diff --git a/scripts/pkgmeek b/scripts/pkgmeek
index a5b129a..c77923e 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgmeek
+++ b/scripts/pkgmeek
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ rm -rf "$work"; mkdir -p "$work"/{src,pkg} && cd "$work"
 	}
 	[ -e "$here" ] || [[ ! $url =~  ^(https|ssh|git)://.*/(.+)\.git ]] || \
 			( "$PKGMK_GIT_COMMAND" clone "$url" "$here" ) || continue
-	# but if not, exit with an informative error message
+# but if not, exit with an informative error message
 	if [ ! -e "$here" ]; then
 		error "failed to download $here. Check connection and try again."
 		errDL+=1
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ for (( u=0; u<${#_local_[@]}; u++ )) ; do
 	here="${_local_[$u]}"
 	case "$here" in
 		*.tar|*.tar.gz|*.tar.Z|*.tgz|*.tar.bz2|*.tbz2|*.tar.xz|*.txz|*.tar.lzma|*.tar.lz|*.zip|*.rpm)
-			[ -d "$here" ] || bsdtar -p -o -C src -xf "$here" || errUZ+=1 ;;
+			bsdtar -p -o -C src -xf "$here" || errUZ+=1 ;;
 		*)
 			cp -r "$here" src/ ;;
 	esac
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ parse_options() {
 	ARGV=( "$@" )	# retain all arguments in case '-r' was not the first
 	while [ "$1" ]; do
 		case $1 in
-			-r|--recursive) recursive "$ARGV" ;;
+			-r|--recursive) recursive "${ARGV[@]}" ;;
 			-c|--clean) [ -x "$PRTWASH_COMMAND" ] && PKGMK_CLEAN="yes" || \
 				{ error "option '-c' not supported ($PRTWASH_COMMAND not installed)";
 						exit 1; } ;;