diff --git a/theme b/theme
index 0bb70f4..ca5ae43 100755
--- a/theme
+++ b/theme
@@ -18,15 +18,17 @@
 # this source code; if not, write to:
 # Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
+typeset DIR CMD
 
-DIR=`dirname $0`
-CMD=`basename $0`
+DIR="`dirname $0`"
+CMD="`basename $0`"
 { test -r $DIR } || {
     echo "error: launch webnomad commands from your project directory"
     echo "i.e: ./$DIR/$CMD"
     return 1
 }
 
+
 source ${DIR}/utils
 
 { test -r config.zsh } || {
diff --git a/utils b/utils
index 5da558d..f292e73 100755
--- a/utils
+++ b/utils
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 # Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
 # initialize paths
-DIR=`dirname $SYS` # project dir
-
 
 VERSION=0.3