diff --git a/utils/releasetools/03_test_release.sh b/utils/releasetools/03_test_release.sh
index 169e965d5d8..493d0b74cfd 100755
--- a/utils/releasetools/03_test_release.sh
+++ b/utils/releasetools/03_test_release.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ echo "Doing sanity test on the actual tarball"
 
 cd /tmp
 rm -rf test_release_tmp_dir
+mkdir test_release_tmp_dir
 cd test_release_tmp_dir
 rm -f $TARNAME
 rm -rf redis-${TAG}
diff --git a/utils/releasetools/04_release_hash.sh b/utils/releasetools/04_release_hash.sh
index bc1ebb66cd5..d932928031d 100755
--- a/utils/releasetools/04_release_hash.sh
+++ b/utils/releasetools/04_release_hash.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ fi
 
 SHA=$(curl -s http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-${1}.tar.gz | shasum -a 256 | cut -f 1 -d' ')
 ENTRY="hash redis-${1}.tar.gz sha256 $SHA http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-${1}.tar.gz"
-echo $ENTRY >> ~/hack/redis-hashes/README
-vi ../redis-hashes/README
+echo $ENTRY >> ../redis-hashes/README
 echo "Press any key to commit, Ctrl-C to abort)."
 read yes
 (cd ../redis-hashes; git commit -a -m "${1} hash."; git push)