diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aa014b79..2cb12884 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH), lin)
 		-lpthread -lGL -ldl \
 		$(shell pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0) \
 		-Ldep/lib -lGLEW -lglfw -ljansson -lspeexdsp -lcurl -lzip -lrtaudio -lrtmidi -lcrypto -lssl
-	TARGET = Rack
+	TARGET := Rack
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH), mac)
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH), mac)
 	LDFLAGS += -stdlib=libc++ -lpthread -ldl \
 		-framework Cocoa -framework OpenGL -framework IOKit -framework CoreVideo \
 		-Ldep/lib -lGLEW -lglfw -ljansson -lspeexdsp -lcurl -lzip -lrtaudio -lrtmidi -lcrypto -lssl
-	TARGET = Rack
-	BUNDLE = dist/$(TARGET).app
+	TARGET := Rack
+	BUNDLE := dist/$(TARGET).app
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH), win)
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH), win)
 		-lgdi32 -lopengl32 -lcomdlg32 -lole32 \
 		-Ldep/lib -lglew32 -lglfw3dll -lcurl -lzip -lrtaudio -lrtmidi -lcrypto -lssl \
 		-Wl,-Bstatic -ljansson -lspeexdsp
-	TARGET = Rack.exe
-	OBJECTS = Rack.res
+	TARGET := Rack.exe
+	OBJECTS += Rack.res
 endif
 
 
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ endif
 
 	# Rack SDK distribution
 	mkdir -p dist/Rack-SDK
-	cp -R LICENSE* res dist/Rack-SDK/
-	cp -R include dist/Rack-SDK/
+	cp LICENSE* dist/Rack-SDK/
 	cp *.mk dist/Rack-SDK/
+	cp -R include dist/Rack-SDK/
 	mkdir -p dist/Rack-SDK/dep/
 	cp -R dep/include dist/Rack-SDK/dep/
 ifeq ($(ARCH), win)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ endif
 
 
 # Obviously this will only work if you have the private keys to my server
-UPLOAD_URL = vortico@vcvrack.com:files/
+UPLOAD_URL := vortico@vcvrack.com:files/
 upload: dist distplugins
 ifeq ($(ARCH), mac)
 	rsync dist/*.dmg $(UPLOAD_URL) -zP
diff --git a/plugin.mk b/plugin.mk
index 1493c0e9..e1b78bcb 100644
--- a/plugin.mk
+++ b/plugin.mk
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ include $(RACK_DIR)/arch.mk
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH), lin)
 	LDFLAGS += -shared
-	TARGET = plugin.so
+	TARGET := plugin.so
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH), mac)
 	LDFLAGS += -shared -undefined dynamic_lookup
-	TARGET = plugin.dylib
+	TARGET := plugin.dylib
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH), win)
 	LDFLAGS += -shared -L$(RACK_DIR) -lRack
-	TARGET = plugin.dll
+	TARGET := plugin.dll
 endif
 
 
diff --git a/src/app/RackWidget.cpp b/src/app/RackWidget.cpp
index c6cb4f25..11710bed 100644
--- a/src/app/RackWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/app/RackWidget.cpp
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ void RackWidget::fromJson(json_t *rootJ) {
 
 	// Display a message if we have something to say
 	if (!message.empty()) {
-		osdialog_message(OSDIALOG_INFO, OSDIALOG_OK, message.c_str());
+		osdialog_message(OSDIALOG_WARNING, OSDIALOG_OK, message.c_str());
 	}
 }