diff --git a/egs/gale_mandarin/s5/run.sh b/egs/gale_mandarin/s5/run.sh
index 74e69e9d12a..fe9fdbdd483 100755
--- a/egs/gale_mandarin/s5/run.sh
+++ b/egs/gale_mandarin/s5/run.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ mfccdir=mfcc
 
 # spread the mfccs over various machines, as this data-set is quite large.
 if [[  $(hostname -f) ==  *.clsp.jhu.edu ]]; then
-  mfcc=$(basename mfccdir) # in case was absolute pathname (unlikely), get basename.
+  mfcc=$(basename $mfccdir) # in case was absolute pathname (unlikely), get basename.
   utils/create_split_dir.pl /export/b{05,06,07,08}/$USER/kaldi-data/egs/gale_mandarin/s5/$mfcc/storage \
     $mfccdir/storage
 fi
@@ -203,5 +203,3 @@ local/split_wer_per_corpus.sh $galeData >> RESULTS
 
 echo training succedded
 exit 0
-
-
diff --git a/egs/hkust/s5/local/nnet3/run_tdnn.sh b/egs/hkust/s5/local/nnet3/run_tdnn.sh
index 35bcc7d7512..30611446ee4 100755
--- a/egs/hkust/s5/local/nnet3/run_tdnn.sh
+++ b/egs/hkust/s5/local/nnet3/run_tdnn.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fi
 if [ $stage -le 9 ]; then
   if [[ $(hostname -f) == *.clsp.jhu.edu ]] && [ ! -d $dir/egs/storage ]; then
     utils/create_split_dir.pl \
-     /export/b0{5,6,7,8}/$USER/kaldi-data/egs/fisher_swbd-$(date +'%m_%d_%H_%M')/s5/$dir/egs/storage $dir/egs/storage
+     /export/b0{5,6,7,8}/$USER/kaldi-data/egs/hkust-$(date +'%m_%d_%H_%M')/s5/$dir/egs/storage $dir/egs/storage
   fi
 
   steps/nnet3/train_dnn.py --stage=$train_stage \