diff --git a/scripts/ipkg-make-index.sh b/scripts/ipkg-make-index.sh
index c4c46f888..8ae7eedc9 100755
--- a/scripts/ipkg-make-index.sh
+++ b/scripts/ipkg-make-index.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ set -e
 pkg_dir=$1
 
 if [ -z $pkg_dir ] || [ ! -d $pkg_dir ]; then
-	echo "Usage: ipkg-make-index <package_directory>"
+	echo "Usage: ipkg-make-index <package_directory>" >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-which md5sum 2>&1 >/dev/null || alias md5sum=md5
+which md5sum >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias md5sum=md5
 
 for pkg in `find $pkg_dir -name '*.ipk' | sort`; do
 	echo "Generating index for package $pkg" >&2