diff --git a/build b/build
index 0f9f6c8..b389ac8 100644
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -6,18 +6,21 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o errexit
 
 # get config
-if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
-	# has a command-line option, which should be the config file to load from
-	source "$1"
-else
+#if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
+#	# has a command-line option, which should be the config file to load from
+#	source "$1"
+#else
 	source ./config.sh
-fi
+#fi
+
+# make $outputDir if it doesn't exist
+if [ ! -d "$outputDir" ]; then mkdir -p "$outputDir"; fi
 
 # append -buildN build numbers
 #  (build.number file stored in $outputDir)
 if [ $autoNumberBuilds = true ]; then
 	# get the number if file exists, else use 1
-	if [ ! -r "$outputDir/build.number" ]; then
+	if [ -r "$outputDir/build.number" ]; then
 		source "$outputDir/build.number"
 		((build++))
 	else