diff --git a/xwords4/dawg/Makefile.langcommon b/xwords4/dawg/Makefile.langcommon
index fa07f27bc..549b04b31 100644
--- a/xwords4/dawg/Makefile.langcommon
+++ b/xwords4/dawg/Makefile.langcommon
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 
-ifndef XWDICTPATH
-$(error XWDICTPATH is not set)
-endif
+# This breaks generating byod files on otherwise-unconfigured
+# machines. Move it perhaps?
+# ifndef XWDICTPATH
+# $(error XWDICTPATH is not set)
+# endif
 
 ifneq ($(DIRTY_LIST),)
 	BOWDLERIZER = ../remove-dirty.py $(DIRTY_LIST)
diff --git a/xwords4/dawg/mkbyodbins.sh b/xwords4/dawg/mkbyodbins.sh
index 1ae648281..fedd03483 100755
--- a/xwords4/dawg/mkbyodbins.sh
+++ b/xwords4/dawg/mkbyodbins.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 for INFO in $(ls */info.txt); do
 	DIR=$(dirname $INFO)
-	echo "*** processing $(basename $DIRNAME) ***"
-	(cd $DIR && make byodbins)
+	echo "*** processing $(basename $DIR) ***"
+	(cd $DIR && make clean byodbins)
 done
diff --git a/xwords4/dawg/xloc.py b/xwords4/dawg/xloc.py
index 1eb56b1ac..c329ebd34 100755
--- a/xwords4/dawg/xloc.py
+++ b/xwords4/dawg/xloc.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ sPreComment = re.compile('^(.*)#.*$')
 sVarAssign = re.compile('^(\w+):(.*)$')
 sBeginTiles = re.compile('^<BEGIN_TILES>$')
 sEndTiles = re.compile('^<END_TILES>$')
-sSingleCharMatch = re.compile('\'(.(\|.)+)\'')
-sSpecialsMatch = re.compile('{"(.+)"}')
+sSingleCharMatch = re.compile("'(.(\|.)*)'")
+sSpecialsMatch = re.compile('{"(.+)"(,.+)?}')
 
 def parseTileInfo(infoFile, encoding):
     result = {'_TILES' : []}
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def parseTileInfo(infoFile, encoding):
                 if sEndTiles.match(line):
                     break
                 else:
-                    (count, val, face) = line.split(None, 3)
+                    (count, val, face) = line.split(None, 2)
                     result['_TILES'].append((count, val, face))
             elif sBeginTiles.match(line):
                 inTiles = True