diff --git a/cook.sh b/cook.sh
index ee9f98aa6..28e265d43 100755
--- a/cook.sh
+++ b/cook.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 export TARGET=x86_64-unknown-redox
 
 # Automatic variables
-ROOT="$PWD"
+ROOT="$(cd `dirname "$0"` && pwd)"
 REPO="$ROOT/repo/$TARGET"
 export CC="$ROOT/libc-artifacts/gcc.sh"
 
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ function op {
 
 if [ -n "$1" ]
 then
-    if [ -d "recipes/$1" ]
+    if [ -d "$ROOT/recipes/$1" ]
     then
-        cd "recipes/$1"
+        cd "$ROOT/recipes/$1"
         source recipe.sh
         for arg in "${@:2}"
         do
diff --git a/recipes/uutils/recipe.sh b/recipes/uutils/recipe.sh
index 25cf456fe..368be3a89 100644
--- a/recipes/uutils/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/uutils/recipe.sh
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
 GIT=https://github.com/uutils/coreutils.git
+CARGOFLAGS="--no-default-features --features=generic"
+
+function recipe_build {
+    echo "Skipping build of uutils"
+    return 1
+}