diff --git a/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build b/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build
index 596ba48bcd4..66da8f98914 100644
--- a/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build
+++ b/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('keyman-system-service', 'c', 'cpp',
         version: run_command('cat', '../../VERSION.md', check: true).stdout().strip(),
         license: 'GPL-2+',
-        meson_version: '>=1.0')
+        meson_version: '>=0.61')
 
 evdev    = dependency('libevdev', version: '>= 1.9')
 systemd  = dependency('libsystemd')
diff --git a/linux/scripts/reconf.sh b/linux/scripts/reconf.sh
index 4e4f5c1b115..49dfe21b1d0 100755
--- a/linux/scripts/reconf.sh
+++ b/linux/scripts/reconf.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -e
+set -eu
 
 ## START STANDARD BUILD SCRIPT INCLUDE
 # adjust relative paths as necessary
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ echo "Found tier ${TIER}, version ${VERSION}"
 cd ../core
 ./build.sh --no-tests clean:arch configure:arch build:arch
 
+# Building ibus-keyman will also build dependency keyman-system-service
 cd "$BASEDIR/ibus-keyman"
 ./build.sh clean configure
 
 cd "$BASEDIR/keyman-config"
 ./build.sh clean
 
-cd keyman_config
+cd "$BASEDIR/keyman-config/keyman_config"
 sed \
     -e "s/_VERSION_/${VERSION}/g" \
     -e "s/_VERSIONWITHTAG_/${VERSION_WITH_TAG}/g" \