diff --git a/autoconf/aclocal.m4 b/autoconf/aclocal.m4
index 30eca1699..c65c0f665 100644
--- a/autoconf/aclocal.m4
+++ b/autoconf/aclocal.m4
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ int main() {
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex);
 	pthread_create(&thread, &attrs, (void*)testthreads, NULL);
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex);
-	sleep(5);
+	sleep(2);
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex);
 	if (mypid == pid)
 		exit(0);
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ if test "$USESTDTHREAD" != "1"; then
 if test "$ac_cv_thread_multi" = "yes"; then
 AC_MSG_RESULT(Ok we'll install FSU Pthreads)
 cd extras
-if [ -f pthreads.tar.gz ] ; then 
+if [ -f "pthreads.tar.gz" ] ; then 
 	gunzip -d pthreads.tar.gz
 fi
 tar xf pthreads.tar
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 19af9e189..d52c475d5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4276,7 +4276,7 @@ if test "$USESTDTHREAD" != "1"; then
 if test "$ac_cv_thread_multi" = "yes"; then
 echo "$ac_t""Ok we'll install FSU Pthreads" 1>&6
 cd extras
-if  -f "pthreads.tar.gz"  ; then 
+if [ -f "pthreads.tar.gz" ] ; then 
 	gunzip -d pthreads.tar.gz
 fi
 tar xf pthreads.tar