diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index aab16c0..fb4fcb1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.12.7.1-dev
+2.12.7.1-dev1
diff --git a/makefiles/commands/kail.mk b/makefiles/commands/kail.mk
index ff6691d..f757a33 100644
--- a/makefiles/commands/kail.mk
+++ b/makefiles/commands/kail.mk
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 KAIL_PATH ?= $(if $(WORKSPACE),$(WORKSPACE)/bin,/usr/local/bin)
 kail-cmd  ?= $(KAIL_PATH)/kail
 $(kail-cmd):
+	mkdir -p "$(dir $@)"
 	etc/godownloader.sh -b .
 	rsync -v --checksum kail "$@"
 	$@ version
diff --git a/makefiles/commands/kind.mk b/makefiles/commands/kind.mk
index 4359083..81c68b1 100644
--- a/makefiles/commands/kind.mk
+++ b/makefiles/commands/kind.mk
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
 #       + revisit this, system directories should not be a default path.
 #       + requires sudo and potential exists for overwrite conflict.
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-KIND_PATH ?= $(if $(WORKSPACE),$(WORKSPACE)/bin,$(PWD)/bin)
-kind-cmd  ?= $(KIND_PATH)/kind.$(kind-cmd-ver).$(kind-cmd-bin)
+KIND_PATH      ?= $(if $(WORKSPACE),$(WORKSPACE)/bin,$(PWD)/bin)
+kind-cmd-link  ?= $(KIND_PATH)/kind
+kind-cmd       ?= $(kind-cmd-link).$(kind-cmd-ver).$(kind-cmd-bin)
 $(kind-cmd):
 	@echo "kind-cmd = $(kind-cmd)"
 	mkdir -p $(dir $(kind-cmd))
@@ -45,13 +46,13 @@
 	chmod +x "$@"
 	"$@" --version
 
-bin/kind : $(kind-cmd)
+$(kind-cmd-link) : $(kind-cmd)
 	ln -fns $< $@
 
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 .PHONY: install-command-kind
-install-command-kind : bin/kind
+install-command-kind : $(kind-cmd-link)
 
 clean ::
 	$(RM) bin/kind $(kind-cmd)