diff --git a/collects/meta/build/build b/collects/meta/build/build
index 4b3dd0c05a..b0a22ed672 100755
--- a/collects/meta/build/build
+++ b/collects/meta/build/build
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ MAIN_BUILD() {
   fi
 
   if is_yes make_bins; then
-    header "Creating archive"
+    header -s "Creating archive"
     _cd "$maindir"
     _rm "$repotgz"
     _cd "$maindir/$cleandir"
@@ -2186,9 +2186,11 @@ BUILD_PRE_WEB() {
     local target="$maindir/$prewebdir/$(basename "$statusscript")"
     {
       echo "#!/bin/bash"
-      local v
-      for v in tmpdir lockfile statusfile statusfile_last bglogfile; do
-        echo "$v=$(eval "\$$var")"
+      echo ""
+      local var
+      for var in tmpdir lockfile statusfile statusfile_last bglogfile; do
+        local val; eval val="\$$var"
+        echo "$var=\$$val"
       done
       echo ""
       cat "$PLTHOME/$statusscript"
diff --git a/collects/meta/build/current-build-status.cgi b/collects/meta/build/current-build-status.cgi
index c11adcc9de..a46cf9438e 100644
--- a/collects/meta/build/current-build-status.cgi
+++ b/collects/meta/build/current-build-status.cgi
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ printf 'Content-type: text/plain\r\n\r\n'
 # cache status reports (avoids excessive work during builds)
 
 # use a lockfile as a cheap hack to time cache refreshing
-if ! lockfile -r 0 -l 5 -s 0 "$cachelock" >& /dev/null \
+if ! lockfile -r 0 -l 30 -s 0 "$cachelock" >& /dev/null \
    && [[ -e "$cache" ]]; then
   cat "$cache"; exit
 fi