diff --git a/bin/qpsh b/bin/qpsh
index 1c511248..8db562bb 100755
--- a/bin/qpsh
+++ b/bin/qpsh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-export QP_ROOT=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")/..
+REALPATH=$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )
+export QP_ROOT=${REALPATH}/..
 
 bash --init-file <(cat << EOF
     [[ -f /etc/bashrc ]] && source /etc/bashrc 
diff --git a/external/qp2-dependencies b/external/qp2-dependencies
index fd43778e..b9e877d9 160000
--- a/external/qp2-dependencies
+++ b/external/qp2-dependencies
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fd43778e12bb5858c4c780c34346be0f158b8cc7
+Subproject commit b9e877d9a9444a2aac23ec94b4a174caa4a10dd2