diff --git a/tools/build_release b/tools/build_release
index 3f2cfe6..c19870e 100755
--- a/tools/build_release
+++ b/tools/build_release
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """
 
 import os
+from shutil import rmtree
 
 from toollib import *
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ compile_tree()
 for d in ['build', 'dist', pjoin('docs', 'build'), pjoin('docs', 'dist'),
           pjoin('docs', 'source', 'api', 'generated')]:
     if os.path.isdir(d):
-        remove_tree(d)
+        rmtree(d)
 
 # Build source and binary distros
 sh(sdists)
diff --git a/tools/release b/tools/release
index 6b25012..56a82a8 100755
--- a/tools/release
+++ b/tools/release
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ sh('./setup.py register')
 # Upload all files
 sh(sdists + ' upload')
 for py in ('2.7', '3.4'):
-    sh('python%s setupegg.py bdist_wheel' % py)
+    sh('python%s setupegg.py bdist_wheel upload' % py)
 
 cd(distdir)
 print( 'Uploading distribution files...')
diff --git a/tools/toollib.py b/tools/toollib.py
index 6804674..a448d57 100644
--- a/tools/toollib.py
+++ b/tools/toollib.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def get_ipdir():
     try:
         ipdir = sys.argv[1]
     except IndexError:
-        ipdir = '..'
+        ipdir = pjoin(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir)
 
     ipdir = os.path.abspath(ipdir)