diff --git a/bin/create b/bin/create
index ea214ac9..2eae82bd 100755
--- a/bin/create
+++ b/bin/create
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ function on_exit {
 }
 
 function createAppInfoJar {
-    (cd "$BUILD_PATH"/bin/templates/cordova/ApplicationInfo &&
-     javac ApplicationInfo.java &&
-     jar -cfe ../appinfo.jar ApplicationInfo ApplicationInfo.class
-    )
+    pushd "$BUILD_PATH"/bin/templates/cordova/ApplicationInfo > /dev/null
+    javac ApplicationInfo.java
+    jar -cfe ../appinfo.jar ApplicationInfo ApplicationInfo.class
+    popd > /dev/null
 }
 
 function on_error {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ fi
 # if this a distribution release no need to build a jar
 if [ ! -e "$BUILD_PATH"/cordova-$VERSION.jar ] && [ -d "$BUILD_PATH"/framework ]
 then
-# update the cordova-android framework for the desired target
+    # update the cordova-android framework for the desired target
     "$ANDROID_BIN" update project --target $TARGET --path "$BUILD_PATH"/framework &> /dev/null
 
     if [ ! -e "$BUILD_PATH"/framework/libs/commons-codec-1.7.jar ]; then
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ then
         rm commons-codec-1.7-bin.zip && rm -rf commons-codec-1.7
     fi
 
-# compile cordova.js and cordova.jar
-    (cd "$BUILD_PATH"/framework && ant jar &> /dev/null )
+    # compile cordova.js and cordova.jar
+    pushd "$BUILD_PATH"/framework > /dev/null
+    ant jar > /dev/null
+    popd > /dev/null
 fi
 
 # create new android project