diff --git a/buildglyphs.ptl b/buildglyphs.ptl
index eeee79a..aedb719 100644
--- a/buildglyphs.ptl
+++ b/buildglyphs.ptl
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ export as build : define [buildFont para recursive recursiveCodes] : begin
 		return dp
 	define [create-glyph] : match [Array.prototype.slice.call arguments 0]
 		`[@name @actions] : begin
-			if (pickHash && nPending <= 0) : begin
-				if para.verbose : console.log "    *** Done recursive build for \[if (recursive.length > 3) [recursive.slice 0 3 :.concat {'...'} :.join ','] [recursive.join ',']] in \(font.name.uniqueSubFamily)"
-				throw {.glyfMap glyphs}
 			if (pickHash && [not pickHash.(name)]) : return nothing
 
 			if para.verbose : console.log name
@@ -179,7 +176,8 @@ export as build : define [buildFont para recursive recursiveCodes] : begin
 		include markset.e
 		save 'space' ' '
 	
-	define capture : object metrics $NamedParameterPair$ $donothing$ para recursive recursiveCodes variantSelector font glyphs glyphList unicodeGlyphs create-glyph $save$ spirofns markset MARK BASE AS_BASE ALSO_METRICS pickHash dependencyProfile getDependencyProfile buildFont newtemp tagged TempFont includeGlyphPart compsiteMarkSet
+	# IDKY, but wrapping "metrics" prevents Node.js on Arch modifying it.
+	define capture : object [metrics : Object.create metrics] $NamedParameterPair$ $donothing$ para recursive recursiveCodes variantSelector font glyphs glyphList unicodeGlyphs create-glyph $save$ spirofns markset MARK BASE AS_BASE ALSO_METRICS pickHash dependencyProfile getDependencyProfile buildFont newtemp tagged TempFont includeGlyphPart compsiteMarkSet
 
 	### HERE WE GO
 	set capture.commonShapes : [import './glyphs/common-shapes.js'].apply.call capture
diff --git a/glyphs/common-shapes.ptl b/glyphs/common-shapes.ptl
index 3f7a86b..c6be0c8 100644
--- a/glyphs/common-shapes.ptl
+++ b/glyphs/common-shapes.ptl
@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@ export : define [apply] : begin
 		local shouldBuildUnicodes : shouldBuildList.map ([x] => [if (glyphs.(x) && glyphs.(x).unicode) glyphs.(x).unicode.0 nothing])
 			:.filter ([x] => [not [not x]])
 		
-		local p : Object.create ps
+		local p {.}
+		foreach [{k v} : pairs-of all ps] : set p.(k) v
 		try : begin
 			local forkFont : buildFont.call [TempFont] p shouldBuildList shouldBuildUnicodes
 		: ex