diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97035f6a..87bdbeac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ If you want to use Whombat for your research, please cite as:
 
 > Balvanera, S. M., Mac Aodha, O., Weldy, M. J., Pringle, H., Browning, E., &
 > Jones, K. E. (2023). Whombat: An open-source annotation tool for machine
-> learning development in bioacoustics. arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.12688.
+> learning development in bioacoustics. arXiv preprint [arXiv:2308.12688](https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.12688).
 
 ## Acknowledgements
 
diff --git a/scripts/update_front.sh b/scripts/update_front.sh
index 8abe564e..6292de45 100755
--- a/scripts/update_front.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_front.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # This script is used to update the front end of the website
 
-# Move to the root directory of the backend
-cd back
-
 # Delete the old static files
-rm -rf src/whombat/statics/*
+if [ -d "back/src/whombat/statics" ]; then
+	rm -rf back/src/whombat/statics
+fi
 
 # Go to the root directory of the frontend
-cd ../front
+cd front
 
 # Install the dependencies
 npm install
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ npm run build
 
 # Make sure the statics folder exists
 if [ ! -d "../back/src/whombat/statics" ]; then
-    mkdir ../back/src/whombat/statics
+	mkdir ../back/src/whombat/statics
 fi
 
 # Move the static files to the backend