diff --git a/scripts/linux/linux_make_it.sh b/scripts/linux/linux_make_it.sh
index 39f6df8de..3257c760d 100644
--- a/scripts/linux/linux_make_it.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux/linux_make_it.sh
@@ -9,23 +9,39 @@
 #
 # Without given arguments, MeshLab will be built in the meshlab/src
 # directory, and binaries and AppImage will be placed in meshlab/distrib.
-# 
+#
 # You can give as argument the BUILD_PATH, and meshlab binaries and
 # AppImage will be then placed inside BUILD_PATH/distrib.
 
-#checking for parameters
-if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]
-then
-    BUILD_PATH="../../src"
-    DISTRIB_PATH="../../distrib"
-else
-    BUILD_PATH=$(realpath $1)
-    BUILD_PATH=$BUILD_PATH/distrib
-fi
+SCRIPTS_PATH="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
+SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../../src
+BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/build
+INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/install
+CORES="-j4"
 
-cd "$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"; #move to script directory
+#check parameters
+for i in "$@"
+do
+case $i in
+    -b=*|--build_path=*)
+    BUILD_PATH="${i#*=}"
+    shift # past argument=value
+    ;;
+    -i=*|--install_path=*)
+    INSTALL_PATH="${i#*=}"/usr/
+    shift # past argument=value
+    ;;
+    -j*)
+    CORES=$i
+    shift # past argument=value
+    ;;
+    *)
+          # unknown option
+    ;;
+esac
+done
 
-sh linux_build.sh $BUILD_PATH
-sh linux_make_bundle.sh $DISTRIB_PATH
-sh linux_deploy.sh $DISTRIB_PATH
-sh linux_appimages.sh $DISTRIB_PATH
+sh $SCRIPTS_PATH/linux_build.sh -b=$BUILD_PATH -i=$INSTALL_PATH $CORES
+sh $SCRIPTS_PATH/linux_make_bundle.sh $INSTALL_PATH
+sh $SCRIPTS_PATH/linux_deploy.sh $INSTALL_PATH
+sh $SCRIPTS_PATH/linux_appimages.sh $INSTALL_PATH
diff --git a/scripts/macos/macos_build.sh b/scripts/macos/macos_build.sh
index 80d10cf35..21f290234 100644
--- a/scripts/macos/macos_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/macos/macos_build.sh
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@
 # -b and -i arguments are also supported.
 
 #realpath function
-realpath() {
-    [[ $1 = /* ]] && echo "$1" || echo "$PWD/${1#./}"
-}
+#realpath() {
+#    [[ $1 = /* ]] && echo "$1" || echo "$PWD/${1#./}"
+#}
 
 #default paths wrt the script folder
 SCRIPTS_PATH=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
-BUILD_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../../src/build
-INSTALL_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../../src/install
+SOURCE_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../../src
+BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/build
+INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/install
 CORES="-j4"
 
 #check parameters
@@ -56,15 +57,6 @@ then
     mkdir -p $INSTALL_PATH
 fi
 
-BUILD_PATH=$(realpath $BUILD_PATH)
-INSTALL_PATH=$(realpath $INSTALL_PATH)
-
-#move to script directory
-cd $SCRIPTS_PATH
-
-#source path wrt script path
-SOURCE_PATH=$PWD/../../src
-
 cd $BUILD_PATH
 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALL_PATH $SOURCE_PATH
 make $CORES