diff --git a/create.sh b/create.sh
index 85c3d5e..27c2f2b 100755
--- a/create.sh
+++ b/create.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 #
 #  (c)2006, Laurence Withers. Released under the GNU GPL. See file
 #  COPYING for details.
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ DEVSCRIPTS="$(pwd)/scripts"
 
 
 # Get arguments, include standard functions
-source ${TEMPLATE}/scripts/functions.sh || exit 1
+source "${TEMPLATE}/scripts/functions.sh" || exit 1
 DEST_DIR="${DEST_DIR}/${P}"
 
 
 
 # Ensure that we have our .lwbuildrc set up correctly.
-LWBUILDRC="~/.lwbuildrc"
-if [ ! -e ${LWBUILDRC} ]
+LWBUILDRC="${HOME}/.lwbuildrc"
+if [ ! -e "${LWBUILDRC}" ]
 then
     echo "You don't have a ${LWBUILDRC}, so I'll create a blank one for you."
     do_cmd cp skel-.lwbuildrc ${LWBUILDRC}