diff --git a/scheme/.gitignore b/scheme/.gitignore
index c4e538f..2139208 100644
--- a/scheme/.gitignore
+++ b/scheme/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.o
 *.a
+*.tar.gz
 .config
diff --git a/scheme/configure b/scheme/configure
index e2ee945..8d1c722 100755
--- a/scheme/configure
+++ b/scheme/configure
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ clean() {
 # If Makefile exists, grab the existing PROJECT_VER and CFLAGS variables and use them
 if [ -f $OUTPUT ]; then
 	PROJECT_VER=$(cat $OUTPUT | grep "export VERSION" | sed -e 's/^.*=[ ]*//g')
-	CFLAGS=$(cat $OUTPUT | grep "export CFLAGS" | sed -e 's/^.*=[ ]*//g')
+	CFLAGS=$(cat $OUTPUT | grep "export CFLAGS" | sed -e 's/^export CFLAGS\s*=\s*//')
 	MANPATH=$(cat $OUTPUT | grep "export MANPATH" | sed -e 's/^.*[ ]*//g')
 else
 	PROJECT_VER="0.1.0"