diff --git a/copyparty/svchub.py b/copyparty/svchub.py
index 366c5990..7d189472 100644
--- a/copyparty/svchub.py
+++ b/copyparty/svchub.py
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ class SvcHub(object):
                     src = ansi_re.sub("", src)
             elif c:
                 if isinstance(c, int):
-                    msg = "\033[3{}m{}".format(c, msg)
+                    msg = "\033[3{}m{}\033[0m".format(c, msg)
                 elif "\033" not in c:
                     msg = "\033[{}m{}\033[0m".format(c, msg)
                 else:
diff --git a/copyparty/up2k.py b/copyparty/up2k.py
index bc3fa9b0..27562d29 100644
--- a/copyparty/up2k.py
+++ b/copyparty/up2k.py
@@ -1137,9 +1137,9 @@ class Up2k(object):
             m = "database is version {}, this copyparty only supports versions <= {}"
             raise Exception(m.format(ver, DB_VER))
 
-        msg = "creating new DB (old is bad); backup: {}"
+        msg = "creating new DB (old is bad); backup: "
         if ver:
-            msg = "creating new DB (too old to upgrade); backup: {}"
+            msg = "creating new DB (too old to upgrade); backup: "
 
         cur = self._backup_db(db_path, cur, ver, msg)
         db = cur.connection
diff --git a/scripts/make-sfx.sh b/scripts/make-sfx.sh
index 63d8b8d8..75f9c5bc 100755
--- a/scripts/make-sfx.sh
+++ b/scripts/make-sfx.sh
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ rm have
 find | grep -E '\.py$' |
   grep -vE '__version__' |
   tr '\n' '\0' |
-  xargs -0 $pybin ../scripts/uncomment.py
+  xargs -0 "$pybin" ../scripts/uncomment.py
 
 f=dep-j2/jinja2/constants.py
 awk '/^LOREM_IPSUM_WORDS/{o=1;print "LOREM_IPSUM_WORDS = u\"a\"";next} !o; /"""/{o=0}' <$f >t
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ suf=
 	suf=-gz
 }
 
-$pybin $py --sfx-make tar.bz2 $ver $ts
+"$pybin" $py --sfx-make tar.bz2 $ver $ts
 mv sfx.out $sfx_out$suf.py
 
 exts+=($suf.py)