diff --git a/games/higan/higan.SlackBuild b/games/higan/higan.SlackBuild
index 00cf94a9a3..39d9901f01 100644
--- a/games/higan/higan.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/higan/higan.SlackBuild
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
+# 20230108 bkw: fix PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME.
 # 20211101 bkw: v106 BUILD=3
 # - revert to v106! someone other than me upgraded this for higan
 #   v110, but it turns out that v110 wouldn't actually play any games
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ PRGNAM=higan
 VERSION=${VERSION:-106}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-3}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
@@ -193,4 +195,4 @@ cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 
 cd $PKG
-/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE