diff --git a/bin/check_install.sh b/bin/check_install.sh
index 3e39539..a99c517 100755
--- a/bin/check_install.sh
+++ b/bin/check_install.sh
@@ -27,14 +27,12 @@ fi
 pip install --prefix=$prefix .
 #
 # PYTHONPATH
-count=$(find $prefix -name 'site-packages' | wc -l)
-if [ "$count" -ne 1 ]
+site_packages="$(find $prefix -name 'site-packages' | head -1)"
+if [ "$site_packages" == '' ]
 then
-   echo "check_install.sh: $count site-packages below $prefix"
-   find $prefix -name 'site-packages'
+   echo "bin/check_install.sh: cannot find site-packages below $prefix"
    exit 1
 fi
-site_packages="$(find $prefix -name 'site-packages')"
 if [ -z "${PYTHONPATH+x}" ]
 then
    PYTHONPATH="$site_packages"
diff --git a/bin/grep_and_sed.sh b/bin/grep_and_sed.sh
index cb51066..699cdf2 100644
--- a/bin/grep_and_sed.sh
+++ b/bin/grep_and_sed.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 # Sets the shell variables grep and sed to the gnu version for this system
 #
 # sed, grep
+sed=sed
+grep=grep
 if [ "$(uname)" == 'Darwin' ]
 then
 if which gsed > /dev/null
@@ -15,13 +17,11 @@ if which gsed > /dev/null
       sed=gsed
    else
       echo 'darwin_names.sh: cannot find gsed (gnu sed) on MacOS system'
-      sed=sed
    fi
    if which ggrep > /dev/null
    then
       grep=ggrep
    else
       echo 'darwin_names.sh: cannot find ggrep (gnu grep) on MacOS system'
-      grep=grep
    fi
 fi
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 75547b0..6989b06 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [project]
 name              = 'xrst'
-version           = '2024.9.4'
+version           = '2024.9.7'
 description       = 'Extract RST files from source code and run Sphinx'
 readme            = 'readme.md'
 requires-python   = '>=3.0'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 054cdcb..4fb631a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setup(
    name             = 'xrst',
-   version          = '2024.9.4',
+   version          = '2024.9.7',
    description      = 'Extract RST files from source code and run Sphinx',
    license          = 'GPL-3.0-or-later',
    keywords         = 'sphinx rst documentation source',
diff --git a/xrst/run_xrst.py b/xrst/run_xrst.py
index a3f29cd..c15cfaf 100644
--- a/xrst/run_xrst.py
+++ b/xrst/run_xrst.py
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ def fix_latex(latex_dir, project_name) :
 import xrst
 #
 # version
-version = '2024.9.4'
+version = '2024.9.7'
 #
 def run_xrst() :
    #