diff --git a/bzz/bzzup/bzzup.sh b/bzz/bzzup/bzzup.sh
index 52d07207e1..1593ff9b45 100755
--- a/bzz/bzzup/bzzup.sh
+++ b/bzz/bzzup/bzzup.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ delimiter='{"entries":[{'
 
 if [ -f "$1" ]; then
 hash=`wget -q -O- --post-file="$1" http://localhost:8500/raw`
-mime=`file --mime-type -b "$1"`
+mime=`mimetype -b "$1"`
 wget -q -O- --post-data="$delimiter\"hash\":\"$hash\",\"contentType\":\"$mime\"}]}" http://localhost:8500/raw
 echo
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pushd "$bzzroot" > /dev/null
 
 (for path in `find . -type f`
 do
-name=`echo "$path" | cut -c2-`
+name=`echo "$path" | cut -c3-`
 [ _`basename "$name"` = "_$INDEX" ] && name=`dirname "$name"`
 echo -n "$delimiter"
 hash=`wget -q -O- --post-file="$path" http://localhost:8500/raw`