diff --git a/src/lsinitramfs b/src/lsinitramfs
index d6b33b4..29bf3fe 100755
--- a/src/lsinitramfs
+++ b/src/lsinitramfs
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ case $INITRAMFSCOMP in
     zstd) compressor="zstd -d -c" ;;
 esac
 
-$compressor "$1" | bsdcpio -it
-exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
+CPIO=$(command -v bsdcpio) || CPIO=$(command -v cpio)
+$compressor "$1" | $CPIO -it
+exit 0
diff --git a/src/mkinitramfs.sh b/src/mkinitramfs.sh
index b40995e..faf4c17 100755
--- a/src/mkinitramfs.sh
+++ b/src/mkinitramfs.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BBLUE="\033[1;34m"
 
 #--- create default directories function ---
 create_dirs() {
-  mkdir -p $initdir/{bin,dev,mnt,proc,root,sys,run}
+  mkdir -p $initdir/bin $initdir/dev $initdir/mnt $initdir/proc $initdir/root $initdir/sys $initdir/run
 }
 #-------------------------------------------