diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66f83bf6b..65c770dcf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ core
 *.so
 *.d
 !**/bash_completion.d
+!**/logrotate.d
+!**/keydb.service.d
+!**/keydb-sentinel.service.d
 *.log
 dump.rdb
 src/keydb-pro-server
diff --git a/pkg/rpm/generate_rpms.sh b/pkg/rpm/generate_rpms.sh
index 9416dbaf5..1fb014da8 100755
--- a/pkg/rpm/generate_rpms.sh
+++ b/pkg/rpm/generate_rpms.sh
@@ -1,39 +1,39 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
 ### usage sudo ./generate_rpms
-
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 version=$(grep KEYDB_REAL_VERSION ../../src/version.h | awk '{ printf $3 }' | tr -d \")
 release=1 # by default this will always be 1 for keydb version structure. If build release version needs to be update you can modify here
 arch=$(uname -m)
 dist=el$(rpm -q --queryformat '%{VERSION}' centos-release)
 
-if [ "$arch" != "aarch64" ] || [ "$arch" != "x86_64" ]; then
+if [[ "$arch" != "aarch64" ]] && [[ "$arch" != "x86_64" ]]; then
 	echo "This script is only valid and tested for aarch64 and x86_64 architectures. You are trying to use: $arch"
 fi
 
 # remove any old rpm packages
-rm $PWD/rpm_files_generated/keydb*
+rm $DIR/rpm_files_generated/keydb*
 
 # generate empty directories that github would otherwise delete (avoids .gitkeep in directory)
-mkdir $PWD/keydb_build/keydb_rpm/usr/bin
-mkdir $PWD/keydb_build/keydb_rpm/usr/lib64/redis/modules
-mkdir $PWD/keydb_build/keydb_rpm/var/lib/keydb
-mkdir $PWD/keydb_build/keydb_rpm/var/log/keydb
+mkdir -p $DIR/keydb_build/keydb_rpm/usr/bin
+mkdir -p $DIR/keydb_build/keydb_rpm/usr/lib64/redis/modules
+mkdir -p $DIR/keydb_build/keydb_rpm/var/lib/keydb
+mkdir -p $DIR/keydb_build/keydb_rpm/var/log/keydb
 
 # move binaries to bin
-rm $PWD/keydb_build/keydb_rpm/usr/bin/*
-cp $PWD/../../src/keydb-* $PWD/keydb_build/keydb_rpm/usr/bin/
+rm $DIR/keydb_build/keydb_rpm/usr/bin/*
+cp $DIR/../../src/keydb-* $DIR/keydb_build/keydb_rpm/usr/bin/
 
 # update spec file with build info
-sed -i '2d' $PWD/keydb_build/keydb.spec
-sed -i -E "1a\Version     : $version" $PWD/keydb_build/keydb.spec
-sed -i '3d' $PWD/keydb_build/keydb.spec
-sed -i -E "2a\Release     : $release%{?dist}" $PWD/keydb_build/keydb.spec
+sed -i '2d' $DIR/keydb_build/keydb.spec
+sed -i -E "1a\Version     : $version" $DIR/keydb_build/keydb.spec
+sed -i '3d' $DIR/keydb_build/keydb.spec
+sed -i -E "2a\Release     : $release%{?dist}" $DIR/keydb_build/keydb.spec
 
 # yum install -y scl-utils centos-release-scl rpm-build
 mkdir -p /root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/keydb-pro-$version-$release.$dist.$arch
 cp -r ./keydb_build/keydb_rpm/* /root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/keydb-pro-$version-$release.$dist.$arch/
-rpmbuild -bb /rpm_build/keydb.spec
-mv /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/$arch/* .$PWD/rpm_files_generated
+rpmbuild -bb $DIR/keydb_build/keydb.spec
+mv /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/$arch/* .$DIR/rpm_files_generated
 
 exit