diff --git a/rslib/build/protobuf.rs b/rslib/build/protobuf.rs
index 69b5ffaef..f83fdf635 100644
--- a/rslib/build/protobuf.rs
+++ b/rslib/build/protobuf.rs
@@ -79,10 +79,15 @@ fn service_generator() -> Box<dyn prost_build::ServiceGenerator> {
 
 pub fn write_backend_proto_rs() {
     let out_dir = PathBuf::from(env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
-    let backend_proto = PathBuf::from(
-        env::var("BACKEND_PROTO").unwrap_or_else(|_| "../proto/backend.proto".to_string()),
-    );
-    let proto_dir = backend_proto.parent().unwrap().to_owned();
+    let backend_proto;
+    let proto_dir;
+    if let Ok(proto) = env::var("BACKEND_PROTO") {
+        backend_proto = PathBuf::from(proto);
+        proto_dir = backend_proto.parent().unwrap().to_owned();
+    } else {
+        backend_proto = PathBuf::from("backend.proto");
+        proto_dir = PathBuf::from(".");
+    }
     let fluent_proto = out_dir.join("fluent.proto");
 
     let mut config = prost_build::Config::new();
diff --git a/rslib/src/version.rs b/rslib/src/version.rs
index c3d83252d..b7203ae21 100644
--- a/rslib/src/version.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/version.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use std::env;
 
 fn buildinfo(key: &str) -> &'static str {
-    let buildinfo = include_str!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/../../buildinfo.txt"));
+    let buildinfo = include_str!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/buildinfo.txt"));
     for line in buildinfo.split('\n') {
         let mut it = line.split(' ');
         if it.next().unwrap() == key {