diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 507d02e1..cf2cd7c2 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -498,8 +498,8 @@ dist-checked.tag: $(addprefix dist/, $(DIST_SRC) $(DIST_EXTRA))
 	@echo -n '  VERIFY amalgamated sources...'
 	$(QUIET)rm -rf $@ \
 	&& if grep -R "define xMDBX_ALLOY" dist | grep -q MDBX_BUILD_SOURCERY; then echo "sed output is WRONG!" >&2; exit 2; fi \
-	&& rm -rf dist-check && cp -r -p dist dist-check && ($(MAKE) -C dist-check >dist-check/build.log 2>dist-check/build.err || (cat dist-check/build.err && exit 1)) \
-	&& touch $@ || (echo " FAILED! See dist-check/build.err" >&2; exit 2) && echo " Ok" \
+	&& rm -rf dist-check && cp -r -p dist dist-check && ($(MAKE) -C dist-check >dist-check.log 2>dist-check.err || (cat dist-check.err && exit 1)) \
+	&& touch $@ || (echo " FAILED! See dist-check.log and dist-check.err" >&2; exit 2) && echo " Ok" \
 	&& rm dist/@tmp-shared_internals.inc
 
 libmdbx-sources-$(MDBX_VERSION_SUFFIX).tar.gz: dist-checked.tag