./z64dump.py "$@")
+    #(cd "$(dirname "$DUMP")"; ./z64dump.py "$@")
+    "$DUMP" "$@"
 }
 
-if [ $fast -eq 0 ] || [ ! -d patchme ]; then
+if [ $fast -eq 0 ] || [ ! -d "$patchme" ]; then
     if [ -n "$sha1" ]; then
-        [ -d build/patchme ] && rm -r build/patchme
+        [ -d "$patchme" ] && rm -r "$patchme"
         dump -c "$rom"
-        mv ../"$sha1" build/patchme
+        mv "$sha1" "$patchme"
     else
         cp "$rom" "build/$out"
     fi
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ ratio() {
     local len2="$(wc -c < "$2")"
 
     if [ $len1 -eq 0 ]; then
-        [ $quiet -le 0 ] && echo emptIy
+        [ $quiet -le 0 ] && echo empty
     else
         let percent=(len2*100)/len1
         [ $quiet -le 0 ] && echo "ratio: $percent%"
@@ -43,19 +46,19 @@ ratio() {
 }
 
 unc() {
-    local in=patchme/"$1".Yaz0
-    local out=patchme/"$1"
+    local in="$patchme"/"$1".Yaz0
+    local out="$patchme"/"$1"
 
     [ -e "$in" ] || return 0
     "$YAZ0" "$in" > "$out"
     [ $quiet -le 0 ] && echo "uncompressed $1"
     ratio "$out" "$in" || true
-    rm patchme/"$1".Yaz0
+    rm "$patchme"/"$1".Yaz0
 }
 
 comp() {
-    local in=patchme/"$1"
-    local out=patchme/"$1".Yaz0
+    local in="$patchme"/"$1"
+    local out="$patchme"/"$1".Yaz0
 
     [ -e "$in" ] || return 0
     "$YAZ0" "$in" > "$out"
@@ -69,14 +72,9 @@ comp() {
 }
 
 copy_rom() {
-    dd if=patchme.z64 of="$1" bs=$((1024*1024)) count="${2:-32}" status=none
+    dd if="$patchme".z64 of="$1" bs=$((1024*1024)) count="${2:-32}" status=none
 }
 
-cp *.lua build/
-cp *.asm build/
-#cp *.bin build/
-cd build
-
 # don't copy entire dir; avoid copying dotfiles (.git)
 mkdir -p lips
 cp "$lips"/* lips
diff --git a/asm/mm-bq b/asm/mm-bq
index 4ac5bd5..fb20e57 100755
--- a/asm/mm-bq
+++ b/asm/mm-bq
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 set -e
 
 sha1=d6133ace5afaa0882cf214cf88daba39e266c078
-#extracted=../dump/mm-US10-"$sha1"
 rom=../../roms/everything/"Legend of Zelda, The - Majora's Mask (U) [!].z64"
 out=mm-bq.z64
 
@@ -15,16 +14,16 @@ unc "$code"
 
 dd if=/dev/zero of=extra bs=370688 count=1 2>/dev/null
 
-luajit patch.lua -e labels.lua -b 0x80780000 "$@" extra.asm extra
-luajit patch.lua -i labels.lua "$@" code.asm patchme/"$code"
+luajit patch.lua -e build/labels.lua -b 0x80780000 "$@" extra.asm extra
+luajit patch.lua -i build/labels.lua "$@" code.asm build/patchme/"$code"
 
 # ensure the file is the proper size (Lua seems to expand it?)
-dd if=extra of=patchme/"$extra" bs=370688 count=1 2>/dev/null
+dd if=extra of=build/patchme/"$extra" bs=370688 count=1 2>/dev/null
 rm extra
 
 if [ $fast -ne 2 ]; then
     comp "$code"
     comp "$extra"
-    dump asm/build/patchme
-    copy_rom "$out" 32
+    dump "$patchme"
+    copy_rom "build/$out" 32
 fi
diff --git a/asm/oot-dbg-comp b/asm/oot-dbg-comp
index 1973ed9..279bd6d 100644
--- a/asm/oot-dbg-comp
+++ b/asm/oot-dbg-comp
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ for f in \
   "1516 V035B3000 test01_scene" \
   "1517 V035B7000 test01_room_0" \
 ; do
-    rm patchme/"$f"
-    touch patchme/"$f"
+    rm "$patchme"/"$f"
+    touch "$patchme"/"$f"
     echo "deleted $f"
 done
 
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ for f in \
     "0985 V01E26000 vr_IPVR_static" \
     "0999 V01F2D000 vr_LBVR_static" \
 ; do
-    rm patchme/"$f"
-    touch patchme/"$f"
+    rm "$patchme"/"$f"
+    touch "$patchme"/"$f"
     echo "deleted $f"
 done
 
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ if [ $fast -ne 2 ]; then
 #   comp "$title"
     # z64dump.py doesn't have compression support rn
     # so we'll do this ourselves
-    for f in patchme/*; do
+    for f in "$patchme"/*; do
         ext="${f##*.}" # warning: not robust
         dirless="${f##*/}" # warning: not robust
         n="${dirless:0:4}"
@@ -325,6 +325,6 @@ if [ $fast -ne 2 ]; then
             quiet=0
         fi
     done
-    dump asm/build/patchme
+    dump "$patchme"
     copy_rom "$out" 32
 fi
diff --git a/asm/oot-spawner b/asm/oot-spawner
index 5b89a91..e578749 100755
--- a/asm/oot-spawner
+++ b/asm/oot-spawner
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ out=oot-spawner.z64
 
 luajit patch.lua \
   -O 0x035D0000 -b $((0x80700000 - 0x035D0000)) \
-  'spawn O EUDB MQ.asm' "$out"
+  'spawn O EUDB MQ.asm' "build/$out"
 
-dump -f asm/build/"$out"
+dump -f "build/$out"
diff --git a/asm/oot-widescreen b/asm/oot-widescreen
index bb12e0b..ec2fddb 100755
--- a/asm/oot-widescreen
+++ b/asm/oot-widescreen
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ out=oot-widescreen.z64
 
 luajit patch.lua \
   -O 0x035D0000 -b $((0x80700000 - 0x035D0000)) \
-  widescreen-inline-rom.asm "$out"
+  widescreen-inline-rom.asm "build/$out"
 
-dump -f asm/build/"$out"
+dump -f "build/$out"