diff --git a/makeRelease.sh b/makeRelease.sh
index f2ba567d8..c985890b2 100755
--- a/makeRelease.sh
+++ b/makeRelease.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ do
     DYLIBS=`otool -L src/$binary | grep "/usr/local" | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }'`
     echo "copying $DYLIBS to $KMD_DIR"
     # copy the dylibs to the srcdir
-    for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; allibs+=dylib; done
+    for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; allibs+=($dylib); done
 done
 
 libraries=("libgcc_s.1.dylib" "libgomp.1.dylib" "libidn2.0.dylib" "libstdc++.6.dylib")
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ do
     DYLIBS=`otool -L $KMD_DIR/$binary | grep "/usr/local" | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }'`
     echo "copying indirect $DYLIBS to $KMD_DIR"
     # copy the dylibs to the srcdir
-    for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; allibs+=dylib; done
+    for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; allibs+=($dylib); done
 done
 
 indirectlibraries=("libintl.8.dylib" "libunistring.2.dylib")
@@ -35,14 +35,18 @@ do
     DYLIBS=`otool -L $KMD_DIR/$binary | grep "/usr/local" | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }'`
     echo "copying $DYLIBS to $KMD_DIR"
     # copy the dylibs to the srcdir
-    for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; allibs+=dylib; done
+    for dylib in $DYLIBS; do cp -rf $dylib $KMD_DIR; allibs+=($dylib); done
 done
 
 for binary in "${binaries[@]}";
 do
     # modify komodod to point to dylibs
     echo "modifying $binary to use local libraries"
-    for dylib in "${allibs[@]}"; do install_name_tool -change $dylib @executable_path/`basename $dylib` $KMD_DIR/$binary; done;
+    for dylib in "${allibs[@]}";
+    do
+        echo "Next lib is $dylib " 
+        install_name_tool -change $dylib @executable_path/`basename $dylib` $KMD_DIR/$binary;
+    done;
     chmod +x $KMD_DIR/$binary
 done