diff --git a/bld.cmd b/bld.cmd
index 21eeda398..4ec48e7f2 100644
--- a/bld.cmd
+++ b/bld.cmd
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ rem  static.html: the static version of the default tiddlers
 node .\tiddlywiki.js ^
 	.\editions\tw5.com ^
 	--verbose ^
-	--output %TW5_BUILD_OUTPUT% ^
-	--rendertiddler $:/core/save/all index.html text/plain ^
-	--savetiddler $:/favicon.ico favicon.ico ^
+	--output . ^
 	--rendertiddler ReadMe .\readme.md text/html ^
 	--rendertiddler ContributingTemplate .\contributing.md text/html ^
 	--rendertiddler $:/core/copyright.txt .\licenses\copyright.md text/plain ^
+	--output %TW5_BUILD_OUTPUT% ^
+	--rendertiddler $:/core/save/all index.html text/plain ^
+	--savetiddler $:/favicon.ico favicon.ico ^
 	--rendertiddler $:/editions/tw5.com/download-empty empty.html text/plain ^
 	--rendertiddler $:/editions/tw5.com/download-empty empty.hta text/plain ^
 	--savetiddler $:/green_favicon.ico %TW5_BUILD_OUTPUT%/static/favicon.ico ^
diff --git a/bld.sh b/bld.sh
index 32f07795c..e90ca436e 100755
--- a/bld.sh
+++ b/bld.sh
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ rm $TW5_BUILD_OUTPUT/static/*
 node ./tiddlywiki.js \
 	./editions/tw5.com \
 	--verbose \
-	--output $TW5_BUILD_OUTPUT \
-	--rendertiddler $:/core/save/all index.html text/plain \
-	--savetiddler $:/favicon.ico favicon.ico \
+	--output . \
 	--rendertiddler ReadMe ./readme.md text/html \
 	--rendertiddler ContributingTemplate ./contributing.md text/html \
 	--rendertiddler $:/core/copyright.txt ./licenses/copyright.md text/plain \
+	--output $TW5_BUILD_OUTPUT \
+	--rendertiddler $:/core/save/all index.html text/plain \
+	--savetiddler $:/favicon.ico favicon.ico \
 	--rendertiddler $:/editions/tw5.com/download-empty empty.html text/plain \
 	--rendertiddler $:/editions/tw5.com/download-empty empty.hta text/plain \
 	--savetiddler $:/green_favicon.ico static/favicon.ico \