diff --git a/ex.spec b/ex.spec
index 3fe3288..e3dd247 100644
--- a/ex.spec
+++ b/ex.spec
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
 
 # prefix applies to bindir, libexecdir, and mandir.
 %global debug_package %{nil}
-%define prefix          /usr
-%define bindir          %{prefix}/5bin
-%define libexecdir      %{prefix}/5lib
-%define mandir          %{prefix}/share/man/5man
+%define prefix          /usr/archaic
+%define bindir          %{prefix}/bin
+%define libexecdir      %{prefix}/lib
+%define mandir          %{prefix}/share/man/man
 
 %define preservedir     /var/preserve
 
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 make %{makeflags}
 
 %install
+[ -d %{preservedir} ] || mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{preservedir}
 make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} %{makeflags} install
 
 %clean
diff --git a/ex_version.c b/ex_version.c
index 317fdd3..7217ca7 100644
--- a/ex_version.c
+++ b/ex_version.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
 #include "ex.h"
 
-static char *versionstring = "@(#)Version 4.0 (gritter) 3/25/05";
+static char *versionstring = "@(#)Version 4.0.1 (tildeclub) 10/10/2024";
 
 void 
 printver(void)