diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
index c7863b816..a2833f50e 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
@@ -1291,11 +1291,12 @@ namespace cryptonote
   bool core::check_updates()
   {
     static const char software[] = "monero";
-    static const char subdir[] = "cli"; // because it can never be simple
 #ifdef BUILD_TAG
     static const char buildtag[] = BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(BUILD_TAG);
+    static const char subdir[] = "cli"; // because it can never be simple
 #else
     static const char buildtag[] = "source";
+    static const char subdir[] = "source"; // because it can never be simple
 #endif
 
     if (check_updates_level == UPDATES_DISABLED)
diff --git a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
index a6a61705b..31b6638b2 100644
--- a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
@@ -1560,8 +1560,10 @@ namespace cryptonote
     static const char software[] = "monero";
 #ifdef BUILD_TAG
     static const char buildtag[] = BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(BUILD_TAG);
+    static const char subdir[] = "cli";
 #else
     static const char buildtag[] = "source";
+    static const char subdir[] = "source";
 #endif
 
     if (req.command != "check" && req.command != "download" && req.command != "update")
@@ -1584,8 +1586,8 @@ namespace cryptonote
     }
     res.update = true;
     res.version = version;
-    res.user_uri = tools::get_update_url(software, "cli", buildtag, version, true);
-    res.auto_uri = tools::get_update_url(software, "cli", buildtag, version, false);
+    res.user_uri = tools::get_update_url(software, subdir, buildtag, version, true);
+    res.auto_uri = tools::get_update_url(software, subdir, buildtag, version, false);
     res.hash = hash;
     if (req.command == "check")
     {