diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a12dc85..afc109a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ news:
 		> "$(outdir)/news.html"
 
 # documentation, styled to match the rest of the website
-webdoc:
+webdoc: default
 	./tools/webdoc
 
 # publish webroot to remote server using rsync (do not delete files, since we
diff --git a/tools/webdoc b/tools/webdoc
index 4c332f3..5997c61 100755
--- a/tools/webdoc
+++ b/tools/webdoc
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ git rev-parse --git-dir >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || {
 
 
 path_dest=webroot/manual
-path_doc=doc-cp
-path_img=$path_doc/img
-path_js=$path_doc/interactive.js
-path_doc_multi=$path_doc/easejs.html
+path_doc="$(pwd)/doc-cp"
+path_img="$path_doc/img"
+path_js="$path_doc/interactive.js"
+path_doc_multi="$path_doc/easejs.html"
 
 # style a particular file, rewriting relevant portions of the HTML
 webify()
@@ -107,10 +107,11 @@ git checkout "${WEBDOC_BRANCH:-master}" \
   && make html html-single \
   && cp -rl doc "$path_doc" \
   && git checkout - \
-    && ln -sf "../easejs-single.html" "$path_doc_multi/easejs.html" \
+         && pwd \
+    && ln -sfv "$path_doc/easejs-single.html" "$path_doc_multi/easejs.html" \
     && for path in $( find "$path_doc_multi" -name '*.htm?' )
       do
         webify "$path" "../"
       done \
-    && ln -sf "../$path_doc_multi" "$path_dest" \
-    && ln -sf "../../$path_img" "../../$path_js" "$path_dest/"
+    && ln -sfv "$path_doc_multi" "$path_dest" \
+    && ln -sfv "$path_img" "$path_js" "$path_dest/"