diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index bc13373..f91c178 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@ mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR"
 # Build for x86_64 with musl static linking
 if [[ $(uname -m) == "x86_64" ]]; then
     echo "Building for x86_64 (musl static)..."
-    if command -v x86_64-linux-musl-g++ &>/dev/null; then
-        x86_64-linux-musl-g++ -O2 -static -o "$OUTPUT_DIR/bb64.amd64" bb64.cpp b64ed.cpp
-    else
-        g++ -O2 -static -o "$OUTPUT_DIR/bb64.amd64" bb64.cpp b64ed.cpp -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
-        echo "Warning: musl-g++ not found, built with g++ static flags."
-    fi
+    x86_64-linux-musl-g++ -O2 -static -o "$OUTPUT_DIR/bb64.amd64" bb64.cpp b64ed.cpp
     echo "Built bb64.amd64 (x86_64, static)"
 fi
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index a2110fc..70b2aa9 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fi
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CHOWN_USER="$2"
 if [[ -z "$CHOWN_USER" ]]; then
-    CHOWN_USER=$USER
+    CHOWN_USER=$(id -u)
 fi
 
 # 1. Determine architecture