diff --git a/get-peasoup-packages.sh b/get-peasoup-packages.sh
index 70591d172ba2383455111182ca4e95aacc533cdc..c7b99dfb01dc3fe75b8e9393f3d5720b89618fed 100755
--- a/get-peasoup-packages.sh
+++ b/get-peasoup-packages.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ if [[ $args = "" ]]; then
 	args="all"
 fi
 
-for arg in args; do
+for arg in $args; do
     case $arg in
     all)
 	install_packs $ALL_PKGS
diff --git a/ubuntu16_files/install.sh b/ubuntu16_files/install.sh
index 989b8599ce3e0c9e518eda6574c8bab0e7488b6d..d4729763d7a6d18aaffbd356b14f04b4921062de 100755
--- a/ubuntu16_files/install.sh
+++ b/ubuntu16_files/install.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ main()
 		coreutils
 		postgresql
 		postgresql-client
-		libpqxx-3.1
+		libpqxx-4.0
 		python
 		"