diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index e365dd240c2ef853d93c5b60ae2400b36f62beb2..bcdcdc648b9c269d508004465bb37c5d1c629e21 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ then
     echo "-----> Noticed pylibmc. Bootstrapping libmemcached."
     cd .heroku
 
-    pwd
-    ls
-
-    if [! -d "vendor" ]; then
+    if [ -d "vendor" ]; then
+      export LIBMEMCACHED=$(pwd)/vendor
+    else
       curl -s -L -O http://cl.ly/0a191R3K160t1w1P0N25/vendor-libmemcached.tar.gz
       tar -zxvf vendor-libmemcached.tar.gz > /dev/null
       rm vendor-libmemcached.tar.gz
+      export LIBMEMCACHED=$(pwd)/vendor
     fi
 
     export LIBMEMCACHED=$(pwd)/vendor